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NCLEX-RN Exam Practice - Question List

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36. You are caring for a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). You have an unlicensed staff member working with you. Which activity can you delegate to the unlicensed staff?
  1. Teach the patient about weight loss.
  2. Explore any concerns about managing the disease.
  3. Explain why the patient needs eat several small meals a day.
  4. Instruct the patient to remain upright for 2 hours following a meal.
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37. You will be working with an unlicensed staff member this shift. Which of the following should be priority before delegating care to the staff member?
  1. Assessing whether the staff member is competent to perform the skill
  2. Preparing written instructions on how to perform skill
  3. Gathering supplies
  4. Informing the patient that an unlicensed staff member will perform the care
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38. A nurse from the surgical care unit has been floated to your unit for the day. Which of the following patients would you want to assign to this nurse?
  1. Exacerbation of heart failure
  2. Diabetes Type II, new onset
  3. Emergency appendectomy
  4. Thyrotoxicosis
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39. You are working on the postpartum unit today. Which task would you assign to a beginning nursing student?
  1. Ambulate a patient.
  2. Complete an admission assessment.
  3. Notify the physician of adverse labs.
  4. Verify a unit of blood.
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40. Which of the following patients should be assigned a pediatric nurse assigned to float to your unit?
  1. A 32-year-old with diabetes in need of teaching and medications
  2. A 56-year-old with Guillain-barre with leg weakness
  3. A 86-year-old with dementia from a skilled nursing home
  4. A 59-year-old postoperative patient following TURP procedure
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