NCLEX – PN Preliminary test Exam Questions along with Certified Answers Latest updates 2024/2025
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NCLEX – PN Preliminary test Exam Questions along with Certified Answers Latest updates 2024/2025
The nurse is reviewing the planned health promotion activities for a local community center. Which primary prevention activities may be included?
1. Screening for complications of diabetes.
2. D...
NCLEX – PN Preliminary test Exam Questions
along with Certified Answers Latest updates
2024/2025
The nurse is reviewing the planned health promotion activities
for a local community center. Which primary prevention
activities may be included?
1. Screening for complications of diabetes.
2. Dietary teaching focused on prevention of obesity.
3. Support group development for the victims of partner
violence.
4. Weight loss programs for patients with diabetes. - correct
answer 2. Dietary teaching focused on prevention of obesity.
The newly licensed practical nurse has reviewed the nurse
practice act (NPA) of the state of licensure. What is the purpose
of this documentation?
1. Determine the quality of nursing care.
2. Enforce the standards of nursing practice.
3. Define the scope of nursing practice.
4. Set the nurse's educational requirements. - correct answer 3.
Define the scope of nursing practice
The nurse working in a nursing home correctly recognizes that
duties include patient advocacy. Which role is considered a
primary duty of patient advocacy?
,1. To complete all nursing responsibilities on time.
2. To maintain the patient's right to privacy.
3. To safeguard the well-being of every patient.
4. To act as the patient's legal representative. - correct answer
3. To safeguard the well-being of every patient.
The health care provider's order read "assist the patient with
walking." The nurse allowed the patient to walk alone. The
patient fell, fracturing the humerus. Which verdict is the most
likely occurrence?
1. The nurse will be found guilty of malpractice.
2. The nurse will only be guilty of negligence.
3. The nurse will be charged with technical battery.
4. The nurse will not be found liable for any harm. - correct
answer 2. The nurse will only be found guilty of negligence.
The patient refused to take the medication his doctor ordered for
relief of pain. The LPN knows this is a patient right established
by:
1. The principle of beneficence.
2. The doctrine of negligence.
3. Specific nurse practice acts.
4. The Patient Self-Determination Act. - correct answer 4. The
Patient Self-Determination Act.
,The LPN knows that one of the best defenses against a lawsuit is
for a nurse to:
1. Work only in a large hospital or nursing home
2. Provide for every patient's needs as quickly as possible
3. Promote a positive nurse-patient relationship
4. Carry individual professional liability insurance - correct
answer 3. Promote a positive nurse-patient relationship.
Which statement is a safe principle of computerized charting?
1. It is acceptable to chart in advance of care being given
2. Each unit or department has its own password
3. There is no room for mistakes in computerized charting
4. Do not leave patient information displayed on the monitor -
correct answer 4. Do not leave patient information displayed on
the monitor.
What is the primary purpose of Title 2 of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)?
1. Ensure proper documentation in patient's medical records
2. Maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient's health
information
3. Regulate the availability and range of group insurance plans
4. Limit restrictions on insurance coverage based on precasting
conditions - correct answer 2. Maintain privacy and
confidentiality of patient's health information
, Which accreditation agency specifies guidelines for
documentation?
1. The Joint Commission (TJC)
2. American Nurses Association
3. National League of Nursing
4. American Academy of Colleges of Nursing - correct answer 1.
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Which statement is correct about abbreviations? (Select all that
apply)
1. The nurse should be aware of any abbreviations on the "do not
use" list
2. Creating abbreviations saves time for the reader
3. Abbreviating drug names and dosages helps reduce
medication errors
4. When in doubt, the nurse should use the complete word and
not the abbreviation
5. The nurse should include medical abbreviations on discharge
instructions - correct answer 1. The nurse should be aware of
any abbreviations on the "do not use" list
4. When in doubt, the nurse should use the complete word and
not the abbreviation
The nurse documents in the patient's record, "0830 patient
appears to be in severe pain and refuses to ambulated. Blood
pressure and pulse are elevated, physician notified, and
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