National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX PN)

How many bones make up a newborn’s skull?

Your patient has just returned from the diagnostic imaging department and the doctor has told the patient that they have a Mallory-Weiss tear. The patient asks you what a Mallory-Weiss tear is. How should you respond to this patient?

After your patient has been told that they have Cushing’s syndrome, the patient asks you what Cushing’s syndrome is. How would you respond to this patient’s question?

Which of the following is the best worded expected outcome?

You have been assigned to care for a neonate who has been diagnosed with the Tetralogy of Fallot. The mother asks you what the Tetralogy of Fallot is. How should you respond to this mother?

Multifetal pregnancies with triplets occur at a rate of 1 in 8,100 births, but twins occur much more frequently with a rate of:

Sutures and staples are typically removed following surgery within:

You are caring for a neonate who has a cleft palate. You should inform the mother that surgical correction will be done when the infant is:

Low birth weight is defined as a newborn’s weight of:

What percentage of term newborns has a congenital heart disease due to environmental risk factors such as maternal alcoholism or drug ingestion?