NCLEX PN Test Preparation Questions and Answers 2025/2026

NCLEX PN Test Preparation Questions and Answers 2025/2026


1. Reduce symptoms of Raynauds disease?: Wearing gloves when handling frozen food
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2. What is Raynauds disease?: reduced blood flow due to spasm of arteries of the feet and hands
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3. When removing a chest tube, what should you instruct the patient to do?: -
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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?: Remov
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e the IV
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5. What is considered a normal Blood Glucose level?: 70-100
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6. What PPE to use for MRSA patient?: Gloves Gown
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Mask
7. What is an EARLY sign of digoxin toxicity,from the drug digoxin?: Anorexia
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8. What are normal Magnesium levels?: 1.6 - 2.6 mg
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9. What are signs of elevated magnesium levels?: Drowsiness Sedation
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Lethargy
Muscleweakness Areflexi
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10. What is Areflexia?: Absence of the reflexes
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11. What position should you place a patient with acute epiglottitis?: Sit upright
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12. What position to use for Soapsuds enema?: Left side SIMS position
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13. What is the 1st step when looking into the NCLEX exam?: Step 1: Access the NCSBN web
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site at
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www.ncsbn.org
(Obtain info for international nurses)
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14. For state licensing?: Contact the state in which you are taking the NCLEX in and determine
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specific requirements for that state
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15. What is the process for sending the state official documents?: They must come from the
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,16. Is the NCLEX exam administered in other languages?: No (ONLY in En
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glish)
17. What is your Initial response after a patients trach tube becomes dis-
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lodged?: Use a manual BVM/resuscitation device?
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18. What isthe "immediate" action to takeafter aheart failure patient presents with shortnes
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s of breath/dyspnea?: Raise the head of the bed
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, 19. How soon after the administration of nitroglycerin should the patient see relief?: 5 mins
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(Burning sensation/vertigo are common side effects)
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20. What is a concern when a patient is takingWarfarin?: Bleeding easily (Educate pati
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ent on straight razor use)
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21. What is Dystocia?: Abnormal labor or childbirth f f f f f f



22. What is the 1st step in the Nursing process?: Data collection
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23. What is the 2nd step in the Nursing process?: Planning
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24. What is the 3rd step in the Nursing process?: Implementation
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25. What is the 4th step in the Nursing Process?: Evaluation
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26. What is the medication "Tigan" used for?: Nausea and Emesis
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27. Iron supplements should be taken with what?: Vitamin Crichjuices (Tomato juice, Orange j
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uice)
28. When noticing that the fundus of a postpartum patient is soft and spongy, what should yo
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u do?: Massage the fundus gently until it is firm
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29. Drugs that end in "lol" are normally used for what?: Beta Blocker (for hypertension)
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30. What OTC tabs should patients not take with medication?: Antacids tabs (effects the ab
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31. Which tabs should not be crushed?: Enteric Coated/sustained release tabs
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32. Can nurses adjust or change a patients medication?: NO (only the Doctor can do this)
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33. T/F Patients should consult a doctor before taking OTC or any herbal preparations?
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34. Can Abandonment charges befiled against nurseswho walk out ifstaffing is inadequate?:
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Yes
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35. Can nurses refuse to float?: No, unless their Union contract states they only work in a spec
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36. Do Nurses need to get their own Insurance against malpractice?: YES
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37. Who issued the Patients Bill of Rights?: American Hospital Association
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38. What is habeas Corpus,and can a mentally ill patient request it?: Request-
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ing a release from care/Yes they can
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39. T/F Catholics, Christians and Jehovah witness are the only religions that allow organ do
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