NCLEX-RN Practice Test Questions
The NCLEX-RN Test Plan is organized into four major Client Needs categories. Two of the fourcategories are divided into
... [Show More] subcategories as shown below:1. Safe and E±ective Care Environment (https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/#category-1-safe-e±ective-care-environment)1. Management of Care - 17% to 23%2. Safety and Infection Control - 9% to 15%2. Health Promotion and Maintenance (https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/#category-2-health-promotion-maintenance) - 6% to 12%3. Psychosocial Integrity (https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/#category-3-psychosocial-integrity) - 6% to 12%4. Physiological Integrity (https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/#category-4-physiological-integrity)1. Basic Care and Comfort - 6% to 12%2. Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies - 12% to 18%3. Reduction of Risk Potential - 9% to 15%4. Physiological Adaptation - 11% to 17%
Jump to SectionClick on the section names below to jump to a particular section of the RegisteredNursing.orgNCLEX-RN Practice Exam.The Safe and E±ective Care Environment: The Management of CareThe Safe and E±ective Care Environment: Safety and Infection ControlSHARESHealth Promotion and Maintenance
Psychosocial IntegrityPhysiological Integrity: Basic Care and ComfortPhysiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral TherapiesPhysiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk PotentialPhysiological Integrity: Physiological AdaptationThe Safe & E±ective Care Environment: The Management of CarePractice Questions1. You are caring for a client at the end of life. The client tells you that they are grateful for havingconsidered and decided upon some end of life decisions and the appointments of those who they wishto make decisions for them when they are no longer able to do so. During this discussion with theclient and the client's wife, the client states that "my wife and I are legally married so I am so gladthat she can automatically make all healthcare decisions on my behalf without a legal durable powerof attorney when I am no longer able to do so myself" and the wife responds to this statement with,"that is not completely true. I can only make decisions for you and on your behalf when thesedecisions are not already documented on your advance directive." How should you, as the nurse,respond to and address this conversation between the husband and wife and the end of life?A. You should respond to the couple by stating that only unanticipated treatments andprocedures that are not included in the advance directive can be made by the legallyappointed durable power of attorney for healthcare decisions.B. You should be aware of the fact that the wife of the client has a knowledge de²cit relating toadvance directives and durable powers of attorney for healthcare decisions and plan aneducational activity to meet this learning need.C. You should be aware of the fact that the client has a knowledge de²cit relating to advancedirectives and durable powers of attorney for healthcare decisions and plan an educationalactivity to meet this learning need.D. You should reinforce the wife's belief that legally married spouses automatically serve for theother spouse's durable power of attorney for health care decisions and that others than thespouse cannot be legally appointed while people are marriedCorrect Response: AYou should respond to the couple by stating that only unanticipated treatments andprocedures that are not included in the advance directive can be made by the legallyappointed durable power of attorney for healthcare decisions. [Show Less]