NCLEX PN QuEstioNs for 2024-2025
1. What is the medication "Tigan" used for?: Nausea and Emesis
2. When removing a chest tube, what should you instruct the patient to do?: -
hold breathe and bear down
3. When you notice blanching, coldness and edema at the IV site, what should
you do?: Remove the IV
4. What is considered a normal Blood Glucose level?: 70-100
5. What PPE to use for MRSA patient?: Gloves
Gown
Goggles
Mask
6. What is Raynauds disease?: reduced blood flow due to spasm of arteries of the
feet and hands
7. What is an EARLY sign of digoxin toxicity, from the drug digoxin?: Anorexia
8. What are normal Magnesium levels?: 1.6 - 2.6 mg
9. What are signs of elevated magnesium levels?: Drowsiness
Sedation
,Lethargy
Muscle weakness
Areflexia
10. What is Areflexia?: Absence of the reflexes
11. What position should you place a patient with acute epiglottitis?: Sit upright
12. What position to use for Soapsuds enema?: Left side SIMS position
13. What is the 1st step when looking into the NCLEX exam?: Step 1: Access
the NCSBN website at
www.ncsbn.org
(Obtain info for international nurses)
14. For state licensing?: Contact the state in which you are taking the NCLEX in
and determine specific requirements for that state
15. What is the process for sending the state official documents?: They must
come from the "Licensing Authority"
16. Is the NCLEX exam administered in other languages?: No
(ONLY in English)
, 17. What is your Initial response after a patients trach tube becomes dis-
lodged?: Use a manual BVM/resuscitation device?
18. What is the "immediate" action to take after a heart failure patient presents
with shortness of breath/dyspnea?: Raise the head of the bed
19. How soon after the administration of nitroglycerin should the patient see
relief?: 5 mins
(Burning sensation/vertigo are common side effects)
20. What is a concern when a patient is taking Warfarin?: Bleeding easily
(Educate patient on straight razor use)
21. Reduce symptoms of Raynauds disease?: Wearing gloves when handling
frozen food
22. What is Dystocia?: Abnormal labor or childbirth
23. What is the 1st step in the Nursing process?: Data collection
24. What is the 2nd step in the Nursing process?: Planning
25. What is the 3rd step in the Nursing process?: Implementation
26. What is the 4th step in the Nursing Process?: Evaluation
27. Iron supplements should be taken with what?: Vitamin C rich juices (Tomato
juice, Orange juice)
28. When noticing that the fundus of a postpartum patient is soft and spongy,
1. What is the medication "Tigan" used for?: Nausea and Emesis
2. When removing a chest tube, what should you instruct the patient to do?: -
hold breathe and bear down
3. When you notice blanching, coldness and edema at the IV site, what should
you do?: Remove the IV
4. What is considered a normal Blood Glucose level?: 70-100
5. What PPE to use for MRSA patient?: Gloves
Gown
Goggles
Mask
6. What is Raynauds disease?: reduced blood flow due to spasm of arteries of the
feet and hands
7. What is an EARLY sign of digoxin toxicity, from the drug digoxin?: Anorexia
8. What are normal Magnesium levels?: 1.6 - 2.6 mg
9. What are signs of elevated magnesium levels?: Drowsiness
Sedation
,Lethargy
Muscle weakness
Areflexia
10. What is Areflexia?: Absence of the reflexes
11. What position should you place a patient with acute epiglottitis?: Sit upright
12. What position to use for Soapsuds enema?: Left side SIMS position
13. What is the 1st step when looking into the NCLEX exam?: Step 1: Access
the NCSBN website at
www.ncsbn.org
(Obtain info for international nurses)
14. For state licensing?: Contact the state in which you are taking the NCLEX in
and determine specific requirements for that state
15. What is the process for sending the state official documents?: They must
come from the "Licensing Authority"
16. Is the NCLEX exam administered in other languages?: No
(ONLY in English)
, 17. What is your Initial response after a patients trach tube becomes dis-
lodged?: Use a manual BVM/resuscitation device?
18. What is the "immediate" action to take after a heart failure patient presents
with shortness of breath/dyspnea?: Raise the head of the bed
19. How soon after the administration of nitroglycerin should the patient see
relief?: 5 mins
(Burning sensation/vertigo are common side effects)
20. What is a concern when a patient is taking Warfarin?: Bleeding easily
(Educate patient on straight razor use)
21. Reduce symptoms of Raynauds disease?: Wearing gloves when handling
frozen food
22. What is Dystocia?: Abnormal labor or childbirth
23. What is the 1st step in the Nursing process?: Data collection
24. What is the 2nd step in the Nursing process?: Planning
25. What is the 3rd step in the Nursing process?: Implementation
26. What is the 4th step in the Nursing Process?: Evaluation
27. Iron supplements should be taken with what?: Vitamin C rich juices (Tomato
juice, Orange juice)
28. When noticing that the fundus of a postpartum patient is soft and spongy,
