Neclex Exam Questions With All Answers
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1. A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs.
For which nursing activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care: b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for
establishing priorities of care.
2. The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility.
Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select
all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group.: b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water,
food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life.
Providing food and oxygen are examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and
security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps
meet self-esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging needs.
3. The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and
sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human
needs is being met by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
,d. Love and belonging: b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide
safety from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by
, allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting
a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
4. The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the
highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which
statements accurately describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all
that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems.: c, e, f.
Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues throughout life. A person achieves
self-actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity as a guideline for solving problems and
pursuing interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and self-actualization needs
are not met specifically by depending on others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet
self-actualization needs.
5. A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility.
What is the best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support: d.
Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of people who live together and depend on each
other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
6. A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother,
a grandmother, and two children. Which interview questions directed to the
single mother could the nurse use to assess the affective and coping family
function? Select all that apply.
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1. A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs.
For which nursing activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care: b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for
establishing priorities of care.
2. The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility.
Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select
all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group.: b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water,
food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life.
Providing food and oxygen are examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and
security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps
meet self-esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging needs.
3. The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and
sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human
needs is being met by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
,d. Love and belonging: b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide
safety from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by
, allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting
a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
4. The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the
highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which
statements accurately describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all
that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems.: c, e, f.
Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues throughout life. A person achieves
self-actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity as a guideline for solving problems and
pursuing interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and self-actualization needs
are not met specifically by depending on others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet
self-actualization needs.
5. A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility.
What is the best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support: d.
Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of people who live together and depend on each
other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
6. A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother,
a grandmother, and two children. Which interview questions directed to the
single mother could the nurse use to assess the affective and coping family
function? Select all that apply.
