NCLEX PN Questions Exam Questions and answers (202472025)
Reduce symptoms of Raynauds disease? - ✔✔Wearing gloves when handling frozen food
What is Raynauds disease? - ✔✔reduced blood flow due to spasm of arteries of the feet and
hands
When removing a chest tube, what should you instruct the patient to do? - ✔✔hold breathe and
bear down
When you notice blanching, coldness and edema at the IV site, what should you do? -
✔✔Remove the IV
What is considered a normal Blood Glucose level? - ✔✔70-100
What PPE to use for MRSA patient? - ✔✔Gloves
Gown
Goggles
Mask
What is an EARLY sign of digoxin toxicity, from the drug digoxin? - ✔✔Anorexia
What are normal Magnesium levels? - ✔✔1.6 - 2.6 mg
What are signs of elevated magnesium levels? - ✔✔Drowsiness
Sedation
Lethargy
Muscle weakness
Areflexia
,What is Areflexia? - ✔✔Absence of the reflexes
What position should you place a patient with acute epiglottitis? - ✔✔Sit upright
What position to use for Soapsuds enema? - ✔✔Left side SIMS position
What is the 1st step when looking into the NCLEX exam? - ✔✔Step 1: Access the NCSBN
website at
www.ncsbn.org
(Obtain info for international nurses)
For state licensing? - ✔✔Contact the state in which you are taking the NCLEX in and determine
specific requirements for that state
What is the process for sending the state official documents? - ✔✔They must come from the
"Licensing Authority"
Is the NCLEX exam administered in other languages? - ✔✔No
(ONLY in English)
What is your Initial response after a patients trach tube becomes dislodged? - ✔✔Use a manual
BVM/resuscitation device?
What is the "immediate" action to take after a heart failure patient presents with shortness of
breath/dyspnea? - ✔✔Raise the head of the bed
How soon after the administration of nitroglycerin should the patient see relief? - ✔✔5 mins
(Burning sensation/vertigo are common side effects)
, What is a concern when a patient is taking Warfarin? - ✔✔Bleeding easily
(Educate patient on straight razor use)
What is Dystocia? - ✔✔Abnormal labor or childbirth
What is the 1st step in the Nursing process? - ✔✔Data collection
What is the 2nd step in the Nursing process? - ✔✔Planning
What is the 3rd step in the Nursing process? - ✔✔Implementation
What is the 4th step in the Nursing Process? - ✔✔Evaluation
What is the medication "Tigan" used for? - ✔✔Nausea and Emesis
Iron supplements should be taken with what? - ✔✔Vitamin C rich juices (Tomato juice, Orange
juice)
When noticing that the fundus of a postpartum patient is soft and spongy, what should you do? -
✔✔Massage the fundus gently until it is firm
Drugs that end in "lol" are normally used for what? - ✔✔Beta Blocker (for hypertension) ("Lo"
Lowers the BP)
What OTC tabs should patients not take with medication? - ✔✔Antacids tabs (effects the
absorption of the med)
Reduce symptoms of Raynauds disease? - ✔✔Wearing gloves when handling frozen food
What is Raynauds disease? - ✔✔reduced blood flow due to spasm of arteries of the feet and
hands
When removing a chest tube, what should you instruct the patient to do? - ✔✔hold breathe and
bear down
When you notice blanching, coldness and edema at the IV site, what should you do? -
✔✔Remove the IV
What is considered a normal Blood Glucose level? - ✔✔70-100
What PPE to use for MRSA patient? - ✔✔Gloves
Gown
Goggles
Mask
What is an EARLY sign of digoxin toxicity, from the drug digoxin? - ✔✔Anorexia
What are normal Magnesium levels? - ✔✔1.6 - 2.6 mg
What are signs of elevated magnesium levels? - ✔✔Drowsiness
Sedation
Lethargy
Muscle weakness
Areflexia
,What is Areflexia? - ✔✔Absence of the reflexes
What position should you place a patient with acute epiglottitis? - ✔✔Sit upright
What position to use for Soapsuds enema? - ✔✔Left side SIMS position
What is the 1st step when looking into the NCLEX exam? - ✔✔Step 1: Access the NCSBN
website at
www.ncsbn.org
(Obtain info for international nurses)
For state licensing? - ✔✔Contact the state in which you are taking the NCLEX in and determine
specific requirements for that state
What is the process for sending the state official documents? - ✔✔They must come from the
"Licensing Authority"
Is the NCLEX exam administered in other languages? - ✔✔No
(ONLY in English)
What is your Initial response after a patients trach tube becomes dislodged? - ✔✔Use a manual
BVM/resuscitation device?
What is the "immediate" action to take after a heart failure patient presents with shortness of
breath/dyspnea? - ✔✔Raise the head of the bed
How soon after the administration of nitroglycerin should the patient see relief? - ✔✔5 mins
(Burning sensation/vertigo are common side effects)
, What is a concern when a patient is taking Warfarin? - ✔✔Bleeding easily
(Educate patient on straight razor use)
What is Dystocia? - ✔✔Abnormal labor or childbirth
What is the 1st step in the Nursing process? - ✔✔Data collection
What is the 2nd step in the Nursing process? - ✔✔Planning
What is the 3rd step in the Nursing process? - ✔✔Implementation
What is the 4th step in the Nursing Process? - ✔✔Evaluation
What is the medication "Tigan" used for? - ✔✔Nausea and Emesis
Iron supplements should be taken with what? - ✔✔Vitamin C rich juices (Tomato juice, Orange
juice)
When noticing that the fundus of a postpartum patient is soft and spongy, what should you do? -
✔✔Massage the fundus gently until it is firm
Drugs that end in "lol" are normally used for what? - ✔✔Beta Blocker (for hypertension) ("Lo"
Lowers the BP)
What OTC tabs should patients not take with medication? - ✔✔Antacids tabs (effects the
absorption of the med)
