NCLEX National Council Licensure Examination(NCLEX-RN) - NCLEX-RN Exam Practice Test

What specific hormone must be present in serum or urine laboratory tests used to diagnose pregnancy?

A client's wife is concerned over his behavior in recent months. He has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and she is telling his nurse that he has been doing "strange things." The nurse reassures the wife that the following behavior is normal with Parkinson's disease:

A client is being discharged from the hospital today. The discharge teaching for care of her colostomy included which of the following basic principles for protecting the skin around her stoma:

A client is receiving IV morphine 2 days after colorectal surgery. Which of the following observations indicate that he may be becoming drug dependent?

A 38-year-old female client with a history of chronic schizophrenia, paranoid type, is currently an outpatient at the local mental health and mental retardation clinic. The client comes in once a week for medication evaluation and/or refills. She self-administers haloperidol 5 mg twice a day and benztropine 1 mg once a day.
During a recent clinic visit, she says to the nurse, "I can't stay still at night. I toss and turn and can't fall asleep." The nurse suspects that she may be experiencing:

The nurse is admitting an infant with bacterial meningitis and is prepared to manage the following possible effects of meningitis:

A baby is circumcised. Immediate postoperative care should include:

A client has returned to the unit following a left femoral popliteal bypass graft. Six hours later, his dorsalis pedis pulse cannot be palpated, and his foot is cool and dusky. The nurse should:

Which stage of labor lasts from delivery of the baby to delivery of the placenta?