NCLEX-PN Exam Practice - Question List

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51. You are caring for a patient in the emergency department. The patient has been drinking alcohol and is asking for medication. When you instruct the patient that they have to wait to be seen by the doctor, the patient becomes verbally abusive. You then obtain a set of restraints and instruct the patient if they do not calm down you will restrain them. What can you be charged with?
  1. Assault
  2. Battery
  3. Negligence
  4. Invasion of privacy
52. You as the nurse are working on the unit. You enter the medication room and find another nurse taking intravenous medication and administering it to him- or herself. What should your next action be?
  1. Call the police.
  2. Call security.
  3. Lock the nurse in the medication room.
  4. Call the nursing supervisor.
53. You are on break in the nursing lounge when a nursing assistant enters to tell you that what she just heard about the secretary. She then proceeds to tell you that the secretary’s husband is a drug addict and she needs to be watched very carefully on the unit. You ask her what makes her think the secretary might take drugs, and she states that she heard it from someone else. What legal tort has the nursing assistant violated?
  1. Slander
  2. Libel
  3. Assault
  4. Negligence
54. You have been assigned to triage patients today. Which patient would get the highest priority?
  1. A patient who ate spicy pizza who is now complaining of chest pain
  2. A patient who injured their finger while cutting vegetables
  3. A patient with a headache, fever and nasal congestion
  4. A patient who complains of ankle pain when ambulating
55. You are planning the assignment for the day. Which of the following would be the most appropriate assignment for the nursing assistant?
  1. A patient receiving a continuous tube feeding
  2. A patient who needs a urine culture sent to laboratory
  3. A patient who needs a colostomy changed
  4. A patient who is having problems swallowing

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