"NCLEX Practice Questions: Test Your Nursing
Knowledge with Clinical Scenarios"
1. A patient tells you that her urine is starting to look discolored. If you believe this change is due
to medication, which of the following patient's medication does not cause urine discoloration?
A. Sulfasalazine
B. Levodopa
C. Phenolphthalein
D. Aspirin
2. You are responsible for reviewing the nursing unit's refrigerator. If you found the following drug in
the refrigerator it should be removed from the refrigerator's contents?
A. Corgard
B. Humulin (injection)
C. Urokinase
D. Epogen (injection)
3. A 34 year old female has recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. She has also
recently discovered that she is pregnant. Which of the following is the only immunoglobulin that will
provide protection to the fetus in the womb?
A. IgA
B. IgD
C. IgE
D. IgG
4. A second year nursing student has just suffered a needlestick while working with a patient that is
positive for AIDS. Which of the following is the most important action that nursing student should take?
A. Immediately see a social worker
B. Start prophylactic AZT treatment
C. Start prophylactic Pentamide treatment
D. Seek counseling
5. A thirty five year old male has been an insulin-dependent diabetic for five years and now is unable
to urinate. Which of the following would you most likely suspect?
A. Atherosclerosis
B. Diabetic nephropathy
C. Autonomic neuropathy
D. Somatic neuropathy
6. You are taking the history of a 14 year old girl who has a (BMI) of 18. The girl reports inability to
eat, induced vomiting and severe constipation. Which of the following would you most likely suspect?
A. Multiple sclerosis
B. Anorexia nervosa
C. Bulimia
D. Systemic sclerosis
7. A 24 year old female is admitted to the ER for confusion. This patient has a history of a myeloma
diagnosis, constipation, intense abdominal pain, and polyuria. Which of the following would you most
