PN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR WITH NGN 2024-2025 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
An angry assistive personnel informs the charge nurse that her assignment is too heavy.
She requests the nurse to reassign one of her tasks to another AP. Which of the
following would be the nurse's appropriate action to handle the conflict? - ANSWER Ask
the AP to discuss it in a private area
A nurse is delegating to an assistive personnel (AP) to get supplies for a client who is on
seizure precautions. Which of the following supplies should the AP prepare to place in
the client's room? - ANSWER Oral Suction Equipment
A charge nurse working on a mental health unit is supervising a newly licensed nurse.
For which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse should the supervising
nurse intervene? - ANSWER Tells a client he will lose his phone privileges if he does not
take his medication
A nurse is caring for a client who keeps a kosher diet. Which of the following menu items
should the nurse include on the meal tray? - ANSWER Roasted Salmon
A nurse is discussing advance directives information with a newly admitted client.
Which of the following client statements reveals that the client has understood what was
discussed? - ANSWER "Advance directives include a living will"
A nurse is gathering data from the caregiver of a client with Alzheimer's disease. The
caregiver states that the client has difficulty sleeping at night and wanders around the
house. Which of the following interventions should the nurse suggest? ANSWER
Encourage the client to walk frequently during the day
A nurse is caring for a client who is 8hr postpartum and has uterine atony with
increased bleeding. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform? (Select all
that apply) - ANSWER Help the client void
,A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the support person of a client who is in the first
stage of labor. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include regarding
effleurage? - ANSWER "Gently stroke her abdomen during contractions"
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is postoperative following a total hip
arthroplasty. The client is incontinent of stool and urine. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take to prevent skin breakdown? ANSWER Apply a moisture barrier to
the client's skin
The nurse is caring for a client with terminal stages of cancer. Which of the following is a
nursing action that promotes the client's autonomy? - ANSWER Allow the client to
decide when treatments are given
The nurse is working in a clinic and is caring for a client who is at 40 weeks of gestation
and suddenly feels a gush of vaginal fluids. Which of the following findings would
confirm that an obstetric complication has occurred? ANSWER Amniotic fluid that is
greenish-brown in color
A nurse is assisting with the care of an adolescent client immediately following a lumbar
puncture. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ANSWER Inform the
adolescent that he may experience a headache
The nurse is reinforcing teaching about advance directives with a client who has
endstage heart failure. Which of the following statements by the client indicates that the
client understands the teaching? - ANSWER "I should discuss this document with my
family after I sign it"
A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous bladder irrigation following a
transurethral resection of the prostate. The nurse notices clots and dark red blood in
the catheter collection bag. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
ANSWER Irrigate the bladder with 20 to 30 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride
A nurse is going to order a 12-lead ECG on a client who has had a history of cardiac
dysrhythmias. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to implement? -
, ANSWER Instruct the client to remain as still as possible during the recording
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has genital herpes. Which of the
following information should the nurse include in the teaching? - ANSWER "You should
increase fluid intake to relieve dysuria"
A nurse is preparing to empty a postoperative client's closed-wound drainage system.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? - ANSWER Compress the
container before replacing the drainage plug
The nurse is reinforcing teaching with the parents of a toddler who has a new diagnosis
of asthma and a prescription for montelukast. Which of the following instructions should
the nurse include in the teaching? - ANSWER Administer the medication to the toddler
each evening
The nurse working in an acute mental health facility is providing care for a newly
admitted client. Which of the following should occur during the orientation phase of the
nurse-client relationship? - ANSWER Defining responsibilities
A nurse is caring for a client who reports that she has a decrease in fetal movement
after an external cephalic version 6 hr ago. The nurse identifies that the fetus is in the
right occiput anterior position. To auscultate the fetal heart rate, the nurse should place
the fetal heart monitor on which of the following sites? ANSWER Lower left
A charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse perform suctioning on a client who
has a tracheostomy. For which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse
should the charge nurse intervene? - ANSWER Suction for 30 seconds
The nurse is reviewing the medication administration record of a client who receives
atenolol PO and provides a nitroglycerin transdermal patch daily. Which of the following
interactions should the nurse monitor with this client? ANSWER Hypotension
The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client in an acute care inpatient
setting. For which of the following would the nurse need to verify the client's identity?
