NCLEX PN COMPREHENSIVE 2023 FORM B
ACTUAL EXAM CONTAINS 160 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+
NCLEX PN COMPREHENSIVE FORM B
The nurse is assisting with caring for a client who is receiving a unit of packed red
blood cells (PRBCs). The nurse would tell the client that it is most important to
report which signs immediately?
- Sore throat or earache
- Chills, itching, or rash
- Unusual sleepiness or fatigue
- Mild discomfort at the catheter site – ANSWER- 2. Chills, itching, or rash
The nurse is helping perform a focused data collection process on a client who is
complaining of symptoms of a cold, a cough, and lung congestion. Which would
the nurse include for this type of data collection? Select all that apply. - Listening to lung sounds
- Obtaining the client’s temperature
- Checking the strength of peripheral pulses
- Obtaining information about the client’s respirations
- Performing a musculoskeletal and neurological examination
- Asking the client about a family history of any illness or disease – ANSWER- 1.
Listening to lung sounds - Obtaining the client’s temperature
- Obtaining information about the client’s respirations
The nurse is reviewing the client’s health record and notes that the client elicited a
positive Romberg sign. Based on this finding, the nurse would institute which
interventions? Select all that apply. - Collect data to determine factors for fall risk.
- Close the blinds and turn off the overhead light.
- Instruct the client to ask for assistance when getting up to walk.
- Teach the client to lift legs high while walking, as if walking over planks.
- Ensure the client is upright when eating and swallows twice after each bite. –
ANSWER- 1. Collect data to determine factors for fall risk. - Instruct the client to ask for assistance when getting up to walk.
The nurse learns in report that a client is exhibiting Cheyne-Stokes respirations.
Based on this data, which action is most appropriate for the nurse to take initially? - Listen to the client’s heart sounds.
- Determine whether the client has a pulse deficit.
- Instruct the client to use an incentive spirometer.
- Determine the client’s ability to follow verbal commands. – ANSWER- 4.
Determine the client’s ability to follow verbal commands.
The nurse notes documentation that a client has conductive hearing loss. The nurse
plans care knowing that this kind of hearing loss can be caused by which
circumstances? Select all that apply.
- A defect in the cochlea
- Acute otitis media with effusion
- A defect in the 8th cranial nerve
- A defect in the sensory fibers that lead to the cerebral cortex
- A physical obstruction to the transmission of sound waves – ANSWER- 2. Acute
otitis media with effusion - A physical obstruction to the transmission of sound waves
The nurse is preparing to assist the primary health care provider to test the
extraocular movements in a client and muscle weakness in the eyes. The nurse
anticipates that which physical assessment technique will be done? - Testing using the Ishihara chart
- Testing using a Snellen eye chart
- Testing the corneal light reflexes
- Testing the six cardinal positions of gaze – ANSWER- 4. Testing the six cardinal
positions of gaze
The nurse is reinforcing instructions for a client on how to perform a testicular
self-examination (TSE). Which instructions would the nurse include? Select all
that apply. - Perform TSE after a shower or bath.
- Perform TSE after emptying the bladder.
- Perform TSE on the same day each month.
- Observe for urethral discharge after performing TSE.
- Perform TSE by rolling each testicle between the thumb and fingers. –
ANSWER- 1. Perform TSE after a shower or bath. - Perform TSE on the same day each month.
- Perform TSE by rolling each testicle between the thumb and fingers.
The nurse notes the physical assessment findings for a client with a diagnosis of
possible meningitis. Which findings would the nurse expect to observe because of
meningeal irritation? Select all that apply. - Pupils are unequal and react slowly to light.
- The client reports stiffness and soreness in the neck area.
- The client reports pain in the vertebral column and passively flexes the hip and
knee in response to neck flexion. - The client flexes a leg at the hip and knee and reports pain in the vertebral
column when the leg is extended. - The client’s upper arms are flexed and held tightly to the sides of the body, and
the legs are extended and internally rotated. – ANSWER- 2. The client reports
stiffness and soreness in the neck area. - The client reports pain in the vertebral column and passively flexes the hip and
knee in response to neck flexion. - The client flexes a leg at the hip and knee and reports pain in the vertebral
column when the leg is extended.
The nurse is caring for a client with a health care associated infection caused by
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Contact precautions are prescribed for
the client. The nurse prepares to irrigate the wound and apply a new dressing.
Which protective interventions would the nurse use to perform this procedure?
Select all that apply.