NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Select the member of the healthcare team that is paired with one of the main functions of this team member. Speech and language therapist: The treatment of swallowing disorders 2. The recommended daily caloric intake for sedentary older men, active adult women and children is: 2000 calories 3. Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are all associated with: Cachexia 4. Select all the possible opportunistic infections that adversely affect HIV/AIDS infected patients? Kaposi’s sarcoma, tuberculosis, toxoplasma gondii, mycobacterium avium, herpes simplex, histoplasmosis and salmonella infections are HIV/AIDS associated opportunistic infections. 5. What can help reduce a patient’s anxiety and postsurgical pain? Preoperative teaching 6. Which disease decreases the metabolic rate? Hypothyroidism 7. When caring for an infant during cardiac arrest, which pulse must be palpated to determine cardiac function? Brachial 8. The patient should be sitting when deep breathing and coughing because this position: Helps the patient to support their incision with a pillow 9. Which procedures necessitate the use of surgical asepsis techniques? Select all that apply. Surgical asepsis is used when managing central line intravenous medication administration, when donning sterile gloves in the operating room and when inserting an indwelling Foley catheter 10. What is the ultimate purpose and goal of performance improvement activities? To improve processes 11. The primary difference between practical nursing licensure and a nursing certification in an area of practice is that nursing licensure is: Is legally mandated by the states and a nursing certification is not. 12. What intervention is the best to relieve constipation during pregnancy? Increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables 13. You are the LPN working on 2 east with adult medical surgical patients. Your unit has been instructed to perform a horizontal evacuation of your patients because there is a fire on 1 east. Where will you evacuate your patients to? 2 west 14. Which electrolyte is essential for enzyme and neurochemical activities? Magnesium 15. Number the choices below to reflect the correct sequence for using a fire extinguisher: Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the handle, Sweep back and forth.