NCLEX QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL
THINKING EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
The nurse is providing care to a group of clients. For which situation would the nurses use of
critical thinking be a priority?
1. Administering IV push meds to critically ill clients
2. Educating a home health client about treatment options
3. Teaching new parents car seat safety
4. Assisting an orthopedic client with the proper use of crutches - ANS 2. Educating a home
health client about treatment options
A client recovering from a stroke does not want to perform prescribed shoulder exercises. What
should the nurse say to the client that demonstrates critical thinking with creativity?
1. Youll only get worse if you dont do these exercises.
2. As soon as you get these into your routine, youll feel better.
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, 3. Your physician wouldnt have ordered these if they werent important.
4. Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on this board in 10 minutes. - ANS 4.
Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on this board in 10 minutes.
A student nurse resists when encouraged to be creative when providing client care. What
should the nurse educator say to encourage this student to be creative?
1. Creativity allows unique solutions to unique problems.
2. Not all your answers are going to be from your textbook.
3. Creativity makes nursing more fun.
4. Youll get bored if you dont learn to be creative. - ANS 1. Creativity allows unique solutions
to unique problems.
The nurse educator assigns students an activity to implement Socratic questioning in their daily
lives. Which question provided by a student demonstrates this reasoning technique?
1. What makes you think cramming for a test is an ineffective way to study?
2. What other ways of studying could you implement?
3. If you didnt study for your test, what is the probability you will fail?
4. If you study all the unit outcomes, what effect will that have? - ANS 1. What makes you
think cramming for a test is an ineffective way to study?
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
THINKING EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
The nurse is providing care to a group of clients. For which situation would the nurses use of
critical thinking be a priority?
1. Administering IV push meds to critically ill clients
2. Educating a home health client about treatment options
3. Teaching new parents car seat safety
4. Assisting an orthopedic client with the proper use of crutches - ANS 2. Educating a home
health client about treatment options
A client recovering from a stroke does not want to perform prescribed shoulder exercises. What
should the nurse say to the client that demonstrates critical thinking with creativity?
1. Youll only get worse if you dont do these exercises.
2. As soon as you get these into your routine, youll feel better.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, 3. Your physician wouldnt have ordered these if they werent important.
4. Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on this board in 10 minutes. - ANS 4.
Heres a marker. See how many circles you can make on this board in 10 minutes.
A student nurse resists when encouraged to be creative when providing client care. What
should the nurse educator say to encourage this student to be creative?
1. Creativity allows unique solutions to unique problems.
2. Not all your answers are going to be from your textbook.
3. Creativity makes nursing more fun.
4. Youll get bored if you dont learn to be creative. - ANS 1. Creativity allows unique solutions
to unique problems.
The nurse educator assigns students an activity to implement Socratic questioning in their daily
lives. Which question provided by a student demonstrates this reasoning technique?
1. What makes you think cramming for a test is an ineffective way to study?
2. What other ways of studying could you implement?
3. If you didnt study for your test, what is the probability you will fail?
4. If you study all the unit outcomes, what effect will that have? - ANS 1. What makes you
think cramming for a test is an ineffective way to study?
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
