NCLEX Practice Questions – Respiratory System Disorders NCLEX Challenge Exam

Hello and welcome to your NCLEX reviewer and practice quiz on Respiratory System Disorders! This nursing test bank is designed to evaluate your knowledge and skills in caring for patients with respiratory conditions such as pneumonia, COPD, asthma, pleural effusion, and more. The goal of this quiz is to help student nurses fully understand and master the concepts of respiratory system disorders.

Respiratory System Disorders NCLEX Nursing Test Bank

This NCLEX practice set includes 224 NCLEX-style questions focusing on the nursing care management of patients with COPD, asthma, pneumonia, pleural effusion, and other respiratory disorders. These questions are an excellent tool for reviewing respiratory system concepts and serve as a practical alternative to Quizlet.

All questions are carefully updated to provide a challenging and realistic NCLEX experience, accompanied by detailed rationales to help reinforce your learning and improve clinical reasoning skills.

Respiratory System Disorders NCLEX refers to the section of the NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses) that focuses on conditions affecting the respiratory system, including assessment, management, and nursing interventions. These disorders test a nurse’s ability to recognize, prevent, and respond to respiratory complications in patients.

Here’s a clear breakdown:

• Scope: Includes disorders such as pneumonia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism, pleural effusion, ARDS, and respiratory failure.

• Key Focus Areas:

  • Assessment: Recognizing symptoms like dyspnea, cyanosis, cough, sputum changes, wheezing, hypoxia signs.

  • Diagnostics: Understanding ABG values, chest X-rays, spirometry, pulse oximetry.

  • Medications: Knowledge of bronchodilators, corticosteroids, antibiotics, mucolytics, oxygen therapy.

  • Nursing Interventions: Oxygen therapy, airway clearance techniques, patient positioning, suctioning, monitoring vital signs, and infection control.

  • Patient Education: Teaching inhaler use, breathing exercises, smoking cessation, vaccination, and preventing exacerbations.

• NCLEX Question Types:

  • Multiple Choice (MCQ): Single correct answer, e.g., identifying priority intervention for hypoxia.

  • SATA (Select All That Apply): Often used for interventions, risk factors, or symptoms, e.g., selecting all signs of worsening pneumonia.

  • Priority/Delegation Questions: Determine which action should be taken first in a respiratory crisis.

• Purpose: Tests a nurse’s clinical reasoning, prioritization, and ability to manage patients with respiratory disorders safely and effectively.