71 NAXLEX 1-36THE PRACTICAL NURSE (PN) MOST
TESTED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
ASSURED SUCCESS
The practical nurse (PN) is observing a newly hired PN who is
preparing to administer a liquid medication via a client's feeding tube
system using the wrong procedure. What action should the PN take?
A. Demonstrate how to administer medication via a feeding tube.
B. Confirm that the medication is only administered once daily.
C. Determine if the medication is compatible with the solution.
D. Offer to assist in calculating the rate of flow for the mixture. Correct
Answers A. Demonstrate how to administer medication via a feeding
tube.
Which intervention should the practical nurse (PN) reinforce for a client
with pruritus?
A. Encourage a warm sleeping environment.
B. Keep fingernails trimmed short.
C. Discourage use of skin lubricants.
D. Do not take any type of tub bath. Correct Answers B. Keep
fingernails trimmed short.
The practical nurse (PN) is reinforcing teaching to a group of evacuees
in a mass casualty center after a natural flooding disaster. Which
information should the PN include in the review? (Select all that apply.)
,A. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea.
B. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions.
C. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
D. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial
solutions. Correct Answers A. Take all doses of prophylactic
prescriptions for diarrhea.
B. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions.
C. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
D. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial
solutions.
A female client with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is
transferred to a long-term care facility for physical rehabilitation. To
prevent injury, which action is most important for the practical nurse to
implement?
A. Ensure the client has minimal clutter in the room.
B. Monitor the client's blood cell laboratory values.
C. Assess the client for nerve pain or paralysis.
D. Evaluate client's neurological status after exercising. Correct
Answers A. Ensure the client has minimal clutter in the room.
An older male client who fell down several stairs 4-hours ago is
scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). What information
should the practical nurse (PN) obtain from the client?
, A. Last time food was consumed.
B. Presence of a metal implant.
C. History of previous myelogram.
D. Allergy to iodine-based dyes. Correct Answers B. Presence of a
metal implant.
What factors are important in determining the level of hypoxemia that
the child may have experienced during the submersion? Select all that
apply.
A. Oxygen concentration of the ambient air.
B. Whether or not anyone witnessed the fall into the pool.
C. Temperature of water.
D. The amount of time the child was submerged. Correct Answers A.
Oxygen concentration of the ambient air.
C. Temperature of water.
D. The amount of time the child was submerged.
The practical nurse (PN) overhears a female client with Cushing's
syndrome telling her family in a very loud and angry voice to leave her
room and not to come back. The response by the PN is based on
recognizing which common manifestation of the syndrome.
A. Mood alterations.
TESTED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
ASSURED SUCCESS
The practical nurse (PN) is observing a newly hired PN who is
preparing to administer a liquid medication via a client's feeding tube
system using the wrong procedure. What action should the PN take?
A. Demonstrate how to administer medication via a feeding tube.
B. Confirm that the medication is only administered once daily.
C. Determine if the medication is compatible with the solution.
D. Offer to assist in calculating the rate of flow for the mixture. Correct
Answers A. Demonstrate how to administer medication via a feeding
tube.
Which intervention should the practical nurse (PN) reinforce for a client
with pruritus?
A. Encourage a warm sleeping environment.
B. Keep fingernails trimmed short.
C. Discourage use of skin lubricants.
D. Do not take any type of tub bath. Correct Answers B. Keep
fingernails trimmed short.
The practical nurse (PN) is reinforcing teaching to a group of evacuees
in a mass casualty center after a natural flooding disaster. Which
information should the PN include in the review? (Select all that apply.)
,A. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea.
B. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions.
C. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
D. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial
solutions. Correct Answers A. Take all doses of prophylactic
prescriptions for diarrhea.
B. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions.
C. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
D. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial
solutions.
A female client with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is
transferred to a long-term care facility for physical rehabilitation. To
prevent injury, which action is most important for the practical nurse to
implement?
A. Ensure the client has minimal clutter in the room.
B. Monitor the client's blood cell laboratory values.
C. Assess the client for nerve pain or paralysis.
D. Evaluate client's neurological status after exercising. Correct
Answers A. Ensure the client has minimal clutter in the room.
An older male client who fell down several stairs 4-hours ago is
scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). What information
should the practical nurse (PN) obtain from the client?
, A. Last time food was consumed.
B. Presence of a metal implant.
C. History of previous myelogram.
D. Allergy to iodine-based dyes. Correct Answers B. Presence of a
metal implant.
What factors are important in determining the level of hypoxemia that
the child may have experienced during the submersion? Select all that
apply.
A. Oxygen concentration of the ambient air.
B. Whether or not anyone witnessed the fall into the pool.
C. Temperature of water.
D. The amount of time the child was submerged. Correct Answers A.
Oxygen concentration of the ambient air.
C. Temperature of water.
D. The amount of time the child was submerged.
The practical nurse (PN) overhears a female client with Cushing's
syndrome telling her family in a very loud and angry voice to leave her
room and not to come back. The response by the PN is based on
recognizing which common manifestation of the syndrome.
A. Mood alterations.
