NCLEX Exam Practice Question of the Week - 04/27/11

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Question: A nurse is assessing the family dynamics of a suspected abusive family. What behavior is expected? Select all that apply.

1. Child cringes when approached
2. Child has unexplained healed injuries
3. Parents are overly affectionate toward the child
4. Child lies still while surveying the environment
5. Parents give detailed accounts of the child's injuries

NCLEX Exam Practice Question of the Week - 04/20/11

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Question: A nurse is evaluating the pin sites of a client in skeletal traction. The nurse would be least concerned with which of the following findings?

1. Inflammation
2. Serous drainage
3. Pain at a pin site
4. Purulent drainage

NCLEX Exam Practice Question of the Week - 04/13/11

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Question: A lecithin-sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio is ordered for a primigravida client at 35 weeks' gestation. What is the goal of this test?

1. To determine fetal lung maturity.
2. To evaluate the level of maternal-fetal estriol production
3. To check the position of the fetal head
4. To test the intrauterine fetal-placental circulation

NCLEX Exam Practice Question of the Week - 04/06/11

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Question: A client gives birth to a full-term newborn with an 8/9 Apgar score. List the initial nursing care in order of their priority.

1. Place in heated crib

2. Perform physical assessment

3. Apply identification band to mother and infant

4. Instill antibiotic prophylaxis and administer vitamin K