NU 301 NCLEX Challenge 1 Questions and Answers

NU 301 NCLEX Challenge 1 Questions and Answers A nurse administers an incorrect medication to a client. Following an assessment of the client, the nurse determines that the client has experienced no untoward effects as a result of the medication. The nurse does not complete an incident report because no harm came to the client. Which of the following ethical principles did the nurse violate? Veracity 2. A nurse is teaching a client about the physical effects of chemotherapy. Following the teaching, the nurse asks the client to described one physical effect. The nurse is focusing on which of the following elements of the communication process? Feedback 3. A nurse is preparing to administer gabapentin 900 mg PO once daily for a client who has neuropathic pain. The amount available is gabapentin 300 mg/capsule. How many capsules should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) 3 capsules 4. A nurse is discussing culturally competent care at a nursing staff inservice. Which of the following information should the nurse include when discussing clients’ cultures? Nurses should focus on clients’ cultures, rather than their ethnicity, when providing care 5. A nurse is caring for several clients. For which of the following situations should the nurse complete an incident report? A client discovers that his dentures are missing 6. A nurse is giving change-of-shift report using SBAR to the oncoming nurse on a client who has a traumatic brain injury. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the background segment of SBAR? Code status 7. A nurse manager is preparing to confront a staff nurse who is abusing alcohol. Which of the following defense mechanisms should the nurse manager expect the staff nurse to use? Denial 8. A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who is postoperative following a simple mastectomy. The client is to begin outpatient radiation therapy the next day. Which of the following instructions about maintaining skin integrity should the nurse include?