12 Nursing Diagnosis NCLEX
Practice Questions and
Answers Updated 2026
1.BABregisteredBnurseBisBwritingBaBdiagnosisBforBaB28-year-
oldBmaleBpatientBwhoBisBinBtractionBdueBtoBmultipleBfracturesBfromBaBmotorBvehic
leBaccident.BWhichBnursingBactionsBareBrelatedBtoBthisBstepBinBtheBnursingBprocess
?BSelectBallBthatBapply.
a.TheBnurseBusesBtheBnursingBinterviewBtoBcollectBpatientBdata.
b.BTheBnurseBanalyzesBdataBcollectedBinBtheBnursingBassessment.
c.BTheBnurseBdevelopsBaBcareBplanBforBtheBpatient.
d.BTheBnurseBpointsBoutBtheBpatient'sBstrengths.
e.BTheBnurseBassessesBtheBpatient'sBmentalBstatus.
f.BTheBnurseBidentifiesBcommunityBresourcesBtoBhelpBhisBfamilyBcope.B-
BAnswerBb.BTheBnurseBanalyzesBdataBcollectedBinBtheBnursingBassessment.
d.BTheBnurseBpointsBoutBtheBpatient'sBstrengths.
f.BTheBnurseBidentifiesBcommunityBresourcesBtoBhelpBhisBfamilyBcope.
2.BABnurseBisBcaringBforBanBolderBadultBpatientBwhoBpresentsBwithBlaboredBrespira
tions,BproductiveBcough,BandBfever.BWhatBwouldBbeBappropriateBnursingBdiagnosesB
forBthisBpatient?BSelectBallBthatBapply.
, a.BBronchialBpneumonia
b.BImpairedBgasBexchange
c.BIneffectiveBairwayBclearance
d.BPotentialBcomplication:Bsepsis
e.BInfectionBrelatedBtoBpneumonia
f.BRiskBforBsepticBshockB-BAnswerBb.BImpairedBgasBexchange
c.BIneffectiveBairwayBclearance
f.BRiskBforBsepticBshock
3.BAfterBassessingBaBpatientBwhoBisBrecoveringBfromBaBstrokeBinBaBrehabilitationBf
acility,BaBnurseBinterpretsBandBanalyzesBtheBpatientBdata.BWhichBofBtheBfourBbasic
BconclusionsBhasBtheBnurseBreachedBwhenBidentifyingBtheBneedBtoBcollectBmoreBda
taBtoBconfirmBaBdiagnosisBofBsituationalBlowBself-esteem?
a.BNoBproblem
b.BPossibleBproblem
c.BActualBnursingBdiagnosis
d.BClinicalBproblemBotherBthanBnursingBdiagnosisB-BAnswerBb.BPossibleBproblem
Practice Questions and
Answers Updated 2026
1.BABregisteredBnurseBisBwritingBaBdiagnosisBforBaB28-year-
oldBmaleBpatientBwhoBisBinBtractionBdueBtoBmultipleBfracturesBfromBaBmotorBvehic
leBaccident.BWhichBnursingBactionsBareBrelatedBtoBthisBstepBinBtheBnursingBprocess
?BSelectBallBthatBapply.
a.TheBnurseBusesBtheBnursingBinterviewBtoBcollectBpatientBdata.
b.BTheBnurseBanalyzesBdataBcollectedBinBtheBnursingBassessment.
c.BTheBnurseBdevelopsBaBcareBplanBforBtheBpatient.
d.BTheBnurseBpointsBoutBtheBpatient'sBstrengths.
e.BTheBnurseBassessesBtheBpatient'sBmentalBstatus.
f.BTheBnurseBidentifiesBcommunityBresourcesBtoBhelpBhisBfamilyBcope.B-
BAnswerBb.BTheBnurseBanalyzesBdataBcollectedBinBtheBnursingBassessment.
d.BTheBnurseBpointsBoutBtheBpatient'sBstrengths.
f.BTheBnurseBidentifiesBcommunityBresourcesBtoBhelpBhisBfamilyBcope.
2.BABnurseBisBcaringBforBanBolderBadultBpatientBwhoBpresentsBwithBlaboredBrespira
tions,BproductiveBcough,BandBfever.BWhatBwouldBbeBappropriateBnursingBdiagnosesB
forBthisBpatient?BSelectBallBthatBapply.
, a.BBronchialBpneumonia
b.BImpairedBgasBexchange
c.BIneffectiveBairwayBclearance
d.BPotentialBcomplication:Bsepsis
e.BInfectionBrelatedBtoBpneumonia
f.BRiskBforBsepticBshockB-BAnswerBb.BImpairedBgasBexchange
c.BIneffectiveBairwayBclearance
f.BRiskBforBsepticBshock
3.BAfterBassessingBaBpatientBwhoBisBrecoveringBfromBaBstrokeBinBaBrehabilitationBf
acility,BaBnurseBinterpretsBandBanalyzesBtheBpatientBdata.BWhichBofBtheBfourBbasic
BconclusionsBhasBtheBnurseBreachedBwhenBidentifyingBtheBneedBtoBcollectBmoreBda
taBtoBconfirmBaBdiagnosisBofBsituationalBlowBself-esteem?
a.BNoBproblem
b.BPossibleBproblem
c.BActualBnursingBdiagnosis
d.BClinicalBproblemBotherBthanBnursingBdiagnosisB-BAnswerBb.BPossibleBproblem