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NCLEX questions for critical thinking
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The nurse is providing care to a group of clients. For which situation
would the nurses use of critical thinking be a priority?
1. Administering IV push meds to critically ill clients
2. Educating a home health client about treatment options
3. Teaching new parents car seat safety
4. Assisting an orthopedic client with the proper use of crutches
Ans: 2. Educating a home health client about treatment
options
A client recovering from a stroke does not want to perform prescribed
shoulder exercises. What should the nurse say to the client that
demonstrates critical thinking with creativity?
1. Youll only get worse if you dont do these exercises.
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2. As soon as you get these into your routine, youll feel better.
3. Your physician wouldnt have ordered these if they werent
important.
4. Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on this board in
10 minutes.
Ans: 4. Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on
this board in 10 minutes.
A student nurse resists when encouraged to be creative when
providing client care. What should the nurse educator say to encourage
this student to be creative?
1. Creativity allows unique solutions to unique problems.
2. Not all your answers are going to be from your textbook.
3. Creativity makes nursing more fun.
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4. Youll get bored if you dont learn to be creative.
Ans: 1. Creativity allows unique solutions to unique problems.
The nurse educator assigns students an activity to implement Socratic
questioning in their daily lives. Which question provided by a student
demonstrates this reasoning technique?
1. What makes you think cramming for a test is an ineffective way to
study?
2. What other ways of studying could you implement?
3. If you didnt study for your test, what is the probability you will fail?
4. If you study all the unit outcomes, what effect will that have?
Ans: 1. What makes you think cramming for a test is an
ineffective way to study?
A client is experiencing a productive cough, audible coarse crackles,
elevated temperature of 102.3F, chills, and body aches. What did the
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NCLEX questions for critical thinking
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
The nurse is providing care to a group of clients. For which situation
would the nurses use of critical thinking be a priority?
1. Administering IV push meds to critically ill clients
2. Educating a home health client about treatment options
3. Teaching new parents car seat safety
4. Assisting an orthopedic client with the proper use of crutches
Ans: 2. Educating a home health client about treatment
options
A client recovering from a stroke does not want to perform prescribed
shoulder exercises. What should the nurse say to the client that
demonstrates critical thinking with creativity?
1. Youll only get worse if you dont do these exercises.
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2. As soon as you get these into your routine, youll feel better.
3. Your physician wouldnt have ordered these if they werent
important.
4. Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on this board in
10 minutes.
Ans: 4. Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on
this board in 10 minutes.
A student nurse resists when encouraged to be creative when
providing client care. What should the nurse educator say to encourage
this student to be creative?
1. Creativity allows unique solutions to unique problems.
2. Not all your answers are going to be from your textbook.
3. Creativity makes nursing more fun.
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4. Youll get bored if you dont learn to be creative.
Ans: 1. Creativity allows unique solutions to unique problems.
The nurse educator assigns students an activity to implement Socratic
questioning in their daily lives. Which question provided by a student
demonstrates this reasoning technique?
1. What makes you think cramming for a test is an ineffective way to
study?
2. What other ways of studying could you implement?
3. If you didnt study for your test, what is the probability you will fail?
4. If you study all the unit outcomes, what effect will that have?
Ans: 1. What makes you think cramming for a test is an
ineffective way to study?
A client is experiencing a productive cough, audible coarse crackles,
elevated temperature of 102.3F, chills, and body aches. What did the
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