NCLEX Select All That Apply Practice Exam 10

Question 1

An unconscious client who is bleeding profusely is brought to the emergency department after a serious accident.
Surgery is required immediately to save the client's life.
With regard to informed consent for the surgical procedure, which of the following is the best action?

Accepted Answer

Transport the client to the operating department immediately, as required by the health care provider without obtaining an informed consent.

Answer

Call the nursing supervisor to initiate a court order for the surgical procedure.

Answer

Try calling the client's spouse to obtain telephone consent before the surgical procedure.

Answer

Ask the friend who accompanied the client to the emergency department to sign the consent form.

Question 2

When caring for a 3-year-old child, the nurse should provide which toy for this child?

Accepted Answer

A wagon

Answer

A puzzle

Answer

A golf set

Answer

A farm set

Question 3

When caring for a 3-year-old child, the nurse should provide which toy for this child?

Accepted Answer

A wagon

Answer

A puzzle

Answer

A gold set

Answer

A farm set

Question 4

A client hospitalized with severe depression and suicidal ideation refuses to talk with the nurse. The nurse recognizes that the suicidal client has difficulty:

Accepted Answer

Expressing anger toward others

Answer

Expressing feelings of low self-worth

Answer

Discussing remorse and guilt for actions

Answer

Displaying dependence on others

Question 5

A client receiving hydrochlorothiazide is instructed to increase her dietary intake of potassium. The best snack for the client requiring increased potassium is:

Accepted Answer

Banana

Answer

Pear

Answer

Apple

Answer

Orange

Question 6

The nurse is caring for a client following removal of the thyroid. Immediately post-op, the nurse should:

Accepted Answer

Maintain the client in a semi-Fowler’s position with the head and neck supported by pillows

Answer

Encourage the client to turn her head side to side, to promote drainage of oral secretions

Answer

Maintain the client in a supine position with sandbags placed on either side of the head and neck

Answer

Encourage the client to cough and breathe deeply every 2 hours, with the neck in a flexed position

Question 7

A client hospitalized with chronic dyspepsia is diagnosed with gastric cancer. Which of the following is associated with an increased incidence of gastric cancer?

Accepted Answer

Luncheon meats

Answer

Dairy products

Answer

Carbonated beverages

Answer

Refined sugars

Question 8

A client is sent to the psychiatric unit for forensic evaluation after he is accused of arson. His tentative diagnosis is antisocial personality disorder. In reviewing the client’s record, the nurse could expect to find:

Accepted Answer

A history of cruelty to animals

Answer

A history of consistent employment

Answer

A below-average intelligence

Answer

An expression of remorse for his actions

Question 9

The licensed vocational nurse may not assume the primary care for a client:

Accepted Answer

With a venous access device

Answer

In the fourth stage of labor

Answer

Two days post-appendectomy

Answer

With bipolar disorder

Question 10

The physician has ordered dressings with Sulfamylon cream for a client with full-thickness burns of the hands and arms. Before dressing changes, the nurse should give priority to:

Accepted Answer

Administering pain medication

Answer

Checking the adequacy of urinary output

Answer

Requesting a daily complete blood count

Answer

Obtaining a blood glucose by finger stick

An unconscious client who is bleeding profusely is brought to the emergency department after a serious accident.Surgery is required immediately to save the client's life.With regard to informed consent for the surgical procedure, which of the following is the best action?

An unconscious client who is bleeding profusely is brought to the emergency department after a serious accident.
Surgery is required immediately to save the client's life.
With regard to informed consent for the surgical procedure, which of the following is the best action?