NURSING PRACTICE NCLEX EXAM QUESTIONS
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A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For which nursin
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g activities is this approach useful?
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a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
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b. Establishing priorities of care
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c. Communicating concerns more concisely
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d. Integrating science into nursing care - ANSWER-
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b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care.
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The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-
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term care facility. Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Sele
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ct all that apply.
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a. Preventing falls in the facility
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b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
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c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
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d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
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e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
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f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. - ANSWER-
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oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—
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must be met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are examples of int
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erventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and security needs, providi
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ng art supplies may help meet self-
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actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-
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esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging need
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s.
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile techniques
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when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met by this nurse?
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,a. Physiologic
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b. Safety and security
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c. Self-esteem
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d. Love and belonging - ANSWER-
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b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide safe
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ty from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-
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esteem needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example o
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f helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrang
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e a visit.
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The nurse caring for patients in a long-
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term care facility knows that the highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-
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actualization needs. Which statements accurately describe the achievement of self-
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actualization? Select all that apply. B B B B
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
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b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
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c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
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d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
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e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
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f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. - ANSWER-
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c, e, f. Self- B B B
actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues throughout life. A per
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son achieves self-
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actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity as a guideline for so
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lving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of se
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lf-actualization, and self- B B
actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on others for help. Loneliness and is
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olation are not always the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
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A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is the bes
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t broad definition of a family?
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, a. A father, a mother, and children
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b. A group whose members are biologically related
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c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
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d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support - ANSWER-
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d. Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of people who l
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ive together and depend on each other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
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A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother, a grandmother, and
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two children. Which interview questions directed to the single mother could the nurse use to
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assess the affective and coping family function? Select all that apply.
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a. Who is the person you depend on for emotional support?
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b. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
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c. Do you plan on having any more children?
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d. Who keeps your family together in times of stress?
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e. What family traditions do you pass on to your children?
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f. Do you live in an environment that you consider safe? - ANSWER-
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a, d. The five major areas of family function are physical, economic, reproductive, affect
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ive and coping, and socialization. Asking who provides emotional support in times of stress ass
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esses the affective and coping function. Assessing the breadwinner focuses on the economic f
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unction. Inquiring about having more children assesses the reproductive function, asking abo
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ut family traditions assesses the socialization function, and checking the environment assesse
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s the physical function.
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The nurse caring for families in a free health care clinic identifies psychosocial risk factors for al
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tered family health. Which example describes one of these risk factors?
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a. The family does not have dental care insurance or resources to pay for it.
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b. Both parents work and leave a 12-year old child to care for his younger brother.
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c. Both parents and their children are considerably overweight.
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A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For which nursin
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
g activities is this approach useful?
B B B B B
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
B B B B
b. Establishing priorities of care
B B B B
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
B B B B
d. Integrating science into nursing care - ANSWER-
B B B B B B B
b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care.
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-
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term care facility. Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Sele
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ct all that apply.
B B B
a. Preventing falls in the facility
B B B B B
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
B B B B B
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
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d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
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e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
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f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. - ANSWER-
B B B b, d. Physiologic needs— B B B B B B B B B B
oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—
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must be met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are examples of int
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erventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and security needs, providi
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ng art supplies may help meet self-
B B B B B B
actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-
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esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging need
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s.
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile techniques
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when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met by this nurse?
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,a. Physiologic
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b. Safety and security
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c. Self-esteem
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d. Love and belonging - ANSWER-
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b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide safe
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ty from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-
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esteem needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example o
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
f helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrang
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e a visit.
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The nurse caring for patients in a long-
B B B B B B B
term care facility knows that the highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
actualization needs. Which statements accurately describe the achievement of self-
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actualization? Select all that apply. B B B B
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
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b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
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c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
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d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
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e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
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f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. - ANSWER-
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c, e, f. Self- B B B
actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues throughout life. A per
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son achieves self-
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actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity as a guideline for so
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lving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of se
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lf-actualization, and self- B B
actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on others for help. Loneliness and is
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olation are not always the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
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A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is the bes
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t broad definition of a family?
B B B B B
, a. A father, a mother, and children
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b. A group whose members are biologically related
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c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
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d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support - ANSWER-
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d. Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of people who l
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ive together and depend on each other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
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A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother, a grandmother, and
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two children. Which interview questions directed to the single mother could the nurse use to
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assess the affective and coping family function? Select all that apply.
B B B B B B B B B B
a. Who is the person you depend on for emotional support?
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b. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
B B B B B B B
c. Do you plan on having any more children?
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d. Who keeps your family together in times of stress?
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e. What family traditions do you pass on to your children?
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f. Do you live in an environment that you consider safe? - ANSWER-
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a, d. The five major areas of family function are physical, economic, reproductive, affect
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ive and coping, and socialization. Asking who provides emotional support in times of stress ass
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esses the affective and coping function. Assessing the breadwinner focuses on the economic f
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unction. Inquiring about having more children assesses the reproductive function, asking abo
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ut family traditions assesses the socialization function, and checking the environment assesse
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s the physical function.
B B B
The nurse caring for families in a free health care clinic identifies psychosocial risk factors for al
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tered family health. Which example describes one of these risk factors?
B B B B B B B B B B
a. The family does not have dental care insurance or resources to pay for it.
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
b. Both parents work and leave a 12-year old child to care for his younger brother.
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c. Both parents and their children are considerably overweight.
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