NCLEX Updated NCLEX-PN Exam Questions and Answers by alexia

A walker is used for clients who have balance problems, cardiac problems, or cannot use crutches or a cane. The client needs to bear partial weight and have strength in her wrists and arms. The client uses her upper body to propel the walker forward.Basic Care and Comfort

These interventions (strategies) help the client in all areas of client well-being. Focusing on perception and thought, cognitive techniques are designed to influence how one interprets events and bodily sensations.BasicCare and Comfort

Object permanence occurs when the infant learns that something/someone still exists even though they might not be able to see it/them. This develops between 9 and 10 months of age. If the infant cries when his mother leaves the room, it might be because he believes she is no longer in the house when he can’t see her. If an infant picks up another toy after the one he is playing with rolls under the couch and the infant fails to look for it, he believes the toy that rolled under the couch no longer exists. Patty-cake is a game infants engage in but, it has nothing to do with object permanence. An infant game that does show object permanence is peek-a-boo. In thisgame, an infant continues to hunt for a hidden face because he believes it is still there.Health Promotion andMaintenance

Staphylococcus aureus microorganisms are ubiquitous and easily transmitted by health care workers who fail to conduct routine hand washing between clients. Tuberculosis is almost always transmitted by the airborne route, and tetanus usually results from exposure to dirt. HIV is a weak virus that does not live long outside the body.Physiological Adaptation