This PNLE Pre-Board Nursing Review quiz is designed to prepare nursing students for licensure exams by covering essential clinical knowledge and nursing interventions. Topics include pain management, patient safety, respiratory care, medication administration, infection control, and care of pediatric and adult patients with various conditions. The quiz emphasizes critical thinking in real-world scenarios such as mental health nursing, emergency care, surgical postoperative care, and community health.
It also reviews key physiological concepts, nursing protocols, and patient education strategies. Use this comprehensive review to identify knowledge gaps, reinforce best practices, and build confidence before taking the board exam. This resource is ideal for anyone seeking to strengthen foundational nursing skills and ensure readiness for professional practice.
Asthma attack
Respiratory arrest
Seizure
Wake up on his own
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Assess temperature frequently.
Provide diversional activities.
Check circulation every 15-30 minutes.
Socialize with other patients once a shift.
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Increase the I.V. fluid infusion rate
Irrigate the indwelling urinary catheter
Notify the physician
Continue to monitor and record hourly urine output
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Eliminate foods high in cellulose.
Decrease fluid intake at meal times.
Avoid foods that in the past caused flatus.
Adhere to a bland diet prior to social events.
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Oxygen at 1-2L/min is given to maintain the hypoxic stimulus for breathing.
Hypoxia stimulates the central chemoreceptors in the medulla that makes the client breath.
Oxygen is administered best using a non-rebreathing mask
Blood gases are monitored using a pulse oximeter.
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Recommending a high-protein, low-fat diet.
Giving sleep medication, as prescribed, to restore a normal sleepwake cycle.
Allowing the client time to heal.
Exploring the meaning of the traumatic event with the client.
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Face and neck
Right upper arm and penis
Right thigh and penis
Upper trunk
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By designating times during which the client can focus on the behavior.
By urging the client to reduce the frequency of the behavior as rapidly as possible.
By calling attention to or attempting to prevent the behavior.
By discouraging the client from verbalizing anxieties.
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Ascites
Nystagmus
Leukopenia
Polycythemia
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“My ankle looks less swollen now”.
“My ankle feels warm”.
“My ankle appears redder now”.
“I need something stronger for pain relief”
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Feed the infant when he cries.
Allow the infant to rest before feeding.
Bathe the infant and administer medications before feeding.
Weigh and bathe the infant before feeding.
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Reactive pupils
A depressed fontanel
Bleeding from ears
An elevated temperature
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Avoid touching the suture line, even when cleaning.
Place the baby in prone position.
Give the baby a pacifier.
Place the infant’s arms in soft elbow restraints.
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Increased elastic recoil of the lungs
Increased number of functional capillaries in the alveoli
Decreased residual volume
Decreased vital capacity
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Pulling the lobule down and back
Pulling the helix up and forward
Pulling the helix up and back
Pulling the lobule down and forward
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Excessive fetal activity.
Larger than normal uterus for gestational age.
Vaginal bleeding
Elevated levels of human chorionic gonadotropin.
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Reduce incisional pain.
Facilitate ventilation of the left lung.
Equalize pressure in the pleural space.
Increase venous return
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Presenting part is 2 cm above the plane of the ischial spines.
Biparietal diameter is at the level of the ischial spines.
Presenting part in 2 cm below the plane of the ischial spines.
Biparietal diameter is 2 cm above the ischial spines.
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Ventilator assistance
CVP readings
EKG tracings
Continuous CPR
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Withhold the drug.
Record the client’s response.
Encourage the client to tell the doctor.
Suggest that it takes awhile before seeing the results.
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Hypernatremia
Hyperkalemia
Hypokalemia
Hypervolemia
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Flat affect
Expressing guilt
Acting overly solicitous toward the child.
Ignoring the child.
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18 gtt/min
28 gtt/min
32 gtt/min
36 gtt/min
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Acute asthma
Bronchial pneumonia
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Emphysema
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Urinary output 90 cc in 2 hours.
Absent patellar reflexes.
