NCLEX BASIC CARE AND COMFORT PRACTICE EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026) QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+

NCLEX BASIC CARE AND COMFORT PRACTICE EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026) QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ A client with schizophrenia is mute, can't perform activities of daily living, and stares out the window for hours. What is the nurse's first priority? Assist the client with feeding. During the acute stage of meningitis, a 3-year-old child is restless and irritable. Which intervention would be most appropriate to institute? keeping extraneous noise to a minimum; A child in the acute stage of meningitis is irritable and hypersensitive to loud noise and light. Which action will be most helpful to the nurse when determining the need for oxygen therapy in a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Use a pulse oximeter to determine oxygen saturation. The nurse finds it difficult to relieve a client's pain satisfactorily. Which measure should the nurse take next when continuing efforts to promote comfort? Increase the client's confidence in the nurse. A typically developing preschool child is experiencing pain after an appendectomy. Which data collection tool is the most appropriate for the nurse use to assess the pain? FACES Pain Rating Scale; The nurse should use the FACES pain rating scale for children age 3 or older. The visual analog and numerical scales are used preferred with adults or older children who count well. The faces, legs, activity, cry, consolability (FLACC) scale is a behavioral scale that is appropriate for very small children or nonverbal children.