NCLEX - PN ACTUAL EXAM WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND

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NCLEX - PN ACTUAL EXAM WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT ANSWERS

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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