Exam 11: Nclex: What You Need to Know

Identify the additional changes in the ventilator settings the nurse needs to make when changing a ventilator client from full-control mode to assist/control mode.

A client who had a kidney transplant experiences myelosuppression as one of the side effects of the antirejection medication. Select the points the nurse should include in the client's home discharge plan. (Select all that apply.)

A 28-year-old woman is diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Select the discharge instructions by the nurse that best help prevent exacerbation of the disease.

Which nursing action is most important in the care of a client who is receiving 300 mL of Isocal by nasogastric feeding tube every 4 hours?

For the past three exchanges, a client who is receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) has retained between 250 and 400 mL with each exchange. He has no urine output and has not moved his bowels in 3 days. The returned CAPD fluid is clear. Select the most appropriate action by the nurse at this time.

Identify the initial action by the ER nurse that is most appropriate for a 42-year-old woman diagnosed with a mood disturbance disorder who overdoses on amitriptyline (Elavil).

Identify the statement made by a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist to a client with anorexia nervosa that best demonstrates the use of cognitive therapy.

Identify the action by the public health nurse that best reduces the risk for infection of a man who now has a positive purified protein derivative (PPD) skin test and whose wife was recently diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis.

In the abbreviation NCLEX-CAT, RN, what does CAT stands for?

Identify the intervention by the nurse that is most appropriate in caring for a client with a recent diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.

Select the most effective action a nurse can take to protect a client who has been recently diagnosed with thrombocytopenia.

Select the instructions given by the nurse to a group of senior citizens attending a class on aging at a senior center that best addresses the normal age-related changes in vision.

While taking the NCLEX-RN, CAT examination, a graduate encounters a question about a disease process that had not been covered in any class in nursing school. Which strategy would be best for the graduate to use in answering this question?

A client with pancreatitis complains of abdominal pain. If the physician has prescribed all of the following medications PRN for pain for this client, identify the one the nurse should give.

A 44-year-old woman who is diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder is seen in the clinic for treatment. Select the intervention by the nurse that best achieves the goal of promoting consensual validation of reality.

Which stem question best indicates that an "Implementation" category question is being asked?

Identify the nursing action that best prevents the introduction of air into a subclavian IV line when the nurse is changing the tubing on the IV solution.

Select the action the nurse should take first when a client becomes short of breath, pale, and diaphoretic and complains of localized chest pain after a new bottle of TPN has been hung.

Which test-taking tip is most important to remember when taking a multiple choice examination such as the NCLEX-CAT, RN?

Hospice care is often used for the treatment of terminally ill clients with cancer. Identify the basic characteristics found in hospice programs. (Select all that apply.)