LPN NCLEX TEST EXAM (LATEST 2026 UPDATE) |
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
(MULTIPLE CHOICES) |GRADED A+
Which is a nursing intervention for a patient taking carbidopa-
levodopa for parkinsonism?
a. Encourage the patient to adhere to a high-protein diet.
b. Inform the patient that perspiration may be dark and stain clothing.
c. Advise the patient that glucose levels should be checked with urine
testing.
d. Warn the patient that it may take 4 to 5 days before symptoms are
controlled.
- Answer -b. Inform the patient that perspiration may be dark and
stain clothing.
What would the nurse teach a patient who is taking anticholinergic
therapy for parkinsonism? (Select all that apply.)
a. Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine.
b. Relieve dry mouth with hard candy or ice chips.
c. Use sunglasses to reduce photophobia.
d. Urinate 2 hours after taking the drug.
e. Receive routine eye examinations.
- Answer -a. Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine.
A patient is taking rivastigmine (Exelon) to improve cognitive
function. What should the nurse teach the patient/family member to
do? (Select all that apply.)
a. Rise slowly to avoid dizziness.
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,b. Remove obstacles from pathways to avoid injury.
c. Closely follow the drug dosing schedule.
d. Have frequent checks for hypertension.
e. Receive regular liver function tests.
- Answer -a. Rise slowly to avoid dizziness.
b. Remove obstacles from pathways to avoid injury.
c. Closely follow the drug dosing schedule.
Your client has a fracture of the radius. There is swelling at the injury
site and the client complains of pain in the area. Which stage of bone
healing do these signs and symptoms represent?
a. Cellular proliferation
b. Inflammatory
c. Ossification
d. Callus formation - Answer -b. Inflammatory
During the inflammatory phase, bleeding occurs at the area of injury
and results in a hematoma. Why plus I was rushed to the area of
injury to begin to debride the dead cells. The patient will experience
pain during this phase. Cellular proliferation occurs after
approximately 5 days, when the interrupted blood supply is recreated
and fibrin strands begin to form. The callus formation stage takes
about 3 to 4 weeks, while the ossification stage may take as long as 3
to 4 months. Remodelling of the bone may take months to years.
Who was the English Quaker who advocated humane care and built
an asylum to reflect a household?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. William Tukes
c. Sigmund Freud
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,d. Benjamin Rush - Answer -b. William Tukes
Changes in the delivery of mental health care that resulted from the
development of electroconvulsive therapy and psychotherapeutic
drugs brought about which phenomenon in the 20th century?
a. Behavioral therapy
b. Personality disorganization
c. Deinstitutionalization
d. Brain surgery - Answer -c. Deinstitutionalization
What is the best description of personality?
a. The level of mental health that a person attains in life
b. The relatively consistent set of attitudes and behaviors particular to
an individual
c. The result of a positive self-concept and acceptable behavior
d. The ability to manage stress
- Answer -b. The relatively consistent set of attitudes and behaviors
particular to an individual
The nurse is reviewing the assessment finding for a patient
hospitalized with a stress disorder. What findings support the
diagnoses?
a. A vague feeling of depression
b. An assumed role to protect the ego
c. A main reason for all mental illnesses
d. A response to any demand made upon the individual - Answer -d. A
response to any demand made upon the individual
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, The nurse is caring for a patient who is currently voicing feelings of
anxiety. The nurse correctly recognizes what as the best description of
the feelings that the patient is experiencing?
a. A vague feeling of apprehension
b. Feelings of paranoia
c. Concerns about the impressions others have for her
d. Emotional stability
- Answer -a. A vague feeling of apprehension
An assembly line manager in a factory was told that he would be laid
off if his line did not meet the hourly quote. He promptly went to his
workers and threatened to fire anyone who was found taking even 1
minute extra on a break. What is the manager displaying?
a. Denial
b. Regression
c. Displacement
d. Identification - Answer -c. Displacement
Punishment and abandonment were how mentally ill people were
treated in medieval times. These practices continued until the 17th
and 18th centuries. Which care practice that is still being used today
did Dr. Phillipe Pinel of France advocate?
a. Electroshock therapy for melancholy
b. Humane care with record keeping of behaviors
c. Psychoanalysis
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
(MULTIPLE CHOICES) |GRADED A+
Which is a nursing intervention for a patient taking carbidopa-
levodopa for parkinsonism?
a. Encourage the patient to adhere to a high-protein diet.
b. Inform the patient that perspiration may be dark and stain clothing.
c. Advise the patient that glucose levels should be checked with urine
testing.
d. Warn the patient that it may take 4 to 5 days before symptoms are
controlled.
