Test your mastery in critical thinking for NCLEX-RN Exam 2024 (1)

While preparing to insert a peripheral IV line, the nurse notices scarring near the client's left axilla. The client confirms a history of left breast cancer and modified radical mastectomy. Which actions should the nurse take? Select all that apply.

The nurse caring for a client with tuberculosis (TB) transports the client to the radiology department for a chest x-ray. The nurse ensures that the client uses which personal protective equipment when out of the negative-pressure room?

The emergency department nurse receives a client with extensive injuries to the head and upper back. The nurse will perform what action to allow the best visualization of the airway?

The nurse is educating the client in preparation for discharge from the hospital when the client begins crying and states, "I was diagnosed with a conversion disorder, so the health care provider must think I'm crazy". Which statement would be the best reply to the client?

The nurse is assessing a client with a history of alcohol use disorder who had an emergency appendectomy 3 days ago. Which of the following findings would indicate that the client is experiencing delirium tremens? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a client who had an endoscopic procedure yesterday to stop upper gastrointestinal bleeding and who started a clear liquid diet today. Which of the following foods would be appropriate to offer to the client? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

The nurse is providing postoperative care to a patient who had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy 4 hours ago. Which intervention is the priority?

The nurse is caring for a client with acute pancreatitis admitted 2 days ago. Which assessment finding is most concerning?

The nurse cares for group of clients in a medical surgical unit. The client with which diagnosis and condition requires the most immediate assistance by the nurse?

A new reassigned nurse enters a hospital room at the beginning of the shift and finds the client unconscious and unresponsive. Resuscitation is initiated and then continued by the rapid response team. The nurse realizes that there is a do not resuscitate (DNR) prescription posted in the client's chart. Which action is correct?

An adult client with altered mental status and fever has suspected bacterial meningitis with sepsis. Blood pressure is 80/60 mmHg. Which prescribed intervention should the nurse implement first?

The nurse is providing teaching to the parents of a 3-year-old child with a new diagnosis of atopic dermatitis. Which of the following instructions should be included in the teaching? Select all that apply.

The nurse is reinforcing education to a client newly prescribed levetiracetam for seizures. Which statement made by the client indicates a need for further instruction?

A Nurse in the emergency department is caring for a homeless client just brought in with frostbite to the fingers and toes. The client is experiencing numbness, assessment shows mottled skin. Which interventions should be included in the client's plan of care? Select all that apply.