AH3 Exam 3: EOL/Parkinsons NCLEX NEWEST VERSION
| COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | LATEST EXAM |
VERIFIED ANSWERS (RATIONALES) \2025-
2026
The nurse is evaluating the C) The client was able to feed self and had no weight change in 1
care of a client with week.
Parkinson disease. Which
Rationale:
finding
Evidence that interventions to improve the client's
indicates an improvement in
nutritional status were effective would be the client's
nutritional status?
self-feeding with no change in weight. Observing the
client with morning self-care and dressing does not
A) The client was
evaluate interventions to address nutritional status. If
observed providing
the client coughs frequently when drinking fluids, it
morning self-care and
could indicate that
dressing.
interventions to address nutritional status have not been
B) The client coughs
effective. The client's losing 4 pounds in 1 week would
frequently when
not support an improvement in nutritional status.
drinking fluids.
C) The client was able to feed
self and had no weight
change in 1 week.
D) The client had a 4-pound
weight loss in 1 week.
,A spouse expresses C) Consult with Speech Therapy for exercises to aid with speech
frustration when trying to and language.
communicate with a client
Rationale:
with Parkinson disease.
The spouse is frustrated with the client's impaired
What can the nurse do to
verbal communication. The best intervention would
facilitate communication
be to consult with Speech Therapy for exercises to
between the client and
aid with speech and language. The spouse does not
spouse?
need a hearing aid. The spouse and
client do not need to learn sign language in order to
A) Recommend that the
communicate. The client may or may not be able to
client and spouse learn
write, because of hand tremors.
sign language.
B) Suggest the spouse obtain a
hearing aid.
C) Consult with Speech
Therapy for
exercises to aid with speech
and language.
D) Suggest communicating by
writing.
The nurse instructs a client B) "I will sit up for several minutes to gain my balance
with Parkinson disease before going from lying down to standing up."
about carbidopa-levodopa
(Sinemet). Which client Rationale:
statement indicates that Carbidopa-levodopa is a medication that replaces the
teaching has been dopamine that is lacking in clients with Parkinson
effective? disease. This medication is likely to cause orthostatic
hypotension, so the client must take care when
A) "I will take the changing positions from lying to standing. The
medication with my medication should be taken 1 hour before or 2 hours
meals." after meals to promote absorption of the
B) "I will sit up for several medication. There is no medication known to cure
minutes to gain my balance Parkinson disease. Care must be taken if the client is
before going from lying also taking medications to lower the blood pressure
down to standing up." because a cumulative effect may occur, leading to
C) "This medication will not hypotension and increased risk for falling.
affect my blood pressure
medications."
D) "This medication will cure
,my Parkinson disease in
time."
The nurse completes B) "I probably have a genetic mutation that caused PD."
teaching for a 22- year-
old client diagnosed with Rationale:
Parkinson disease (PD). Early-onset Parkinson disease is likely due to a genetic
Which client statement mutation. Increasing age is a risk factor for PD; age 22
indicates teaching has been is uncommon. In PD there is a deficit of available
effective?
dopamine.
Although a healthy diet avoiding pesticides is
A) "I could have prevented
recommended, it is not a proven causative agent.
PD with diet and
exercise."
B) "I probably have a genetic
mutation that caused PD."
C) "My brain has too much
of a chemical called
dopamine."
D) "Most people get PD when
they are my age."
A client is being evaluated B) Dystonia
for Parkinson disease (PD). C) Retropulsion
Which findings on the E) Festination
Unified Parkinson Disease
Rationale:
Rating Scale (UPDRS)
The Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)
would suggest a positive
rates the client in 42 different areas of function.
finding for PD?
Select all that apply. Positive findings for PD are retropulsion (the
tendency to fall backward), festination (rapid walking
A) Diarrhea as if trying to run) and dystonia (twisting and repetitive
B) Dystonia movements). Diarrhea and hyperphonia (loud voice) are
, C) Retropulsion not symptoms of PD. Constipation and hypophonia
D) Hyperphonia (soft voice) are symptoms of PD.
E) Festination
The interdisciplinary A) Low-intensity treadmill training
treatment team C) Use of resistance bands
D) Active and passive range of motion
proposes interventions to
E) High-intensity treadmill training
improve and
maintain physical function Rationale:
for a 65-year-old client Research studies have shown improvements on the 6-
with Parkinson disease. minute walk test of individuals with Parkinson disease
after participation in low-intensity and high-intensity
Which treadmill training, strength training, and range of motion.
interventions are Use of shoes with non-slip soles is advised.
supported by research?
Select all that apply.
