NCLEX REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES BEST EXAM SOLUTIONS
1. To determine the standards of care for the institution, the nurse should consult?
1. Organizational Chart
2. Personnel policies 3.
4. Job descriptions
Rationale:
#3 Correct Answer: It defines standards of care for an institution
#1 Shows which departments exist and their relationship with each other
#2 Policies for personnel not standards of care
#4 Doesn’t go into detail about standards of care
2. Which of the following goals is the most important for the nurse to address for a client
admitted to the cardiac rehabilitation unit?
1. Reduction of anxiety
2. Referral to community resources
3. Identification of life style changes
4. Verbalization of energy-conservation techniques
Rationale:
#3 Correct Answer: On admission, the best starting point is to survey what is good and what
needs to be changed.
#1 No, we need some anxiety to change.
#2 Not yet
#3 For cardiac rehab-we want to exercise not conserve at this point. Conserving energy is for
times of hypoxia or angina.
3. The nurse manager is having a problem on the unit with one staff person having repetitive
tardiness and leaving the unit with orders not initiated. Which action by the manager would
be best?