NCLEX Review Study Guide 6 Comprehensive Questions
with Answers 100% Accuracy |Updated 2024
A nurse is monitoring a client with pheochromocytoma who is receiving an intravenous (IV) infusion of
phentolamine. Which vital sign does the nurse monitor most closely during the infusion?
Blood pressure
A nurse is preparing to care for a client who was admitted to the antepartum unit at 34 weeks'
gestation after an episode of vaginal bleeding resulting from total placenta previa. In report, the nurse
is told that the client's vital signs are stable, that the fetal heart rate is 140 beats/min with a
reassuring pattern, and that both the client and her husband are anxious about the condition of the
fetus. On reviewing the client's plan of care, which client concern does the nurse identify as the
priority at this time?
Anxiety
A client is admitted to the nursing unit with a diagnosis of avoidant personality disorder. Which of the
following behaviors is a characteristic of the disorder?
Hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
Disulfiram (Antabuse) is prescribed to a client with an alcohol abuse problem. The nurse provides
information about the medication and tells the client:
That the medication cannot be started until at least 12 hours has elapsed since the client's last ingestion
of alcohol
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client in the emergency department with diabetic
ketoacidosis (DKA). Which laboratory result would the nurse expect to note?
Serum bicarbonate of 12 mEq/L
A client with multiple sclerosis has been started on baclofen (Lioresal) for muscle spasms. The client
calls the physician's office 1 week after beginning the medication and tells the nurse that she feels
extremely drowsy. The nurse most appropriately tells the client:
That drowsiness usually diminishes with continued therapy
A nurse transcribing the prescriptions of a client admitted to the nursing unit notes that metformin
(Glucophage) 850 mg/day has been prescribed. The nurse makes a note in the client's medication
record that the medication should be administered:
With the morning meal
The mother of a newborn found to have a congenital diaphragmatic hernia asks the nurse to explain
the diagnosis. The nurse tells the mother that in this condition:
Abdominal contents herniate through an opening of the diaphragm
with Answers 100% Accuracy |Updated 2024
A nurse is monitoring a client with pheochromocytoma who is receiving an intravenous (IV) infusion of
phentolamine. Which vital sign does the nurse monitor most closely during the infusion?
Blood pressure
A nurse is preparing to care for a client who was admitted to the antepartum unit at 34 weeks'
gestation after an episode of vaginal bleeding resulting from total placenta previa. In report, the nurse
is told that the client's vital signs are stable, that the fetal heart rate is 140 beats/min with a
reassuring pattern, and that both the client and her husband are anxious about the condition of the
fetus. On reviewing the client's plan of care, which client concern does the nurse identify as the
priority at this time?
Anxiety
A client is admitted to the nursing unit with a diagnosis of avoidant personality disorder. Which of the
following behaviors is a characteristic of the disorder?
Hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
Disulfiram (Antabuse) is prescribed to a client with an alcohol abuse problem. The nurse provides
information about the medication and tells the client:
That the medication cannot be started until at least 12 hours has elapsed since the client's last ingestion
of alcohol
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client in the emergency department with diabetic
ketoacidosis (DKA). Which laboratory result would the nurse expect to note?
Serum bicarbonate of 12 mEq/L
A client with multiple sclerosis has been started on baclofen (Lioresal) for muscle spasms. The client
calls the physician's office 1 week after beginning the medication and tells the nurse that she feels
extremely drowsy. The nurse most appropriately tells the client:
That drowsiness usually diminishes with continued therapy
A nurse transcribing the prescriptions of a client admitted to the nursing unit notes that metformin
(Glucophage) 850 mg/day has been prescribed. The nurse makes a note in the client's medication
record that the medication should be administered:
With the morning meal
The mother of a newborn found to have a congenital diaphragmatic hernia asks the nurse to explain
the diagnosis. The nurse tells the mother that in this condition:
Abdominal contents herniate through an opening of the diaphragm
