RN Comprehensive Online Practice Exam
2026 Questions and Answers
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is caring for a client who is postoperative
following an emergency appendectomy.
Potential condition: Apply stockings; administer anticoagulant; elevate extremity;
apply ice; apply warm compress
Actions to take: DVT; venous insufficiency; varicose veins; Buergers disease
Parameters to monitor: Intermittent claudication of right lower extremity; Edema
of right lower extremity; Painful vasospasms of right lower extremity; Puritis of
RLE; Ecchymosis of RLE - Correct answer-Upon recognizing and analyzing the
client assessment findings of edema and pruritis of the right lower extremity, the
nurse should identify that this client has manifestations of varicose veins and that it
is important to generate solutions and take actions that will increase venous
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, circulation from the legs to the heart. Therefore, the nurse should elevate the
extremity to promote increased venous return by gravity and apply graduated
compression stockings to promote venous return by placing external pressure on
the muscles of the lower legs.
A nurse is caring for a preschooler on the pediatric unit experiencing anaphlayctic
shock. Which four actions should the nurse take.
Monitor vital signs frequently
D/C supplemental O2
Administer NS IV
D/C IV medication
Administer epi IM
Monitor output Q2hrs - Correct answer-D/C IV medication
Administer epi IM
Monitor vital signs frequently
Administer NS IV
A nurse is caring for a client who is 24hrs post-op following a C/S.
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2026 Questions and Answers
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is caring for a client who is postoperative
following an emergency appendectomy.
Potential condition: Apply stockings; administer anticoagulant; elevate extremity;
apply ice; apply warm compress
Actions to take: DVT; venous insufficiency; varicose veins; Buergers disease
Parameters to monitor: Intermittent claudication of right lower extremity; Edema
of right lower extremity; Painful vasospasms of right lower extremity; Puritis of
RLE; Ecchymosis of RLE - Correct answer-Upon recognizing and analyzing the
client assessment findings of edema and pruritis of the right lower extremity, the
nurse should identify that this client has manifestations of varicose veins and that it
is important to generate solutions and take actions that will increase venous
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, circulation from the legs to the heart. Therefore, the nurse should elevate the
extremity to promote increased venous return by gravity and apply graduated
compression stockings to promote venous return by placing external pressure on
the muscles of the lower legs.
A nurse is caring for a preschooler on the pediatric unit experiencing anaphlayctic
shock. Which four actions should the nurse take.
Monitor vital signs frequently
D/C supplemental O2
Administer NS IV
D/C IV medication
Administer epi IM
Monitor output Q2hrs - Correct answer-D/C IV medication
Administer epi IM
Monitor vital signs frequently
Administer NS IV
A nurse is caring for a client who is 24hrs post-op following a C/S.
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