COMPREHENSIVE
PREDICTOR
2023
with
NGN
An
assistive
personnel
tells
the
charge
nurse
that
her
assignment
is
too
demanding.
She
angrily
tells
the
nurse
to
reassign
one
of
her
tasks
to
another
AP.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
take
to
resolve
the
conflict?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Ask
the
AP
to
discuss
the
issue
in
a
private
area
A
nurse
is
supervising
an
assistive
personnel
(AP)
obtain
supplies
for
a
client
who
is
on
seizure
precautions.
Which
of
the
following
materials
should
the
AP
place
in
the
client's
room?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Oral
Suction
Equipment
A
charge
nurse
on
a
mental
health
unit
is
supervising
a
newly
licensed
nurse.
For
which
of
the
following
actions
by
the
newly
licensed
nurse
should
the
supervising
nurse
intervene?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Tells
a
client
he
will
lose
his
phone
privileges
if
he
does
not
take
his
medication
A
nurse
is
caring
for
a
client
who
follows
a
kosher
diet.
Which
of
the
following
menu
items
should
the
nurse
include
in
the
meal
tray?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Roasted
Salmon
A
nurse
is
reviewing
information
about
advance
directives
with
a
newly
admitted
client.
Which
of
the
following
statements
by
the
client
indicates
an
understanding
of
the
information?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-"Advance
directives
include
a
living
will"
A
nurse
is
collecting
data
from
the
caregiver
of
a
client
who
has
Alzheimer's
disease.
The
caregiver
reports
the
client
has
difficulty
sleeping
at
night
and
wanders
throughout
the
house.
Which
of
the
following
interventions
should
the
nurse
recommend?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Encourage
the
client
to
take
frequent
walks
during
the
day
A
nurse
is
assisting
in
the
care
of
a
client
who
is
8hr
postpartum
and
has
uterine
atony
with
increased
bleeding.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
take?
(Select
all
that
apply)
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Assist
the
client
to
empty
her
bladder A
nurse
is
reinforcing
teaching
with
the
support
person
of
a
client
who
is
in
the
first
stage
of
labor.
Which
of
the
following
instructions
should
the
nurse
include
regarding
effleurage?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-"Gently
stroke
her
abdomen
during
contractions"
A
nurse
is
caring
for
an
older
adult
client
who
is
postoperative
following
a
total
hip
arthroplasty.
The
client
is
incontinent
of
stool
and
urine.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
take
to
prevent
skin
breakdown?
-
CORRECT
ANSWER-Use
a
moisture
barrier
on
the
client's
skin
A
nurse
is
caring
for
a
client
who
has
terminal
cancer.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
take
to
promote
the
client's
autonomy?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Allow
the
client
to
choose
treatment
times
A
nurse
in
a
clinic
is
caring
for
a
client
who
is
at
40
weeks
of
gestation
and
experiences
a
sudden
gush
of
vaginal
fluids.
Which
of
the
following
findings
is
evidence
of
an
obstetric
complication?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Appears
greenish-brown
in
color
A
nurse
is
assisting
with
the
care
of
an
adolescent
client
immediately
following
a
lumbar
puncture.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
take?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Inform
the
adolescent
that
he
might
experience
a
headache
A
nurse
is
reinforcing
teaching
about
advance
directives
with
a
client
who
has
end-stage
heart
failure.
Which
of
the
following
statements
by
the
client
indicates
an
understanding
of
the
teaching?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-"I
should
discuss
this
document
with
my
family
after
I
sign
it"
A
nurse
is
caring
for
a
client
who
has
continuous
bladder
irrigation
following
a
transurethral
resection
of
the
prostate.
The
nurse
notices
clots
and
dark
red
blood
in
the
catheter
collection
bag.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
take?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Irrigate
the
bladder
with
20
to
30
mL
of
0.9%
sodium
chloride
A
nurse
is
planning
to
obtain
a
12-lead
ECG
for
a
client
who
has
a
history
of
cardiac
dysrhythmias.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
plan
to take?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Instruct
the
client
to
remain
as
still
as
possible
during
the
recording
A
nurse
is
reinforcing
teaching
with
a
client
who
has
genital
herpes.
Which
of
the
following
information
should
the
nurse
include
in
the
teaching?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-"You
should
increase
fluid
intake
to
relieve
dysuria"
A
nurse
is
preparing
to
empty
a
postoperative
client's
closed-wound
drainage
system.
Which
of
the
following
actions
should
the
nurse
plan
to
take?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Compress
the
container
before
replacing
the
drainage
plug
A
nurse
is
reinforcing
teaching
with
the
parents
of
a
toddler
who
has
a
new
diagnosis
of
asthma
and
a
prescription
for
montelukast.
Which
of
the
following
instructions
should
the
nurse
include
in
the
teaching?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Administer
the
medication
to
the
toddler
each
evening
A
nurse
in
an
acute
mental
health
facility
is
caring
for
a
newly
admitted
client.
Which
of
the
following
should
occur
during
the
orientation
phase
of
the
nurse-client
relationship?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Defining
responsibilities
A
nurse
is
caring
for
a
client
who
reports
having
a
decrease
in
fetal
movement
following
an
external
cephalic
version
6
hr
ago.
The
nurse
identifies
the
fetus
is
in
the
right
occiput
anterior
position.
The
nurse
should
place
the
fetal
heart
monitor
on
which
of
the
following
sites
to
auscultate
the
fetal
heart
rate?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Lower
left
A
charge
nurse
is
observing
a
newly
licensed
nurse
perform
suctioning
for
a
client
who
has
a
tracheostomy.
For
which
of
the
following
actions
by
the
newly
licensed
nurse
should
the
charge
nurse
intervene?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Suction
for
30
seconds
A
nurse
is
reviewing
the
medication
administration
record
of
a
client
who
takes
atenolol
PO
and
supplies
a
nitroglycerin
transdermal
patch
daily.
Which
of
the
following
interactions
should
the
nurse
monitor
with
this
client?
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CORRECT
ANSWER-Hypotension