Rapid respiratory rate above 40/min.
Rapid rise in blood pressure.
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24 hours later, when edema has subsided.
In the operating room.
After the ileostomy begin to function.
When the client is able to begin self-care procedures.
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On the side, to prevent obstruction of airway by tongue.
Flat on back.
On the back, with knees flexed 15 degrees.
Flat on the stomach, with the head turned to the side.
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Administer Kayexalate
Restrict foods high in protein
Increase oral intake of cheese and milk.
Administer large amounts of normal saline via I.V.
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A 34 year-old post operative appendectomy client of five hours who is complaining of pain.
A 44 year-old myocardial infarction (MI) client who is complaining of nausea.
A 26 year-old client admitted for dehydration whose intravenous (IV) has infiltrated.
A 63 year-old post operative’s abdominal hysterectomy client of three days whose incisional dressing is saturated with serosanguinous fluid.
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Contractions every 1 ½ minutes lasting 70-80 seconds.
Maternal temperature 101.2
Early decelerations in the fetal heart rate.
Fetal heart rate baseline 140-160 bpm.
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First low transverse cesarean was for active herpes type 2 infections; vaginal culture at 39 weeks pregnancy was positive.
First and second caesareans were for cephalopelvic disproportion.
First caesarean through a classic incision as a result of severe fetal distress.
First low transverse caesarean was for breech position. Fetus in this pregnancy is in a vertex presentation.
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Plan care so the client can receive 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep each night.
Monitor vital signs every 2 hours.
Make sure that the client takes food and medications at prescribed intervals.
Provide milk every 2 to 3 hours.
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Take the pulse rate once a day, in the morning upon awakening
May be allowed to use electrical appliances
Have regular follow up care
May engage in contact sports
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Single order
Standard written order
Standing order
Stat order
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Blood pressure is decreased from 160/90 to 110/70.
Pulse is increased from 87 to 95, with an occasional skipped beat.
The client is oriented when aroused from sleep, and goes back to sleep immediately.
The client refuses dinner because of anorexia.
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Lie on my left side while instilling the irrigating solution.”
Keep the irrigating container less than 18 inches above the stoma.”
Instill a minimum of 1200 ml of irrigating solution to stimulate evacuation of the bowel.”
Insert the irrigating catheter deeper into the stoma if cramping occurs during the procedure.”
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Talk to the mother first and then to the toddler.
Bring extra help so it can be done quickly.
Encourage the mother to hold the child.
Ignore the crying and screaming.
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Provides continuous, coordinated and comprehensive nursing services.
One-to-one nurse patient ratio.
Emphasize the use of group collaboration.
Concentrates on tasks and activities.
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Serve the client a bowl of soup, buttered French bread, and apple slices.
Increase calories, decrease fat, and decrease protein.
Give the client pieces of cut-up steak, carrots, and an apple.
Increase calories, carbohydrates, and protein.
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Have condescending trust and confidence in their subordinates.
Gives economic and ego awards.
Communicates downward to staffs.
Allows decision making among subordinates.
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Stop the I.V. infusion of heparin and notify the physician.
Continue treatment as ordered.
Expect the warfarin to increase the PTT.
Increase the dosage, because the level is lower than normal.
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Prevent stress ulcer
Block prostaglandin synthesis
Facilitate protein synthesis.
Enhance gas exchange
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Perceptual disorders.
Impending coma.
Recent alcohol intake.
Depression with mutism.
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Call for help and note the time.
Clear the airway
Give two sharp thumps to the precordium, and check the pulse.
Administer two quick blows.
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Short-acting anesthesia
Decreased oral and respiratory secretions.
Skeletal muscle paralysis.
Analgesia.
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Skim milk and baby food.
Whole milk and baby food.
Iron-rich formula only.
Iron-rich formula and baby food.
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Id
Ego
Superego
Oedipal complex
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Increased appetite
Loss of urge to defecate
Hard, brown, formed stools
Liquid or semi-liquid stools
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