A) Low-intensity treadmill
training
B) Walking barefoot indoors
C) Use of resistance bands
D) Active and passive range
of motion
E) High-intensity treadmill
training
| COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | LATEST EXAM |
VERIFIED ANSWERS (RATIONALES) \2025-
2026
The nurse is evaluating the C) The client was able to feed self and had no weight change in 1
care of a client with week.
Parkinson disease. Which
Rationale:
finding
Evidence that interventions to improve the client's
indicates an improvement in
nutritional status were effective would be the client's
nutritional status?
self-feeding with no change in weight. Observing the
client with morning self-care and dressing does not
A) The client was
evaluate interventions to address nutritional status. If
observed providing
the client coughs frequently when drinking fluids, it
morning self-care and
could indicate that
dressing.
interventions to address nutritional status have not been
B) The client coughs
effective. The client's losing 4 pounds in 1 week would
frequently when
not support an improvement in nutritional status.
drinking fluids.
C) The client was able to feed
self and had no weight
change in 1 week.
D) The client had a 4-pound
weight loss in 1 week.
,A spouse expresses C) Consult with Speech Therapy for exercises to aid with speech
frustration when trying to and language.
communicate with a client
Rationale:
with Parkinson disease.
The spouse is frustrated with the client's impaired
What can the nurse do to
verbal communication. The best intervention would
facilitate communication
be to consult with Speech Therapy for exercises to
between the client and
aid with speech and language. The spouse does not
spouse?
need a hearing aid. The spouse and
client do not need to learn sign language in order to
A) Recommend that the
communicate. The client may or may not be able to
client and spouse learn
write, because of hand tremors.
sign language.
B) Suggest the spouse obtain a
hearing aid.
C) Consult with Speech
Therapy for
exercises to aid with speech
and language.
D) Suggest communicating by
writing.
The nurse instructs a client B) "I will sit up for several minutes to gain my balance
with Parkinson disease before going from lying down to standing up."
about carbidopa-levodopa
(Sinemet). Which client Rationale:
statement indicates that Carbidopa-levodopa is a medication that replaces the
teaching has been dopamine that is lacking in clients with Parkinson
effective? disease. This medication is likely to cause orthostatic
hypotension, so the client must take care when
A) "I will take the changing positions from lying to standing. The
medication with my medication should be taken 1 hour before or 2 hours
meals." after meals to promote absorption of the
B) "I will sit up for several medication. There is no medication known to cure
minutes to gain my balance Parkinson disease. Care must be taken if the client is
before going from lying also taking medications to lower the blood pressure
down to standing up." because a cumulative effect may occur, leading to
C) "This medication will not hypotension and increased risk for falling.
affect my blood pressure
medications."
D) "This medication will cure
,my Parkinson disease in
time."
The nurse completes B) "I probably have a genetic mutation that caused PD."
teaching for a 22- year-
old client diagnosed with Rationale:
Parkinson disease (PD). Early-onset Parkinson disease is likely due to a genetic
Which client statement mutation. Increasing age is a risk factor for PD; age 22
indicates teaching has been is uncommon. In PD there is a deficit of available
effective?
dopamine.
Although a healthy diet avoiding pesticides is
A) "I could have prevented
recommended, it is not a proven causative agent.
PD with diet and
exercise."
B) "I probably have a genetic
mutation that caused PD."
C) "My brain has too much
of a chemical called
dopamine."
D) "Most people get PD when
they are my age."
A client is being evaluated B) Dystonia
for Parkinson disease (PD). C) Retropulsion
Which findings on the E) Festination
Unified Parkinson Disease
Rationale:
Rating Scale (UPDRS)
The Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)
would suggest a positive
rates the client in 42 different areas of function.
finding for PD?
Select all that apply. Positive findings for PD are retropulsion (the
tendency to fall backward), festination (rapid walking
A) Diarrhea as if trying to run) and dystonia (twisting and repetitive
B) Dystonia movements). Diarrhea and hyperphonia (loud voice) are
, C) Retropulsion not symptoms of PD. Constipation and hypophonia
D) Hyperphonia (soft voice) are symptoms of PD.
E) Festination
The interdisciplinary A) Low-intensity treadmill training
treatment team C) Use of resistance bands
D) Active and passive range of motion
proposes interventions to
E) High-intensity treadmill training
improve and
maintain physical function Rationale:
for a 65-year-old client Research studies have shown improvements on the 6-
with Parkinson disease. minute walk test of individuals with Parkinson disease
after participation in low-intensity and high-intensity
Which treadmill training, strength training, and range of motion.
interventions are Use of shoes with non-slip soles is advised.
supported by research?
Select all that apply.
A) Low-intensity treadmill
training
B) Walking barefoot indoors
C) Use of resistance bands
D) Active and passive range
of motion
E) High-intensity treadmill
training
