Comprehensive Practice Test for
Practical Nursing Licensure
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1. What is the medication "Tigan" used for?: Nausea and Emesis
2. When removing a chest tube, what should you instruct the patient to
do?: hold
breathe and bear down
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4. When you notice blanching, coldness and edema at the IV site, what
should
you do?: Remove the IV
5. What is considered a normal Blood Glucose level?: 70-100
6. What PPE to use for MRSA patient?: Gloves
Gown
Goggles
Mask
,7. What is Raynauds disease?: reduced blood flow due to spasm of
arteries of the feet and hands
8. What is an EARLY sign of digoxin toxicity, from the drug
digoxin?: Anorexia
9. What are normal Magnesium levels?: 1.6 - 2.6 mg
10. What are signs of elevated magnesium levels?: Drowsiness
Sedation
Lethargy
Muscle weakness
Areflexia
11. What is Areflexia?: Absence of the reflexes
12. What position should you place a patient with acute epiglottitis?: Sit
upright
13. What position to use for Soapsuds enema?: Left side SIMS position
14. What is the 1st step when looking into the NCLEX exam?: Step 1:
Access the NCSBN
website at
www.ncsbn.org
(Obtain info for international nurses)
15. For state licensing?: Contact the state in which you are taking the
NCLEX in and determine specific
requirements for that state
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16. What is the process for sending the state official documents?: They
must come from
the "Licensing Authority"
17. Is the NCLEX exam administered in other languages?: No
(ONLY in English)
18. What is your Initial response after a patients trach tube becomes
dislodged?-
: Use a manual BVM/resuscitation device?
19. What is the "immediate" action to take after a heart failure patient
presents
with shortness of breath/dyspnea?: Raise the head of the bed
20. How soon after the administration of nitroglycerin should the
patient see
relief?: 5 mins
(Burning sensation/vertigo are common side effects)
21. What is a concern when a patient is taking Warfarin?: Bleeding
easily
(Educate patient on straight razor use)
22. Reduce symptoms of Raynauds disease?: Wearing gloves when
handling frozen food
23. What is Dystocia?: Abnormal labor or childbirth
24. What is the 1st step in the Nursing process?: Data collection