PN COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE Exam 2026/2027
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who was admitted to the emergency
department (ED). -✓✓ Schizophrenia
- Pressured speech
- Social impairment
- Grandiose delusions
Bipolar 1 Disorder
- Pressured speech
- Social impairment
- Grandiose delusions
• A nurse is caring for a client who is 12 hr postoperative following a total hip
arthroplasty. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -✓✓ Place an
abduction wedge between the client's legs when in bed.
• A nurse is evaluating the safe use of electrical equipment by a newly hired
assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following actions by the AP demonstrates
an understanding of the proper use of electrical equipment? -✓✓ Grasps the plug
of a device in the client's room to pull it straight out from the wall
• A nurse is assisting with the care of an adolescent in the emergency department
(ED). -✓✓ - skin findings
- temperature
- WBC count
- casual blood glucose
,- potassium
- pain
• A nurse is assisting with the care of a client admitted with profuse vomiting and
abdominal pain. -✓✓ - peritonitis
- bowel obstruction
• A nurse on the medical-surgical unit is assisting with the care of a client who was
admitted from the emergency department (ED). -✓✓ - confusion
- sodium level
• A nurse is assisting with care of a client who is on 24-hr observation. -✓✓ -
hemorrhage
- thrombocytopenia
• A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a perineal
prostatectomy. For each potential postoperative complication below, click to
specify the nursing intervention that the nurse should implement. -✓✓ - offer the
client a sitz bath to relieve pain and promote healing
- encourage the client to drink prune juice to relieve constipation
- instruct the client to perform calf pump and foot circle exercises to promote
venous return and reduce the risk of a deep vein thrombosis.
• A nurse is collecting data on a newborn who is 3 days old. -✓✓ - temperature of
36.4° C (97.5° F)
, - Weight 2,545 g (5 lb 9 oz) 12% weight loss
- Breastfeeding every 3 to 5 hr for 5 to 10 min.
- Birth parent reports nipple discomfort throughout the feeding
- Mild tremors noted when awake
• A nurse on a mental health unit is caring for a client. For each nursing action,
click to specify if the nursing action is anticipated or contraindicated for the client.
-✓✓ ANTICIPATED:
- Offer high calorie snacks frequently.
- Initiate suicide precautions.
- Encourage the client to attend group therapy.
CONTRAINDICATED:
- Allow the client to sleep with their hands beneath the blanket.
• A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who is postoperative following
administration of general anesthesia. -✓✓ ACTIONS:
- administer dantrolene
- administer oxygen
CONDITION:
-malignant hyperthermia
PARAMETERS:
- monitor for hypercapnia
- monitor for muscle tension
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who was admitted to the emergency
department (ED). -✓✓ Schizophrenia
- Pressured speech
- Social impairment
- Grandiose delusions
Bipolar 1 Disorder
- Pressured speech
- Social impairment
- Grandiose delusions
• A nurse is caring for a client who is 12 hr postoperative following a total hip
arthroplasty. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -✓✓ Place an
abduction wedge between the client's legs when in bed.
• A nurse is evaluating the safe use of electrical equipment by a newly hired
assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following actions by the AP demonstrates
an understanding of the proper use of electrical equipment? -✓✓ Grasps the plug
of a device in the client's room to pull it straight out from the wall
• A nurse is assisting with the care of an adolescent in the emergency department
(ED). -✓✓ - skin findings
- temperature
- WBC count
- casual blood glucose
,- potassium
- pain
• A nurse is assisting with the care of a client admitted with profuse vomiting and
abdominal pain. -✓✓ - peritonitis
- bowel obstruction
• A nurse on the medical-surgical unit is assisting with the care of a client who was
admitted from the emergency department (ED). -✓✓ - confusion
- sodium level
• A nurse is assisting with care of a client who is on 24-hr observation. -✓✓ -
hemorrhage
- thrombocytopenia
• A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a perineal
prostatectomy. For each potential postoperative complication below, click to
specify the nursing intervention that the nurse should implement. -✓✓ - offer the
client a sitz bath to relieve pain and promote healing
- encourage the client to drink prune juice to relieve constipation
- instruct the client to perform calf pump and foot circle exercises to promote
venous return and reduce the risk of a deep vein thrombosis.
• A nurse is collecting data on a newborn who is 3 days old. -✓✓ - temperature of
36.4° C (97.5° F)
, - Weight 2,545 g (5 lb 9 oz) 12% weight loss
- Breastfeeding every 3 to 5 hr for 5 to 10 min.
- Birth parent reports nipple discomfort throughout the feeding
- Mild tremors noted when awake
• A nurse on a mental health unit is caring for a client. For each nursing action,
click to specify if the nursing action is anticipated or contraindicated for the client.
-✓✓ ANTICIPATED:
- Offer high calorie snacks frequently.
- Initiate suicide precautions.
- Encourage the client to attend group therapy.
CONTRAINDICATED:
- Allow the client to sleep with their hands beneath the blanket.
• A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who is postoperative following
administration of general anesthesia. -✓✓ ACTIONS:
- administer dantrolene
- administer oxygen
CONDITION:
-malignant hyperthermia
PARAMETERS:
- monitor for hypercapnia
- monitor for muscle tension
