NCLEX Exam 2025 | Actual Questions & Correct Answers |
Complete Practice Exam with Rationales | 100% Verified Answers
A nurse is preparing a poster for a health fair booth promoting primary prevention of skin cancer.
Which recommendations does the nurse include on the poster? - Correct Answer--Seek medical
advice if you find a skin lesion
Wear a hat, opaque clothing, and sunglasses when out in the sun.
The mother of an adolescent diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus tells the nurse that her child
is a member of the school soccer team and expresses concern about her child's participation in
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sports. The nurse, after providing information to the mother about diet, exercise, insulin, and
blood glucose control, tells the mother: - Correct Answer--That the child should eat a
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carbohydrate snack about a half-hour before each soccer game
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A client diagnosed with chronic kidney disease who requires dialysis three times a week for the
rest of his life says to the nurse, "Why should I even bother to watch what I eat and drink? It
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doesn't really matter what I do if I'm never going to get better!" On the basis of the client's
statement, the nurse determines that the client is experiencing which problem? - Correct Answer-
-powerlessness
A nurse is providing morning care to a client in end-stage kidney disease. The client is reluctant
to talk and shows little interest in participating in hygiene care. Which statement by the nurse
would be therapeutic? - Correct Answer--What are your feelings right now?
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Empyema develops in a client with an infected pleural effusion, and the nurse prepares the client
for thoracentesis. What characteristics of the fluid removed during thoracentesis should the
nurse, assisting the health care provider with the procedure, expect to note? - CORRECT-
ANSWER-thick and opaque
An emergency department nurse is told that a client with carbon monoxide poisoning resulting
from a suicide attempt is being brought
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to the hospital by emergency medical services. Which intervention will the nurse carry out as a
priority upon arrival of the client? - CORRECT- ANSWER-Administering 100% oxygen
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A nurse is caring for a client with sarcoidosis. The client is upset because he has missed work
and worried about how he will care financially for his wife and three small children. On the basis
of the client's concern, which problem does the nurse identify? - CORRECT- ANSWER-anxiety
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A nurse, performing an assessment of a client who has been admitted to the hospital with
suspected silicosis, is gathering both subjective and objective data. Which question by the nurse
would elicit data specific to the cause of this disorder? - Correct Answer--"Have you ever
worked in a mine?"
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A health care provider prescribes a dose of morphine sulfate 2.5 mg stat to be administered
intravenously to a client in pain. The nurse preparing the medication notes that the label on the
vial of morphine sulfate solution for injection reads "4 mg/mL." How many milliliters
(mL) must the nurse draw into a syringe for administration to the client? - Correct Answer--
0.625 ml
A client undergoing therapy with carbidopa/levodopa calls the nurse at the clinic and reports that
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his urine has become darker since he started taking the medication. The nurse should tell the
client: - Correct- Answer-That this is an occasional side effect of the medication
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A client with myasthenia gravis is taking neostigmine bromide . The nurse determines that the
client is gaining a therapeutic effect from the medication after noting: - Correct Answer--
Improved swallowing function
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A nurse is assessing a client who has been taking amantadine hydrochloride for the treatment of
Parkinson's disease. Which finding from the history and physical examination would cause the
nurse to determine that the client may be experiencing an adverse effect of the medication? -
Correct Answer--bilateral lung wheezes
A nurse who will be staffing a booth at a health fair is preparing pamphlets containing
information regarding the risk factors for osteoporosis. Which risk factors does the nurse include
in the pamphlet? - Correct Answer--smoking