- Answer -b. Inform the patient that perspiration may be dark and
stain clothing.
What would the nurse teach a patient who is taking anticholinergic
therapy for parkinsonism? (Select all that apply.)
a. Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine.
b. Relieve dry mouth with hard candy or ice chips.
c. Use sunglasses to reduce photophobia.
d. Urinate 2 hours after taking the drug.
e. Receive routine eye examinations.
- Answer -a. Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine.
A patient is taking rivastigmine (Exelon) to improve cognitive
function. What should the nurse teach the patient/family member to
do? (Select all that apply.)
a. Rise slowly to avoid dizziness.
pg. 1
,b. Remove obstacles from pathways to avoid injury.
c. Closely follow the drug dosing schedule.
d. Have frequent checks for hypertension.
e. Receive regular liver function tests.
- Answer -a. Rise slowly to avoid dizziness.
b. Remove obstacles from pathways to avoid injury.
c. Closely follow the drug dosing schedule.
Your client has a fracture of the radius. There is swelling at the injury
site and the client complains of pain in the area. Which stage of bone
healing do these signs and symptoms represent?
a. Cellular proliferation
b. Inflammatory
c. Ossification
d. Callus formation - Answer -b. Inflammatory
During the inflammatory phase, bleeding occurs at the area of injury
and results in a hematoma. Why plus I was rushed to the area of
injury to begin to debride the dead cells. The patient will experience
pain during this phase. Cellular proliferation occurs after
approximately 5 days, when the interrupted blood supply is recreated
and fibrin strands begin to form. The callus formation stage takes
about 3 to 4 weeks, while the ossification stage may take as long as 3
to 4 months. Remodelling of the bone may take months to years.
Who was the English Quaker who advocated humane care and built
an asylum to reflect a household?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. William Tukes
c. Sigmund Freud
pg. 2
,d. Benjamin Rush - Answer -b. William Tukes
Changes in the delivery of mental health care that resulted from the
development of electroconvulsive therapy and psychotherapeutic
drugs brought about which phenomenon in the 20th century?
a. Behavioral therapy
b. Personality disorganization
c. Deinstitutionalization
d. Brain surgery - Answer -c. Deinstitutionalization
What is the best description of personality?
a. The level of mental health that a person attains in life
b. The relatively consistent set of attitudes and behaviors particular to
an individual
c. The result of a positive self-concept and acceptable behavior
d. The ability to manage stress
- Answer -b. The relatively consistent set of attitudes and behaviors
particular to an individual
The nurse is reviewing the assessment finding for a patient
hospitalized with a stress disorder. What findings support the
diagnoses?
a. A vague feeling of depression
b. An assumed role to protect the ego
c. A main reason for all mental illnesses
d. A response to any demand made upon the individual - Answer -d. A
response to any demand made upon the individual
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, The nurse is caring for a patient who is currently voicing feelings of
anxiety. The nurse correctly recognizes what as the best description of
the feelings that the patient is experiencing?
a. A vague feeling of apprehension
b. Feelings of paranoia
c. Concerns about the impressions others have for her
d. Emotional stability
- Answer -a. A vague feeling of apprehension
An assembly line manager in a factory was told that he would be laid
off if his line did not meet the hourly quote. He promptly went to his
workers and threatened to fire anyone who was found taking even 1
minute extra on a break. What is the manager displaying?
a. Denial
b. Regression
c. Displacement
d. Identification - Answer -c. Displacement
Punishment and abandonment were how mentally ill people were
treated in medieval times. These practices continued until the 17th
and 18th centuries. Which care practice that is still being used today
did Dr. Phillipe Pinel of France advocate?
a. Electroshock therapy for melancholy
b. Humane care with record keeping of behaviors
c. Psychoanalysis
pg. 4
