NCLEX Questions

The nurse applies a cold pack fto relieve musculoskeletal pain. Which rationale explains the analgesic properties of cold therapy?

Causing local vasoconstriction, preventing edema and muscle spasms

Which part of the brain primarily regulates muscle functioning and coordinates movement?

Cerebellum

When planning for a client's care during the detoxification phase of early alcohol withdrawal, which action would the nurse take?

Check on the client frequently.

AN 8-year-old child has experienced the death of a sister. The child begins to ask many questions about what happens to the body after death. The parents wonders if this is abnormal behavior picked up from playing video games. Which is the best response by the nurse?

"School-aged children are inquisitive and ask a lot of questions about death."

A client reports left-sided chest pain after playing racquetball. The client is hospitalized and diagnosed with left pneumothorax. When assessing the client's left chest area, the nurse expects to identify which finding?

Absence of breath sounds on auscultation

Which clinical manifestation is characterized by eczematous eruption with well-defined geometric margins?

Contact dermatitis

Thick mucous gland secretions, elevated sweat electrolytes, meconium ileus, and difficulty maintaining and gaining weight are associated with which autosomal recessive disorder?

Cystic fibrosis

Which period of Piaget's theory covers the prevalence of egocentrism in adolescents?

Formal operations

A client who is in the advanced stage of illness asks the nurse to contact pastoral services for support. According to the Macmillan model, which is the correct nursing intervention in this situation?

Immediately involve pastoral services while caring for the client.

Which explanation will the nurse give when a client asks about what causes varicose veins?

Incompetent valves of superficial veins

Which function of limbic system is accurate?

Influence emotional behavior

Which disorder is a cause of systemic altered inflammatory response in impaired wound healing?

Leukemia

In which components of the nephron unit does furosemide decrease fluid reabsorption? Select all that apply.

Loop of Henle Distal tubules Proximal tubules

Which structure is a component of the auditory ossicles?

Malleus

After a cerebrovascular accident (CVA, also known as "brain attack"), a client is unable to differentiate between heat or cold and sharp or dull sensory stimulation. The nurse would conclude the CVA affected which lobe of the brain?

Parietal

When a client injuries the amphiarthrodial joint, which joint did the client injure?

Pelvic joint

Which nursing intervention would the nurse direct toward a child admitted for acute glomerulonephritis?

Promoting diuresis

Which causative organisms colonization signifies purulent exudates of greenish-pale pus with a fruity odor?

Pseudomonas

A client diagnosed with invasive cancer of the bladder has brachytherapy scheduled. Which successful therapy outcome would the nurse expect with this client?

Shrinkage of the tumor when scanned

Which organism would the nurse teach immigrants is the cause of smallpox?

Variola virus

Which action would the nurse take for a withdrawn client who suddenly screams, bursts into tears, and runs from the room to the far end of the hallway?

Walk of the end of the hallway where the client is standing

Which consistent approach would the nurse use for a client with an antisocial personality disorder?

Warm and firm without being punitive