2026 RN NCLEX EXAMPREP PRACTICE
SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
▶ pre-group phase. Answer: Yalom phase that considers the direction and
framework of the group, defining purpose and goals, determining
membership criteria
▶ scope of practice. Answer: Defines NP roles and actions
▶ scope of practice. Answer: Identifies competencies assumed to be held
by NPs
▶ scope of practice. Answer: has broad variations from state to state due
to outdated legislation
▶ standards of practice. Answer: gives authoritative statements regarding
quality and type of practice that should be provided
▶ standards of practice. Answer: offer a way to judge nature of care
provided; reflect expectation of care provided, professional agreement of
minimal acceptable level of performance; can be used to legally describe
standard of care
▶ cognitive therapy. Answer: type of therapy used when clients have
irrational beliefs, faulty conceptions, and negative distortions about
themselves
▶ existential therapy. Answer: therapy approach in which client reflects on
life and self-confrontation is encouraged
▶ akathisia. Answer: motor restlessness, inability to sit still, rocking,
pacing, constant motion of a unilateral limb, subjective sense of
restlessness
▶ Akinesia. Answer: absence of movement, difficulty initiating motion
, ▶ Dystonia. Answer: muscle spasticity
▶ Pseudo-Parkinson's. Answer: shuffling gait, motor slowing, mask-like
facial expression, pill-rolling, tremors, muscle rigidity
▶ Tardive dyskinesia (TD). Answer: involuntary abnormal muscle
movement of the mouth, tongue, face, and jaw that may progress to limbs;
can be irreversible; can occur as an acute process at the initiation of
treatment
▶ 120 hours (five half-lives to reach steady state). Answer: Medication
with 24-hour half-life will require how many hours to reach a steady state in
the body
▶ steady-state. Answer: Point at which the amount of drug eliminated
between doses is equal to the dose administered
▶ half-life. Answer: time needed to clear 50% of medication from the
system
▶ Hope. Answer: Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
virtues: Trust vs Mistrust
▶ Will. Answer: Autonomy vs shame and doubt
▶ purpose. Answer: Initiative vs guilt
▶ competence. Answer: Industry vs inferiority
▶ fidelity. Answer: identity vs role confusion
▶ love. Answer: intimacy vs isolation
▶ care. Answer: generatively vs stagnation
▶ wisdom. Answer: ego integrity vs despair
▶ mania. Answer: Indiscriminate enthusiasm typically found during MSE
(thought processes) for ______.
SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
▶ pre-group phase. Answer: Yalom phase that considers the direction and
framework of the group, defining purpose and goals, determining
membership criteria
▶ scope of practice. Answer: Defines NP roles and actions
▶ scope of practice. Answer: Identifies competencies assumed to be held
by NPs
▶ scope of practice. Answer: has broad variations from state to state due
to outdated legislation
▶ standards of practice. Answer: gives authoritative statements regarding
quality and type of practice that should be provided
▶ standards of practice. Answer: offer a way to judge nature of care
provided; reflect expectation of care provided, professional agreement of
minimal acceptable level of performance; can be used to legally describe
standard of care
▶ cognitive therapy. Answer: type of therapy used when clients have
irrational beliefs, faulty conceptions, and negative distortions about
themselves
▶ existential therapy. Answer: therapy approach in which client reflects on
life and self-confrontation is encouraged
▶ akathisia. Answer: motor restlessness, inability to sit still, rocking,
pacing, constant motion of a unilateral limb, subjective sense of
restlessness
▶ Akinesia. Answer: absence of movement, difficulty initiating motion
, ▶ Dystonia. Answer: muscle spasticity
▶ Pseudo-Parkinson's. Answer: shuffling gait, motor slowing, mask-like
facial expression, pill-rolling, tremors, muscle rigidity
▶ Tardive dyskinesia (TD). Answer: involuntary abnormal muscle
movement of the mouth, tongue, face, and jaw that may progress to limbs;
can be irreversible; can occur as an acute process at the initiation of
treatment
▶ 120 hours (five half-lives to reach steady state). Answer: Medication
with 24-hour half-life will require how many hours to reach a steady state in
the body
▶ steady-state. Answer: Point at which the amount of drug eliminated
between doses is equal to the dose administered
▶ half-life. Answer: time needed to clear 50% of medication from the
system
▶ Hope. Answer: Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
virtues: Trust vs Mistrust
▶ Will. Answer: Autonomy vs shame and doubt
▶ purpose. Answer: Initiative vs guilt
▶ competence. Answer: Industry vs inferiority
▶ fidelity. Answer: identity vs role confusion
▶ love. Answer: intimacy vs isolation
▶ care. Answer: generatively vs stagnation
▶ wisdom. Answer: ego integrity vs despair
▶ mania. Answer: Indiscriminate enthusiasm typically found during MSE
(thought processes) for ______.
