Online Access Free NCLEX-RN Practice Test

An 82-year-old former restaurant owner walks to the nursing station and states, "I have to go. The restaurant opens at 11 am." Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

• A."Go back to your room. You do not own a restaurant."
• B."It is snowing outside. The restaurant is closed."
• C."You once owned a restaurant. Tell me about it."
• D."You are in the hospital now. Calm down."

Parents of a child with rheumatic fever express concern that she will always be arthritic. The nurse discusses their concerns and tells them the joint pain usually:

• A.Is responsive to ibuprofen (Motrin)
• B.Is relieved by aspirin
• C.Subsides in<3 weeks
• D.Subsides in 3-6 days

A client presents to the emergency room with cyanosis, coughing, tachypnea, and tachycardia. She has a history of asthma. Arterial blood gas values are pH 7.28, PaO2 54, PaCO2 60, and HCO3 24. The nursing assessment of arterial blood gases indicate the presence of:

• A.Metabolic acidosis
• B.Metabolic alkalosis
• C.Respiratory alkalosis
• D.Respiratory acidosis

A client is having a pneumonectomy done today, and the nurse is planning her postoperative care. Nursing interventions for a postoperative left pneumonectomy would include:

• A.Monitoring the right lung for an increase in rales
• B.Positioning the client in semi-Fowler position with a pillow under the shoulder and back
• C.Positioning the client on the right side
• D.Monitoring the chest tubes

A female client presents to the obstetric-gynecology clinic for a pregnancy test, the result which turns out to be positive. Her last menstrual period began December 10, 1993. Using Nagele's rule, the nurse estimates her date of delivery to be:

• A.September 3, 1994
• B.September 17, 1994
• C.September 10, 1994
• D.August 17, 1994