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
An angry assistive personnel informs the charge nurse that her assignment is too heavy.
She requests the nurse to reassign one of her tasks to another AP. Which of the
following would be the nurse's appropriate action to handle the conflict? - ANSWER Ask
the AP to discuss it in a private area
A nurse is delegating to an assistive personnel (AP) to get supplies for a client who is on
seizure precautions. Which of the following supplies should the AP prepare to place in
the client's room? - ANSWER Oral Suction Equipment
A charge nurse working on a mental health unit is supervising a newly licensed nurse.
For which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse should the supervising
nurse intervene? - ANSWER Tells a client he will lose his phone privileges if he does not
take his medication
A nurse is caring for a client who keeps a kosher diet. Which of the following menu items
should the nurse include on the meal tray? - ANSWER Roasted Salmon
A nurse is discussing advance directives information with a newly admitted client.
Which of the following client statements reveals that the client has understood what was
discussed? - ANSWER "Advance directives include a living will"
A nurse is gathering data from the caregiver of a client with Alzheimer's disease. The
caregiver states that the client has difficulty sleeping at night and wanders around the
house. Which of the following interventions should the nurse suggest? ANSWER
Encourage the client to walk frequently during the day
A nurse is caring for a client who is 8hr postpartum and has uterine atony with
increased bleeding. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform? (Select all
that apply) - ANSWER Help the client void
,A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the support person of a client who is in the first
stage of labor. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include regarding
effleurage? - ANSWER "Gently stroke her abdomen during contractions"
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is postoperative following a total hip
arthroplasty. The client is incontinent of stool and urine. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take to prevent skin breakdown? ANSWER Apply a moisture barrier to
the client's skin
The nurse is caring for a client with terminal stages of cancer. Which of the following is a
nursing action that promotes the client's autonomy? - ANSWER Allow the client to
decide when treatments are given
The nurse is working in a clinic and is caring for a client who is at 40 weeks of gestation
and suddenly feels a gush of vaginal fluids. Which of the following findings would
confirm that an obstetric complication has occurred? ANSWER Amniotic fluid that is
greenish-brown in color
A nurse is assisting with the care of an adolescent client immediately following a lumbar
puncture. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ANSWER Inform the
adolescent that he may experience a headache
The nurse is reinforcing teaching about advance directives with a client who has
endstage heart failure. Which of the following statements by the client indicates that the
client understands the teaching? - ANSWER "I should discuss this document with my
family after I sign it"
A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous bladder irrigation following a
transurethral resection of the prostate. The nurse notices clots and dark red blood in
the catheter collection bag. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
ANSWER Irrigate the bladder with 20 to 30 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride
A nurse is going to order a 12-lead ECG on a client who has had a history of cardiac
dysrhythmias. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to implement? -
, ANSWER Instruct the client to remain as still as possible during the recording
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has genital herpes. Which of the
following information should the nurse include in the teaching? - ANSWER "You should
increase fluid intake to relieve dysuria"
A nurse is preparing to empty a postoperative client's closed-wound drainage system.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? - ANSWER Compress the
container before replacing the drainage plug
The nurse is reinforcing teaching with the parents of a toddler who has a new diagnosis
of asthma and a prescription for montelukast. Which of the following instructions should
the nurse include in the teaching? - ANSWER Administer the medication to the toddler
each evening
The nurse working in an acute mental health facility is providing care for a newly
admitted client. Which of the following should occur during the orientation phase of the
nurse-client relationship? - ANSWER Defining responsibilities
A nurse is caring for a client who reports that she has a decrease in fetal movement
after an external cephalic version 6 hr ago. The nurse identifies that the fetus is in the
right occiput anterior position. To auscultate the fetal heart rate, the nurse should place
the fetal heart monitor on which of the following sites? ANSWER Lower left
A charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse perform suctioning on a client who
has a tracheostomy. For which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse
should the charge nurse intervene? - ANSWER Suction for 30 seconds
The nurse is reviewing the medication administration record of a client who receives
atenolol PO and provides a nitroglycerin transdermal patch daily. Which of the following
interactions should the nurse monitor with this client? ANSWER Hypotension
The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client in an acute care inpatient
setting. For which of the following would the nurse need to verify the client's identity?
