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PRACTICE 2024 B WITH NGN
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has a new prescription for a home oxygen
concentrator. Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide to the client and his family?
(Select all that apply.) - ANSWER Check the cord routinely for frays or tearing
Consider purchasing a generator for power backup
Observe for signs of hypoxia
A charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse prepare a sterile field for a dressing change. Which of
the following actions by the newly licensed nurse requires intervention by the charge nurse. - ANSWER
The newly licensed nurse places the cap of a bottle of sterile saline solution on the sterile field.
A charge nurse is discussing the responsibility of nurses caring for clients who have Clostridium difficile
infection. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? - ANSWER Have
family members wear a gown and gloves when visiting.
A nurse is teaching an older adult client who is at risk for osteoporosis about beginning a program of
regular physical activity. Which of the following types of activities should the nurse recommend? -
ANSWER Walking briskly
A nurse is preparing to delegate client care task to an assistive personnel a P. Which of the following
tasks should the nurse delegate? - ANSWER Ambulating a client who is postoperative
A nurse is preparing a heparin infusion for a client who was admitted to the facility with deep-vein
thrombosis. The prescription reads: 25,000 units of heparin in 0.9% sodium chloride 250 mL to infuse at
800 units/hr. At what rate should the nurse set the infusion pump? (Round the answer to the nearest
whole number. Use. Leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) - ANSWER 8 mL/hr
A community health nurse is checking blood pressures for a group of clients at a community health
screening. Which of the following clients is at an increased risk for hypertension? - ANSWER a client who
smokes one pack of cigarettes each day
, A nurse is reviewing a client's medication prescription that reads, "digoxin 0.25 by mouth every day."
Which of the following components of the prescription should the nurse verify with the provider? -
ANSWER Medication dose
A nurse is reviewing protocol in preparation for suctioning secretions from a client who has a new
tracheostomy. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? - ANSWER Select a suction
catheter that is half the size of the lumen.
A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a medical surgical unit. In which of the following situations
does the nurse demonstrate the ethical principle of veracity? - ANSWER A client unaware of her recent
cancer diagnosis asks the nurse if she has cancer, and the nurse responds affirmatively.
NGN QUESTION: Based on the clients clinical findings, which of the following actions should the nurse
take? - ANSWER Assist client to a left side lying position with the right knee flexed
Administer a cleansing enema
Auscultate the clients bowel sounds
Perform a manual digital examination of the client's rectum
A nurse is caring for a client who has terminal liver cancer. Which of the following statements should the
nurse identify as an indication that the client is experiencing spiritual distress? - ANSWER "What could I
have done to deserve this illness?"
A nurse is preparing to transfer a client who can bear weight on one leg from the bed to a chair. After
securing a safe environment, which of the following actions should the nurse take next? - ANSWER
assess the client for orthostatic hypotension
A nurse is giving a change-of-shift report about a client they admitted earlier that day who has
pneumonia. Which of the following pieces of information is the priority for the nurse to provide? -
ANSWER Breath sounds
When using the airway, breathing, circulation approach to client care, the nurse should determine that
the priority information to provide is the current status of the client's breath sounds.
PRACTICE 2024 B WITH NGN
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has a new prescription for a home oxygen
concentrator. Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide to the client and his family?
(Select all that apply.) - ANSWER Check the cord routinely for frays or tearing
Consider purchasing a generator for power backup
Observe for signs of hypoxia
A charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse prepare a sterile field for a dressing change. Which of
the following actions by the newly licensed nurse requires intervention by the charge nurse. - ANSWER
The newly licensed nurse places the cap of a bottle of sterile saline solution on the sterile field.
A charge nurse is discussing the responsibility of nurses caring for clients who have Clostridium difficile
infection. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? - ANSWER Have
family members wear a gown and gloves when visiting.
A nurse is teaching an older adult client who is at risk for osteoporosis about beginning a program of
regular physical activity. Which of the following types of activities should the nurse recommend? -
ANSWER Walking briskly
A nurse is preparing to delegate client care task to an assistive personnel a P. Which of the following
tasks should the nurse delegate? - ANSWER Ambulating a client who is postoperative
A nurse is preparing a heparin infusion for a client who was admitted to the facility with deep-vein
thrombosis. The prescription reads: 25,000 units of heparin in 0.9% sodium chloride 250 mL to infuse at
800 units/hr. At what rate should the nurse set the infusion pump? (Round the answer to the nearest
whole number. Use. Leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) - ANSWER 8 mL/hr
A community health nurse is checking blood pressures for a group of clients at a community health
screening. Which of the following clients is at an increased risk for hypertension? - ANSWER a client who
smokes one pack of cigarettes each day
, A nurse is reviewing a client's medication prescription that reads, "digoxin 0.25 by mouth every day."
Which of the following components of the prescription should the nurse verify with the provider? -
ANSWER Medication dose
A nurse is reviewing protocol in preparation for suctioning secretions from a client who has a new
tracheostomy. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? - ANSWER Select a suction
catheter that is half the size of the lumen.
A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a medical surgical unit. In which of the following situations
does the nurse demonstrate the ethical principle of veracity? - ANSWER A client unaware of her recent
cancer diagnosis asks the nurse if she has cancer, and the nurse responds affirmatively.
NGN QUESTION: Based on the clients clinical findings, which of the following actions should the nurse
take? - ANSWER Assist client to a left side lying position with the right knee flexed
Administer a cleansing enema
Auscultate the clients bowel sounds
Perform a manual digital examination of the client's rectum
A nurse is caring for a client who has terminal liver cancer. Which of the following statements should the
nurse identify as an indication that the client is experiencing spiritual distress? - ANSWER "What could I
have done to deserve this illness?"
A nurse is preparing to transfer a client who can bear weight on one leg from the bed to a chair. After
securing a safe environment, which of the following actions should the nurse take next? - ANSWER
assess the client for orthostatic hypotension
A nurse is giving a change-of-shift report about a client they admitted earlier that day who has
pneumonia. Which of the following pieces of information is the priority for the nurse to provide? -
ANSWER Breath sounds
When using the airway, breathing, circulation approach to client care, the nurse should determine that
the priority information to provide is the current status of the client's breath sounds.
