(NCSBN) LPN QUESTIONS & ELABORATED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. A nurse must use an interpreter to collect Face the client while asking
questions as the
data from a client. Which action interpreter translates the information
should the nurse take to help
communicate with the client?
2. The client is admitted with a Measure blood pressure, pulse and respira-
diagnosis
of hyperglycemia and poor glycemic con- tions
trol. Which task can the nurse
assign to an unlicensed assistive
person (UAP)?
3. The licensed practical nurse (LPN) An older adult client diagnosed with
is re-assigned to work on an acute cystitis who has an indwelling urethral
care unit. Which of these clients catheter
would be most ap-propriate for the
LPN to accept?
4. A client who recently experienced "Have the client lift and move the walker
a out to
stroke has an order to ambulate with as- arm's length, then walk into the
walker."
sistance. Which statement by the
nurse provides the best
instructions to the un-licensed
assistive person (UAP) who will
assist the client to ambulate?
5. The nurse is reviewing organization's ef-forts
information about the health care to improve quality of
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care. Which of these statements Improve the quality of care in a proactive
best describes the goal of continuous man-ner
quality improvement (CQI) in a
health care setting?
6. During a discussion about a living
will, the client's son states, "I do
not under-stand the need for a "Health care decisions can be made
living will." What is the best based on the client's wishes."
response by the nurse?
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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
7. A client diagnosed with bipolar Verify that the client's medical record
disor-der has been referred to includes the client's written consent to
social services for possible release informa-tion.
placement in a community
halfway house after discharge. The
social worker telephones the
nurse and asks for information
about the client's mental status
and adjustment. What should the
nurse do next to respond to this "Since I am late for lunch, would you
request? perform my client's blood glucose
test?"
8. When walking past a client's room,
the nurse hears an unlicensed
assistive per-son (UAP) talking to
another UAP. Which of these
statements requires further in- The client with a history of coronary
artery
tervention by the nurse?
9. The nurse has been assigned to
four
clients. Which client should the nurse see disease (CAD) reporting dyspnea,
nausea and
first? unusual discomfort in the upper back
10. The client requests not to be interrupted Meet with the client to formulate
a mutually
before 10 am because it interferes 11. A client refuses to
with the client's time to meditate. take the medication
What action shall the nurse take prescribed because
first? the client prefers to
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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
take an herbal preparation instead.
agreeable schedule.
What is the first action the nurse
should take?
12. A client diagnosed with Discuss with the client to find out about the
schizophrenia insists that the preferred herbal preparation
nurse explain the use and side
effects of the medications pre-
All clients have a right to be informed about
their prescribed medications
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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. A nurse must use an interpreter to collect Face the client while asking
questions as the
data from a client. Which action interpreter translates the information
should the nurse take to help
communicate with the client?
2. The client is admitted with a Measure blood pressure, pulse and respira-
diagnosis
of hyperglycemia and poor glycemic con- tions
trol. Which task can the nurse
assign to an unlicensed assistive
person (UAP)?
3. The licensed practical nurse (LPN) An older adult client diagnosed with
is re-assigned to work on an acute cystitis who has an indwelling urethral
care unit. Which of these clients catheter
would be most ap-propriate for the
LPN to accept?
4. A client who recently experienced "Have the client lift and move the walker
a out to
stroke has an order to ambulate with as- arm's length, then walk into the
walker."
sistance. Which statement by the
nurse provides the best
instructions to the un-licensed
assistive person (UAP) who will
assist the client to ambulate?
5. The nurse is reviewing organization's ef-forts
information about the health care to improve quality of
1/
126
,(NCSBN) LPN QUESTIONS & ELABORATED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
care. Which of these statements Improve the quality of care in a proactive
best describes the goal of continuous man-ner
quality improvement (CQI) in a
health care setting?
6. During a discussion about a living
will, the client's son states, "I do
not under-stand the need for a "Health care decisions can be made
living will." What is the best based on the client's wishes."
response by the nurse?
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,(NCSBN) LPN QUESTIONS & ELABORATED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
7. A client diagnosed with bipolar Verify that the client's medical record
disor-der has been referred to includes the client's written consent to
social services for possible release informa-tion.
placement in a community
halfway house after discharge. The
social worker telephones the
nurse and asks for information
about the client's mental status
and adjustment. What should the
nurse do next to respond to this "Since I am late for lunch, would you
request? perform my client's blood glucose
test?"
8. When walking past a client's room,
the nurse hears an unlicensed
assistive per-son (UAP) talking to
another UAP. Which of these
statements requires further in- The client with a history of coronary
artery
tervention by the nurse?
9. The nurse has been assigned to
four
clients. Which client should the nurse see disease (CAD) reporting dyspnea,
nausea and
first? unusual discomfort in the upper back
10. The client requests not to be interrupted Meet with the client to formulate
a mutually
before 10 am because it interferes 11. A client refuses to
with the client's time to meditate. take the medication
What action shall the nurse take prescribed because
first? the client prefers to
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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
take an herbal preparation instead.
agreeable schedule.
What is the first action the nurse
should take?
12. A client diagnosed with Discuss with the client to find out about the
schizophrenia insists that the preferred herbal preparation
nurse explain the use and side
effects of the medications pre-
All clients have a right to be informed about
their prescribed medications
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