HURST Q REVIEW NOTES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | COMPLETE HURST NCLEX
Q REVIEW NOTES STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Strategies - ANS ✔✔Identify key words in the stem that set a priority, such as first, initially, best, priority,
safest, most.
-These words modify what is being asked.
Most appropriate response when a newly admitted client tells the nurse, *"I am hearing voices."* - ANS
✔✔-The nurse needs to know what the voices are saying to the client.
-This is the first thing the nurse would ask if the newly admitted client tells the nurse about hearing
voices.
-The nurse does not know the client or the diagnosis that might be affiliated with this statement.
-Nurses need to use interviewing techniques to effectively communicate in a nonthreatening way with
clients.
Identify opposites in options. - ANS ✔✔-When opposites appear, you need to give them serious
consideration.
-One of them will be the correct answer, or they both can be eliminated from consideration.
Identify options that deny client feelings, concerns, and needs. - ANS ✔✔Options that imply everything
will be all right deny clients' feelings, change the subject raised by the client, encourage the client to be
cheerful, or transfer nursing responsibility to other members of the healthcare team usually are
*distractors* and can be eliminated from consideration.
A client states, "I feel so useless! I know my family thinks I am". What would be the best response for the
nurse to make? - ANS ✔✔"You must be very upset. Tell me what you are feeling right now".
"You must be very upset. Tell me what you are feeling right now". - ANS ✔✔This statement
acknowledges the client's discomfort and conveys empathy and understanding.
Q REVIEW NOTES STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Strategies - ANS ✔✔Identify key words in the stem that set a priority, such as first, initially, best, priority,
safest, most.
-These words modify what is being asked.
Most appropriate response when a newly admitted client tells the nurse, *"I am hearing voices."* - ANS
✔✔-The nurse needs to know what the voices are saying to the client.
-This is the first thing the nurse would ask if the newly admitted client tells the nurse about hearing
voices.
-The nurse does not know the client or the diagnosis that might be affiliated with this statement.
-Nurses need to use interviewing techniques to effectively communicate in a nonthreatening way with
clients.
Identify opposites in options. - ANS ✔✔-When opposites appear, you need to give them serious
consideration.
-One of them will be the correct answer, or they both can be eliminated from consideration.
Identify options that deny client feelings, concerns, and needs. - ANS ✔✔Options that imply everything
will be all right deny clients' feelings, change the subject raised by the client, encourage the client to be
cheerful, or transfer nursing responsibility to other members of the healthcare team usually are
*distractors* and can be eliminated from consideration.
A client states, "I feel so useless! I know my family thinks I am". What would be the best response for the
nurse to make? - ANS ✔✔"You must be very upset. Tell me what you are feeling right now".
"You must be very upset. Tell me what you are feeling right now". - ANS ✔✔This statement
acknowledges the client's discomfort and conveys empathy and understanding.
