NCLEX-RN

NCLEX-RN Review Study Guide

137.What must the nurse have at the bedside for a patient with a Blakemore tube inserted? a. Epinephrine b. Extra NG tube c. Lubricating ointment d. Scissors 138.Which of the following would be most essential to have at the bedside for a patient with an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy? a. Saline to facilitate suctioning b. Bag valve mask c. 60cc syringe d. Scissors 139.Your patient has a tracheostomy and is on a mechanical ventilator. The ventilator alarms with the message “high peak pressure” and the patient seems to be working more to breathe than he should be. What would be your first action? a. Suction the patient b. Call the doctor c. Change the tracheostomy inner cannula d. Make sure the humidity setting is on 140.What is the normal pH of gastric contents? a. Less than 3.5 b. Greater than 3.5 c. 7.35 d. 7.0

141.You are teaching a sexual education class to a group of high school students and one of the girls asks where fertilization occurs. Your answer to the student should be: a. Uterus b. Endometrium c. Fallopian tube d. Fundus 142.Which of the following is considered “full term” when it comes to pregnancy? a. 36-38 weeks b. 38-42 weeks c. 40 weeks d. 39 weeks 143.Your four-month pregnant patient comes into the OB/GYN office for her regular visit. You check the fetal heart rate before the physician comes in, and the heart rate is 140 beats per minute. What should you do? a. Call the doctor immediately as this is too rapid for a second trimester fetus b. Do nothing as this is a healthy heart rate for this fetus c. Put the patient on her left side, apply oxygen, and call the doctor d. Let the doctor know that the fetus is bradycardic 144.Which of the following patients is at the highest risk for pelvic inflammatory disease? a. 16-year-old female who has had sexual intercourse b. 34-year-old female who has had many sexual partners c. 25-year-old female who has had one sexual partner d. 65-year-old female who has had two sexual partners

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