NCLEX - PN ACTUAL EXAM WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND

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NCLEX - PN WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND

Select the member of the healthcare team that is paired with one of the main functions of this team member.

A. Occupational therapist: Gait exercises

• Physical therapist: The provision of assistive devices to facilitate the activities of daily

living

C. Speech and language therapist: The treatment of swallowing disorders

D. Case manager: Ordering medications and treatments - Ans C

The recommended daily caloric intake for sedentary older men, active adult women and

children is:

• 2400 calories
• 1600 calories
• 2800 calories
• 2000 calories - Ans D

Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are all associated with:

• Surgical asepsis
• Catabolism
• Cachexia
• Venous stasis - Ans C

Select all the possible opportunistic infections that adversely affect HIV/AIDS infected patients.

• Visual losses
• Kaposi's sarcoma
• Wilms' sarcoma
• Tuberculosis
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Toxoplasma gondii - Ans B F D

What can help reduce a patient's anxiety and postsurgical pain?

• Preoperative teaching
• Preoperative checklist
• Psychological counseling
• Preoperative medication - Ans A

Which disease decreases the metabolic rate?

• Cancer
• Hypothyroidism
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Cardiac failure - Ans B 2 / 3

When caring for an infant during cardiac arrest, which pulse must be palpated to determine cardiac function?

• Carotid
• Brachial
• Pedal
• Radial - Ans B

The patient should be sitting when deep breathing and coughing because this position:

• Is physically more comfortable for the patient
• Helps the patient to support their incision with a pillow
• Loosens respiratory secretions
• Allows the patient to observe their area and relax - Ans B

Which procedures necessitate the use of surgical asepsis techniques? Select all that apply.

• Intramuscular medication administration
• Central line intravenous medication administration
• Donning gloves in the operating room
• Neonatal bathing
• Foley catheter insertion
• Emptying a urinary drainage bag - Ans B C E

What is the ultimate purpose and goal of performance improvement activities?

• To increase efficiency
• To contain costs
• To improve processes
• To improve policies - Ans C

The primary difference between practical nursing licensure and a nursing certification in

an area of practice is that nursing licensure is:

• Insures competency and a nursing certification validates years of experience.
• Mandated by the American Nurses Association and a nursing certification are not.
• Is legally mandated by the states and a nursing certification is not.
• Renewed every two years and a nursing certification is renewed every five years. -

Ans C

What intervention is the best to relieve constipation during pregnancy?

• Increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables
• Taking a mild over-the-counter laxative
• Lying flat on back when sleeping
• Reduction of iron intake by half or more - Ans A

You are the LPN working on 2 east with adult medical surgical patients. Your unit has been instructed to perform a horizontal evacuation of your patients because there is a fire on 1 east. Where will you evacuate your patients to?

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