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Answers to the NCLEX Quiz Part II

6. Situation – A 61 year old man, Mr. Regalado, is admitted to the private ward for observation after complaints of severe chest pain. You are assigned to take care of the client. When doing an initial assessment, the best way for you to identify the client’s priority problem is to:

Interview the client for chief complaints and other symptoms
Talk to the relatives to gather data about history of illness
Do auscultation to check for chest congestion
Do a physical examination while asking the client relevant questions- Correct answer!

7. Nancy blames God for her situation. She is easily provoked to tears and wants to be left alone, refusing to eat or talk to her family. A religious person before, she now refuses to pray or go to church stating that God has abandoned her. The nurse understands that Nancy is grieving for her self and is in the stage of:

bargaining
denial
anger- Correct answer!
acceptance

8. Which of the following ethical principles refers to the duty to do good?

Beneficence- Correct answer!
Fidelity- Correct answer!
Veracity
Nonmaleficence

9. During which step of the nursing process does the nurse analyze data related to the patient’s health status?

Assessment- Correct answer!
Implementation
Diagnosis
Evaluation

10. The basic difference between nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems is that

nurses manage collaborative problems using physician-prescribed interventions.- Correct answer!
collaborative problems can be managed by independent nursing interventions.
nursing diagnoses incorporate physician-prescribed interventions.
nursing diagnoses incorporate physiologic complications that nurses monitor to detect change in status.