2026 NCLEX PN Test Bank Of 83 Questions And Answers Quiz (78 Questions And Complete Answers)

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The parent of a preschooler with chickenpox asks the nurse about measures to make the child comfortable. The nurse instructs the parent to avoid administering aspirin or any other product that contains salicylates. When given to children with chickenpox, aspirin has been linked to which disorder?

1. Guillain-Barré syndrome
2. Rheumatic fever
3. Reye's syndrome
4. Scarlet fever

Reye's syndrome

A client is to have an epidural block to relieve labor pain. The nurse anticipates that the anesthesiologist will inject the anesthetic agent into the:

1. subarachnoid space.
2. area between the subarachnoid space and the dura mater.
3. area between the dura mater and the ligamentum flavum.
4. ligamentum flavum.

area between the dura mater and the ligamentum flavum.

The physician prescribes penicillin potassium oral suspension 56 mg/kg/day in four divided doses for a client with anorexia nervosa who weighs 25 kg. The medication dispensed by the pharmacy contains a dosage strength of 125 mg/5 ml. How many milliliters of solution should the nurse administer with each dose?

1. 10
2. 14

10; 14

The nurse must irrigate a gaping abdominal incision with sterile normal saline, using a piston syringe. How should the nurse proceed?

1. Irrigate continuously until the solution becomes clear or all of the solution has been used.
2. Moisten the area around the wound with normal saline after the irrigation.
3. Apply a wet-to-dry dressing to the wound after the irrigation.
4. Rapidly instill a stream of irrigating solution into the wound.

Irrigate continuously until the solution becomes clear or all of the solution has been used.

As an adolescent is receiving care, he's inadvertently injured with a warm compress. The nurse completes an incident report based on the knowledge that identification of which of the following is a goal of the report?

1. To reprimand the involved staff members for their actions
2. To identify the learning needs of staff to prevent incident recurrences
3. To reprimand the nurse-manager responsible for the unit
4. To hold people accountable for their actions

To identify the learning needs of staff to prevent incident recurrences

As a client progresses through pregnancy, she develops constipation. What is the primary cause of this problem during pregnancy?

1. Decreased appetite
2. Inadequate fluid intake
3. Prolonged gastric emptying
4. Reduced intestinal motility

Reduced intestinal motility

An adolescent with type 1 diabetes mellitus is experiencing a growth spurt. Which treatment approach would be most effective for this client? .

1. Administering insulin once per day
2. Administering multiple doses of insulin
3. Limiting dietary fat intake
4. Substituting an oral antidiabetic agent for insulin

Administering multiple doses of insulin

A client is admitted to the health care facility with bowel obstruction secondary to colon cancer. The nurse obtains a health history, measures vital signs, and auscultates for bowel sounds. Which step of the nursing process is the nurse performing?

1. Planning
2. Data collection
3. Evaluation
4. Implementation

Data collection

The physician prescribes meperidine (Demerol), 1.1 mg/kg I.M., for a 16-month-old child who has just had abdominal surgery. When administering this drug, the nurse should use a needle of which size?

1. 18G
2. 20G
3. 23G
4. 27G

23G

Which finding in a neonate suggests hypothermia?

1. Bradycardia
2. Hyperglycemia
3. Metabolic alkalosis
4. Shivering

Bradycardia

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