NCLEX LVN Exam Questions and Answers
2025/26 Update | Graded A+
1. Which of the following assessment findings could the nurse see in a patient with
parkinsonism? (Select all that apply.)
a. An abrupt onset of symptoms
b. Muscle rigidity
c. Involuntary tremors
d. Bradykinesia
e. Bilateral muscle weakness
• ANSWER:-b. Muscle rigidity, c. Involuntary tremors, d. Bradykinesia
2. A patient is receiving carbidopa-levodopa for parkinsonism. What should the
nurse know about this drug? (Select all that apply.)
a. Carbidopa-levodopa may lead to hypertension.
b. Carbidopa-levodopa may lead to excessive salivation.
c. Dopaminergic and anticholinergic therapy may lead to drowsiness and sedation.
d. Dopaminergic and anticholinergics are contraindicated in patients with
glaucoma.
e. As the disease gets worse, the memory loss will get worse.
f. There are several theories about the cause of the disease.
g. Personality changes and hostility may occur.
• ANSWER:-c. Dopaminergic and anticholinergic therapy may lead to
drowsiness and sedation, d. Dopaminergic and anticholinergics are
contraindicated in patients with glaucoma, f. There are several theories
about the cause of the disease, g. Personality changes and hostility may
occur
3. A patient is taking rivastigmine (Exelon). The nurse should teach the patient and
family which information about rivastigmine?
,a. That hepatotoxicity may occur
b. That the initial dose is 6 mg t.i.d.
c. That GI distress is a common side effect
d. That weight gain may be a side effect
• ANSWER:-c. That GI distress is a common side effect
4. 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
5. 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, b. Relieve dry
mouth with hard candy or ice chips, c. Use sunglasses to reduce
photophobia, e. Receive routine eye examinations
6. 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.
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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
, 10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
d. Benjamin Rush
• ANSWER:-b. William Tukes
13. 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?
2025/26 Update | Graded A+
1. Which of the following assessment findings could the nurse see in a patient with
parkinsonism? (Select all that apply.)
a. An abrupt onset of symptoms
b. Muscle rigidity
c. Involuntary tremors
d. Bradykinesia
e. Bilateral muscle weakness
• ANSWER:-b. Muscle rigidity, c. Involuntary tremors, d. Bradykinesia
2. A patient is receiving carbidopa-levodopa for parkinsonism. What should the
nurse know about this drug? (Select all that apply.)
a. Carbidopa-levodopa may lead to hypertension.
b. Carbidopa-levodopa may lead to excessive salivation.
c. Dopaminergic and anticholinergic therapy may lead to drowsiness and sedation.
d. Dopaminergic and anticholinergics are contraindicated in patients with
glaucoma.
e. As the disease gets worse, the memory loss will get worse.
f. There are several theories about the cause of the disease.
g. Personality changes and hostility may occur.
• ANSWER:-c. Dopaminergic and anticholinergic therapy may lead to
drowsiness and sedation, d. Dopaminergic and anticholinergics are
contraindicated in patients with glaucoma, f. There are several theories
about the cause of the disease, g. Personality changes and hostility may
occur
3. A patient is taking rivastigmine (Exelon). The nurse should teach the patient and
family which information about rivastigmine?
,a. That hepatotoxicity may occur
b. That the initial dose is 6 mg t.i.d.
c. That GI distress is a common side effect
d. That weight gain may be a side effect
• ANSWER:-c. That GI distress is a common side effect
4. 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
5. 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, b. Relieve dry
mouth with hard candy or ice chips, c. Use sunglasses to reduce
photophobia, e. Receive routine eye examinations
6. 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.
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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
, 10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
d. Benjamin Rush
• ANSWER:-b. William Tukes
13. 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?
