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Saunders Comprehensive Review for NCLEX – Medical-Surgical Nursing (Exam Questions & Answers, Updated 2025/2026)

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This document is a complete NCLEX-style review based on Saunders Comprehensive Review, focusing on medical-surgical nursing. It includes practice questions with correct answers and rationales covering a wide range of topics such as fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base disorders, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, endocrine and renal disorders, oncology, and perioperative care. The content is structured in exam format and serves as an effective preparation tool for nursing students preparing for the NCLEX or other Med-Surg exams.

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NUR MED SURG COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR NCLEX 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ LATEST
UPDATE 2022


 When creating an assignment for a team consisting of aregistered nurse
(RN), 1 licensed practical nurse (LPN), and
To unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), which is the bestclient for the
LPN?

✓ A client with a spinal cord injury

requiring urinary catheterization every
6 hours

 To perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the nurse should
use the method pictured to open the airway inwhich situation? Refer
to figure.


View Figure

✓ If neck trauma is suspected

 The nurse teaches skin care to a client receiving external radiation
therapy. Which client statement indicatesthe need for further
instruction?

✓ "I will limit sun exposure to 1hour

daily."

 The health care provider's prescription reads 100 mcg of a medication
orally daily. The medication label reads 0.1mg per tablet. The nurse
should administer how many tablet(s) to the client? Fill in the blank.

, ✓ Correct Answer: 1.5 tablet(s)970)

Metformin is prescribed for a client with type 2
diabetes mellitus. What is the most common side effect thatthe nurse
should include in the client's teaching plan?
✓ Gastrointestinal disturbances971)

Which nursing actions apply to the care of a child who
is having a seizure? Select all that apply.

✓ Time the seizure.

✓ Stay with the child.

✓ Loosen clothing around the child'sneck.

✓ Place the child in a lateral side-lying
position.

, The nurse is conducting an interview of an older clientand is concerned
about the possibility of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Which are
characteristics of this disorder? Select all that apply.

✓ Nocturia

✓ Incontinence

✓ Enlarged prostate

 The nursing instructor asks a nursing student to identify the
priorities of care for an assigned client.Which statement indicates
that the student correctly identifies the priority client needs?
✓ Actual or life-threatening concerns974)

A client arrives at the clinic complaining of fatigue,
lack of energy, constipation, and depression. Hypothyroidismis
diagnosed, and levothyroxine is prescribed. What is an expected
outcome of the medication?

✓ Achieve normal thyroid hormone

levels

 The community health nurse is creating a poster for aneducational
session for a group of women and will be discussing the risk factors
associated with breast cancer. Which risk factors for breast cancer
should the nurse list on the poster? Select all that apply.

✓ Early menarc

✓ Family history of breast cancer

✓ High-dose radiation exposure tochest

✓ Previous cancer of the breast,uterus,
or ovaries

,  The nurse is caring for a client with acute pancreatitis and is monitoring
the client for paralytic ileus. Which piece of assessment data should alert
the nurseto this occurrence?

✓ Inability to pass flatus

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