Free NCLEX NCLEX-RN Exam Questions

When teaching a class of nursing students, the nurse asks why the embryonic period (weeks 4-8) of pregnancy is so critical.

A 68-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She is started on an aminophylline infusion. Three days later she is breathing easier. A serum theophylline level is drawn. Which of the following values represents a therapeutic level?

A male infant is to be discharged home this morning. Which instruction related to his cord care should be included in his mother’s discharge teaching plan? 

A client who is a breast-feeding mother develops mastitis. The clinical signs and symptoms of mastitis include:

After the fetal activity test (nonstress test) is completed, the RN is looking at the test results on the monitor
strip. The RN observes that the fetal heart accelerated 5 beats/min with each fetal movement. The
accelerations lasted ≥ 15 seconds and occurred 3 times during the 20-minute test. The RN knows that these
test results will be interpreted as: