NCLEX RN Practice Questions with Answers
Question 1 of 5.
A 10-day postpartum breast-feeding client telephones the postpartum unit reporting a reddened, painful breast and elevated temperature. Based on assessment of the client's complaints, which action should the nurse tell the client to do?
A. Breast-feed only with the unaffected breast.
B. Stop breast-feeding because you probably have an infection.
C. Notify your health care provider because you may need medication.
D. Continue breast-feeding since this is a normal response in breast-feeding mothers.
Explanation: Based on the signs and symptoms presented by the client (particularly the elevated temperature), the primary health care provider needs to be notified because an antibiotic that is tolerated by the infant, as well as the mother, may be prescribed. The mother should continue to nurse on both breasts, but should start the infant on the unaffected breast while the affected breast lets down.
Question 2 of 5.
Conflicts, according to Lewin, include which types of conflict? Select all that apply.
A. Conceptualization conflicts
B. Avoidance - Avoidance conflicts
C. Approach - Approach conflicts
D. Resolvable conflicts
E. Unresolvable conflicts
F. Double Approach - Avoidance conflicts
G. Approach-Avoidance conflicts
Explanation: According to Lewin's conflict theory, the types of conflict include Avoidance-Avoidance , Approach-Approach , Double Approach-Avoidance (F), and Approach-Avoidance (G). Conceptualization, resolvable, and unresolvable conflicts are not part of Lewin's framework.
Question 3 of 5.
The 2nd priority needs according to the MAAUAR method of priority setting include which of the following?
A. Assessment
B. Movement
C. Understanding level
D. Risks
Explanation: The MAAUAR method prioritizes: Mental status, Acute pain, Acute eliminated needs, Urgent needs, Abnormal vital signs, Risks. The second priority is Acute pain, but among the options, Risks aligns as a high-priority need following initial physiological concerns.
Question 4 of 5.
Select the legal term that is accurately paired with its description.
A. Assault: Touching a person without their consent
B. Battery: Threatening to touch a person without their consent
C. Slander: False oral defamatory statements.
D. Slander: False written defamatory statements.
Explanation: Slander is correctly defined as false oral defamatory statements. Assault is threatening harm , battery is unauthorized touching , and libel is false written defamation .
Question 5 of 5.
Which of these clients is at greatest risk for falls?
A. A 77 year old female client in a client room that has low glare floors.
B. An 87 year old female client in a client room that has low glare floors.
C. A 27 year old sedated male client.
D. A 37 year old male client with impaired renal perfusion.
Explanation: An 87-year-old female is at the greatest risk for falls due to age-related factors like decreased mobility, balance issues, and potential comorbidities, compared to younger or less impaired clients.
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