KAPLAN FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING AGN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|WELL
STRUCTURED| 100 % PASS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Which nursing action does the nurse
have to establish first when caring for a
client in pain?
A) Teach the client about pain.
B) Establish a trusting relationship with
B) Establish a trusting relationship with
the client.
the client.
C) Determine how various relaxation
techniques affect the pain.
D) Administer pharmacological agents.
The clinic nurse interviews a mid-
dle-adult client who comes to the clinic
reporting difficulty sleeping and ongoing
fatigue.The nurse learns the client works
as a security guard and frequently works
the night shift. Which is the best initial
statement for the nurse to make while
A) "Tell me about your usual sleeping
discussing this client's problem?
habits."
A) "Tell me about your usual sleeping
habits."
B) "You probably sleep when you can
during your night tour."
C) "This is normal for your age group."
D) "Working the night shift is known to
disrupt sleeping patterns."
The nurse prepares for a urinary
catheterization procedure for a client.
Which action by the nurse is most impor-
tant?
A) Places all supplies close to the edge
B) Keeps the field holding the supplies in
of the table
front of the nurse
B) Keeps the field holding the supplies in
front of the nurse
C) Sets up the field below the nurse's
waist level
D) Adds only clean supplies to the field
A liver scan is prescribed for a client
prior to surgery. Which description best
describes the procedure?
, KAPLAN FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING AGN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|WELL
STRUCTURED| 100 % PASS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
A) The client will ingest a small amount
C) The client will be asked to lie still while
of radioactive material and venipuncture
a scanning probe is passed back and
will be performed to monitor blood levels.
forth over the body.
B) The client will stand in front of a large
machine that takes x-ray pictures of the
Rationale: A client will receive trace
liver.
amounts of radioactive colloid by IV in-
C) The client will be asked to lie still while
fusion and then will be placed in many
a scanning probe is passed back and
different positions on a table. The client
forth over the body.
must lie very still during the scan. No
D) The client's skin will be lubricated with
follow-up care is necessary.
oil and ultrasound pictures will be taken.
Which nursing action is best to identi-
fy and manage a client's valuable items
during hospitalization?
A) Tell the client to place valuable items
in the bedside table.
B) Inform the client the nurse will hold on
C) Document the disposition of the
to any valuable items while the client is
client's valuable items in the medical
in surgery.
record.
C) Document the disposition of the
client's valuable items in the medical
record.
D) Leave any valuable items at the nurs-
es station while the client is off the unit
for testing.
The nurse provides care for a client be-
ginning intermittent heparin therapy. The
nurse knows which laboratory test is
used to monitor the effectiveness of he-
parin? A) Activated partial thromboplastin time.
A) Activated partial thromboplastin time.
B) Prothrombin time.
C) Bleeding time.
D) Protein electrophoresis.
The nurse identifies which change in the
genitourinary system is usually associat-
C) Increased frequency.
ed with client aging?
A) Increased sphincter tone.
STRUCTURED| 100 % PASS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Which nursing action does the nurse
have to establish first when caring for a
client in pain?
A) Teach the client about pain.
B) Establish a trusting relationship with
B) Establish a trusting relationship with
the client.
the client.
C) Determine how various relaxation
techniques affect the pain.
D) Administer pharmacological agents.
The clinic nurse interviews a mid-
dle-adult client who comes to the clinic
reporting difficulty sleeping and ongoing
fatigue.The nurse learns the client works
as a security guard and frequently works
the night shift. Which is the best initial
statement for the nurse to make while
A) "Tell me about your usual sleeping
discussing this client's problem?
habits."
A) "Tell me about your usual sleeping
habits."
B) "You probably sleep when you can
during your night tour."
C) "This is normal for your age group."
D) "Working the night shift is known to
disrupt sleeping patterns."
The nurse prepares for a urinary
catheterization procedure for a client.
Which action by the nurse is most impor-
tant?
A) Places all supplies close to the edge
B) Keeps the field holding the supplies in
of the table
front of the nurse
B) Keeps the field holding the supplies in
front of the nurse
C) Sets up the field below the nurse's
waist level
D) Adds only clean supplies to the field
A liver scan is prescribed for a client
prior to surgery. Which description best
describes the procedure?
, KAPLAN FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING AGN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|WELL
STRUCTURED| 100 % PASS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
A) The client will ingest a small amount
C) The client will be asked to lie still while
of radioactive material and venipuncture
a scanning probe is passed back and
will be performed to monitor blood levels.
forth over the body.
B) The client will stand in front of a large
machine that takes x-ray pictures of the
Rationale: A client will receive trace
liver.
amounts of radioactive colloid by IV in-
C) The client will be asked to lie still while
fusion and then will be placed in many
a scanning probe is passed back and
different positions on a table. The client
forth over the body.
must lie very still during the scan. No
D) The client's skin will be lubricated with
follow-up care is necessary.
oil and ultrasound pictures will be taken.
Which nursing action is best to identi-
fy and manage a client's valuable items
during hospitalization?
A) Tell the client to place valuable items
in the bedside table.
B) Inform the client the nurse will hold on
C) Document the disposition of the
to any valuable items while the client is
client's valuable items in the medical
in surgery.
record.
C) Document the disposition of the
client's valuable items in the medical
record.
D) Leave any valuable items at the nurs-
es station while the client is off the unit
for testing.
The nurse provides care for a client be-
ginning intermittent heparin therapy. The
nurse knows which laboratory test is
used to monitor the effectiveness of he-
parin? A) Activated partial thromboplastin time.
A) Activated partial thromboplastin time.
B) Prothrombin time.
C) Bleeding time.
D) Protein electrophoresis.
The nurse identifies which change in the
genitourinary system is usually associat-
C) Increased frequency.
ed with client aging?
A) Increased sphincter tone.
