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Nursing Fundamentals Proctored Exam (Carolinas College) is a nursing-school practice exam with 69 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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Start Practice ExamA nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about preventing puncture injuries. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
A patient is to have peak and trough levels drawn for a particular drug. The nurse explains to the patient that these drug blood levels are important to:
The new nurse works at a hospital that uses paper records. The nurse writes a narrative note about administration of a pain medication, pictured below. Based on documentation guidelines, what is one s
The nurse understands that patients who are continuously deprived of REM sleep are at highest risk for:
The nurse is completing a sterile dressing change on a client. During the procedure, the client reaches down and touches the contents of the open dressing kit. What is the nurse's next action?
The nurse is assessing a client recently diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who states, "This can't be happening to me. Maybe the doctor made a mistake." Which stage of death and dying is the client
The correct progression of steps of the nursing process is:
A nurse is caring for a client who has difficulty swallowing medications and is prescribed enteric-coated aspirin PO once daily. The client asks if the medication can be crushed to make it easier to s
The nurse is preparing to administer a medication via a nasogastric tube. Which guideline is appropriate for the nurse to follow when administering a drug via this route?
The nurse understands the purpose of Heparin (anticoagulant) therapy in treating deep vein thrombosis is to:
A nurse is caring for a patient who has been admitted for dehydration. What assessment data will show to nurse the patient's fluid status?
The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of heart failure. This admission is the client's third admission within 90 days. The nurse educates the client with the goal of preventing readmission
A nurse is preparing to administer ceftriaxone 300 mg IM into the right vastus lateralis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to locate the site of injection?
A nurse is assessing an older adult client who is experiencing age-related changes. Which of the following should the nurse expect?
A client weighs 165 lb. She has a medication prescribed with a maximum daily dosage of 60 mg/kg/day. What is the maximum number of milligrams this this client can receive/day? (TYPE NUMBERS ONLY: Roun
Nursing fundamentals proctored exam (Carolinas college)When preparing to use a bottle of sterile saline for a dressing change, the nurse notes that the date it was opened was two days ago. What should the nurse do?
The nurse is performing an assessment on an older adult client and notices that the blood pressure has increased from 140/82 to 198/120 mm Hg. This is a significant difference in the client's baseline
The nursing care for a patient with hyponatremia and fluid volume excess includes:
A nurse is teaching an older adult client about a new medication. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?