NCLEX-PN Online Practice Questions and Answers

Correct Answer: D

Altered Family Processes is a potential nursing diagnosis for the family and client with a new diagnosis of

Hemophilia.

Infants are aware of how their caregivers respond to their needs. Stresses can have an immediate impact

on the infant's development of trust and how others relate to them because of their diagnosis.

The longterm effects of hemophilia can include problems related to immobility.

Altered growth and development could not have developed in a newly diagnosed client.

Hemarthrosis is acute bleeding into a joint space that is characteristic of hemophilia. It does not have an

immediate effect on the body image of a newly diagnosed hemophiliac.

Correct Answer: C

Hospice has the belief that more humanized alternative care for dying clients is needed than is being provided in hospitals, which focus mostly on medical cures. No matter where the care is delivered, Hospice provides a specialized interdisciplinary team of health care professionals who work together to manage client care.

Correct Answer: B

Rolling over occurs between 4 and 6 months of age. Sitting up occurs between 7 and 8 months, creeping between 9 and 10 months, and standing between 8 and 10 months.

Correct Answer: C

After the baby delivers, the nurse should clear the mouth and nose of the infant first.

Choice "Wrap the baby in a clean blanket to preserve warmth." is the next step.

Choices "Place extra padding under the mother to absorb blood from the delivery." and "Cut the umbilical

cord using sterile scissors." might be performed depending on the situation.

Correct Answer: C

The RACE acronym is used to prioritize and sequence the steps that must be followed when a fire occurs.

R stands for rescue patients;

A is pulling the fire alarm;

C is to contain the fire by closing doors, etc.; and

E is extinguishing the fire with a fire extinguisher when possible.

Correct Answer: B

The minimal personal protective equipment that is required for droplet precautions is a face mask.

Contact precautions minimally require the use of gloves and gowns; and airborne transmission precautions

minimally require the use of a negative pressure room, a HEPA mask, gowns and gloves.

Correct Answer: C

Threading the bag and tubing through the gown sleeve keeps the system intact.

Opening an intravenous line causes a break in a sterile system and introduces the potential for infection.

Cutting a gown off is not an alternative except in an emergency.

IV gowns, which open along sleeves, are widely available.

Correct Answer: D

These are appropriate measure to promote sleep.

Exercising vigorously for 20 minutes each night beginning at 9:30 p.m., taking a cool shower and drinking

a hot cup of tea, watching TV nightly until midnight are all stimulation actions that increase arousal and

wakefulness.

Correct Answer: A

A soft toothbrush is less likely to cause the gums to bleed than a stiff one. So many white cells are

produced in clients with leukemias that other cell types (like platelets) are crowded out, putting the client at

risk for bleeding.

To use dental floss daily is incorrect because dental floss is contraindicated; it can make the gums bleed.

To hold pressure on any scrapes for 1-2 minutes is incorrect because when clotting is impaired, pressure

should be held for 5-10 minutes or longer, until the bleeding stops.

To use a triple-edged razor is incorrect because an electric razor should be used to prevent small cuts.

Correct Answer: C