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NCLEX Basic Care and Comfort practice questions

Basic Care and Comfort covers nutrition and tube feeding, elimination, mobility, skin integrity, rest and non-drug comfort measures. Expect intake and output calculations, feeding rates and pressure injury staging.

Client Needs category: Physiological Integrity › Basic Care and Comfort

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Free sample questions

• NCLEX calculation: continuous tube feeding rate
• NCLEX calculation: 8-hour intake
• NCLEX question: staging a deep tissue pressure injury

Key points to know

• Ice chips count as half their volume in intake; gelatin counts as fluid.
• Continuous feeding rate = daily calories ÷ kcal/mL ÷ 24 hours.
• Intact skin with nonblanchable maroon or purple discolouration is a deep tissue pressure injury.

Other NCLEX categories

• Management of Care
• Safety and Infection Control
• Health Promotion and Maintenance
• Psychosocial Integrity
• Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
• Reduction of Risk Potential
• Physiological Adaptation

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