NCLEX-RN

NCLEX-RN Review Study Guide

109.A patient comes into the emergency room by ambulance, unconscious, with a serious abdominal injury that requires emergency surgery. Regarding consent, which of the following is correct? a. Consent is implied, so the patient may go right to the operating room b. Consent must be obtained by the next of kin if the patient is unconscious c. Have the police or ambulance personnel sign the consent form d. Any of the above is correct 110.When a nurse witnesses and signs a surgical consent after the physician has obtained consent from the patient, she/he is signing that: a. The patient is the named patient on the consent form b. The patient signed without pressure from the physician or others c. The physician gave the patient all of the needed information regarding his/her procedure d. A and B only 111.On your nursing floor, one RN is responsible for care planning, assessing, and delegating care assignments. She/he evaluates the care given and follows up on each caregiver’s performance with her patients. This type of nursing is: a. Total care or case method nursing b. Primary nursing c. Team nursing d. Functional nursing

112.The level of disaster management that involves prevention and risk determination is: a. Preparedness b. Response c. Recovery d. None of the above 113.You work in a town where a train derailment has occurred. There are many casualties and injuries. The ambulance crew brings in a patient in cardiac arrest. How would you prioritize this patient? a. Red, emergent, highest priority b. Yellow, Urgent, priority 2 c. Green, not urgent d. Black 114.The nurse comes onto the floor for work in the morning and has been assigned four patients. Which one should receive attention first? a. The patient who needs a dressing change b. The patient complaining of post- operative pain c. The patient on oxygen who had some respiratory distress during the evening but by the report of the night nurse is fine now d. The patient who needs his insulin before breakfast 115.You are reviewing your patients’ labs for the day. Which of the following would prompt a call to the physician? a. Potassium of 2.6 mg/dl b. Calcium of 9.0 mg/dl c. Sodium of 140 meq/L d. Magnesium of 2.3 mg/dl

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