NCLEX Client Needs practice spans the exam's four major categories safe/effective care, health promotion, psychosocial integrity, and physiological integrity.
As a perioperative nurse/circulator, which of the following is NOT one of your responsibilities (i.e., is instead the responsibility of the scrub nurse/scrub tech)?
A significant influence that allowed psychiatric treatment to move from the hospital to the community was:
A client is admitted to the intensive care unit after falling on an icy sidewalk and striking the right side of the head. An MRI reveals a right-sided epidural hematoma. Which physical force explains the location of the client's injury?
When evaluating a client's knowledge of symptoms to report during her pregnancy, which statement would indicate to the nurse in charge that the client understands the information given to her?
The nurse caring for a client with a head injury would recognize which assessment finding as most indicative of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?
A client has had surgery for removal of a prolactinoma (a type of pituitary tumor) via transsphenoidal approach. Which of the following interventions would be appropriate for this client?
The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of cirrhosis who is experiencing pruritis (itching). Which of the following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
The nurse is counseling a client who wants to become pregnant. She tells the nurse that she has a 36-day menstrual cycle and that the first day of her last menstrual period was January 8. When will the client's next fertile period occur?
A nurse is providing instructions for an obstetrical patient on how to perform a daily fetal movement count (DFMC). Which instruction should be included in the plan of care?
The client is diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and the doctor has ordered cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan). Which instruction should be given to the client?
At what point in the nurse-client relationship should the nurse first plan to address the issue of termination?
A client in labor is transported to the delivery room and prepared for a cesarean delivery. After the client is transferred to the delivery room table, the nurse should place the client in which position?
Once you're comfortable with client needs, try a full NCLEX practice test to see how it holds up under timed, mixed-section conditions, or head back to all NCLEX categories.