Deck 28: Nclex: What You Need to Know

Question 1

Questions regarding which phase of the nursing process are often worded very similarly and are relatively easy to identify after you have experienced a few of them?
1) Assessment questions
2) Analysis questions
3) Intervention and implementation questions
4) Evaluation questions

Answer 1

4

Question 2

The space between when you start missing questions and then start getting them correct again is known as which of the following, and if that space is above the pass standard, then you will pass the exam?
1) Zone of expertise
2) Zone of knowledge
3) Zone of understanding
4) Zone of comprehension

Answer 2

2

Question 3

Factors such as determining expected outcomes, setting priorities for goals, and anticipating client needs are included in which phase of the nursing process?
1) Assessment phase
2) Analysis phase
3) Planning phase
4) Intervention and implementation phase

Answer 3

3

Question 4

Experts recommend that you take how many practice questions prior to taking the NCLEX, with a significant number of these practice questions using a computerized format and alternative format questions?
1) 500 to 1500
2) 1500 to 3000
3) 3000 to 5000
4) 5000 to 6000

Question 5

By answering practice questions, you are becoming more familiar with and therefore more comfortable with the format of the examination. This process is referred to as which of the following?
1) Practice effect
2) Comfort effect
3) Habit effect
4) Method effect

Question 6

The day before the exam, you eat foods or drink liquids with which vitamin because it has been shown to decrease short-term stress?
1) Vitamin B
2) Vitamin C
3) Vitamin E
4) Vitamin K

Question 7

Which type of questions test your ability to use information correctly and respond to the increase in the use of evidence-based practice in the health-care setting?
1) Multiple-response questions
2) Sequencing items questions
3) Hot spot questions
4) Exhibit item questions

Question 8

Because of increased concern about which of the following, it is probably safe to assume that the difficulty level of future calculation questions will increase markedly?
1) Medication errors
2) Polypharmacy
3) Antibiotic resistance
4) Herbal medications

Question 9

One factor that increases the difficulty of answering which level of questions is that there is often more than one correct answer?
1) Level 1
2) Level 2
3) Level 3
4) Level 4

Question 10

On the NCLEX, interpreting electrocardiographic (ECG) strips, interpreting blood gas values, making a nursing diagnosis based on a set of symptoms, and deciding on a treatment plan are assessed through the use of which level of questioning?
1) Level 1
2) Level 2
3) Level 3
4) Level 4

Question 11

Which category comprises the largest groups of questions on the NCLEX, with about 38 to 62 percent of the total number of questions on the NCLEX?
1) Safe and effective care environment needs
2) Physiological integrity needs
3) Psychosocial integrity needs
4) Health promotion and maintenance needs

Question 12

If the computer can determine within what percentage accuracy that your zone of knowledge is above the pass criteria within the first 75 questions, it will stop the test and ask you to complete a short survey?
1) 85 percent accuracy
2) 90 percent accuracy
3) 95 percent accuracy
4) 99 percent accuracy

Question 13

You need to demonstrate to the computer that you have the ability to answer medium difficulty level questions correctly at least 50 percent of the time, with which confidence interval?
1) 85 percent confidence interval
2) 90 percent confidence interval
3) 95 percent confidence interval
4) 99 percent confidence interval

Question 14

Which type of alternative format questions can be difficult, but if you think of them as true or false questions, they become easier?
1) Multiple-response questions
2) Sequencing items questions
3) Hot spot questions
4) Exhibit item questions

Question 15

While taking the NCLEX, you will find that questions pertaining to which area of nursing tend to be integrated into other areas even though they are a separate category?
1) Pharmacology
2) Endocrinology
3) Immunology
4) Hematology