NCLEX-RN Practice Test

The nurse is preparing to administer regular and NPH insulin to the client. He knows to do which of the following steps?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

insert air first into the regular insulin insert air first into the NPH insulin draw up regular insulin first draw up NPH insulin first

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The nurse plans on administering a medication using the Z-track intramuscular technique. The nurse knows the following steps are required during the procedure.

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

Draw 0.2 – 0.5 cc of air after aspirating the prescribed medication. Use the vastus lateralis muscle. Replace the needle used for medication withdrawal with a n...

NCLEX-RN Practice Test

The clinic nurse is seeing a client who suffers from caregiver strain due to caring for her elderly parents who have dementia and live with her. Which action by the nurse during the assessment is most important?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

ask the client about her support systems ask the client what she does for relaxation ask if her parents’ insurance covers adult day care for them offer to give ...

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The nurse is caring for a client who has verbalized the desire to commit suicide. He has a detailed, concrete plan in place. The nurse places the client on suicide precautions, which include assigning the client a 24-hour sitter. The client becomes angry and refuses the sitter. Which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

place the client in soft wrist restraints have security sit outside the client’s door assign a sitter despite the client’s refusal allow the client to leave aga...

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An elderly adult has been admitted with a diagnosis of hypertension with a history of dementia. Which of the following nursing diagnoses has the highest priority for this client?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

ineffective coping activity intolerance ineffective tissue perfusion risk for injury

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A nurse is preparing to lift a client up in bed. Which of the following should the nurse do to help avoid injuring his back?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

keep his feet together instruct the client to not help tighten his stomach and leg muscles elevate the head of the bed to about 30 degrees, if the client can to...

NCLEX-RN Practice Test

The nurse has just administered an IM injection to a client. In which of the following ways should the nurse dispose of the needle?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

re-cap the needle and discard it in the nearest puncture-resistant container break the needle and discard it in the nearest puncture-resistant container discard...

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A nurse on the orthopedics floor is asked by another nurse to witness her waste 1 mg of morphine. The nurse draws the full 2 mg dose of morphine into the syringe and tells the first nurse, “This client does not get enough pain relief with 1 mg of morphine, so I just go ahead and give 2 mg to keep him comfortable because the doctor won’t change the dose.” Which is the correct action by the first nurse?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

tell the other nurse to call the doctor back and request an increase in the dosage refuse to sign off on the waste and report the incident to the charge nurse o...

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The nurse is admitting a new client to the medical unit. When asked about advance directives, the client says, “I’m not really sure what that is, but I trust my doctor to do whatever he thinks I need.” Which is the correct action by the nurse?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

tell the client not to worry about it, because the client can always add the advance directives later tell the client that she can pay her lawyer to draw one up...

NCLEX-RN Practice Test

The nurse is caring for a client whose native language is Korean; he speaks only a few words of English. The health care provider has determined that the client needs to undergo a coronary artery bypass graft. Which is the appropriate action by the nurse?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

ask the client’s spouse to give consent for the procedure before explaining it to the client ask the client’s spouse to translate for the health care provider a...