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🌱NCLEX-RN STUDY GUIDE
NCLEX-RN Wellness Promotion and Maintenance
Review pregnancy, newborn care, age-linked milestones, screening, prevention, teaching, and self-care for the 2026 NCLEX-RN test plan.
8 key ideas8 flashcards5 practice questions
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For exam preparation only. Follow current clinical orders, facility policy, and local scope rules in practice.
Match the action to when disease is absent, early, or established.
screen and follow up
limit disability
Key ideas to know
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Prevention includes measures that reduce disease occurrence, detect disease early, or limit disability after diagnosis.
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Screening recommendations depend on age, risk factors, pregnancy status, and current guidance.
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Prenatal care monitors maternal findings, fetal growth, nutrition, symptoms, and preparation for birth.
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Newborn assessment includes transition to breathing, temperature regulation, feeding, elimination, and caregiver education.
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Age-linked milestones occur in a usual sequence but within a range of timing.
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Teaching is matched to readiness, literacy, language needs, and the client's stated priorities.
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Immunization decisions follow current schedules, contraindications, precautions, and client-specific factors.
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Self-care teaching includes symptoms that require routine follow-up versus prompt or emergency attention.
PART OF THE NCLEX-RN GUIDE
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→Every child reaches each milestone at one exact age
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Milestones occur across expected ranges and must be interpreted with the full assessment.
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→Screening confirms a diagnosis
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An abnormal screening result often requires a separate diagnostic assessment.
Flashcards
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1What is primary prevention?Show answer ＋
Action taken before disease occurs, including immunization and risk-reduction teaching.
2What is secondary prevention?Show answer ＋
Early detection through screening and timely follow-up.
3What is tertiary prevention?Show answer ＋
Limiting disability and maintaining function after disease is present.
4Why is folic acid discussed before and early in pregnancy?Show answer ＋
Adequate intake reduces the risk of neural tube defects.
5What is a milestone range?Show answer ＋
A span of ages during which an ability commonly appears.
6What is teach-back?Show answer ＋
Asking the client to explain or demonstrate instructions in their own words.
7What factors belong in screening guidance?Show answer ＋
Age, sex, pregnancy status, family history, exposures, prior results, and current recommendations.
8What does readiness to learn affect?Show answer ＋
The timing, format, pace, and amount of teaching a client can use.
Explain it in your own words
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01Why should a missed milestone prompt assessment rather than an immediate diagnosis?
Timing varies, and the nurse gathers history, observes abilities, checks related findings, and refers according to guidance.
02How can teaching be adjusted for low literacy?
Use plain wording, short sections, pictures or demonstration, and teach-back without shaming the client.
03Why can a screening test require confirmatory testing?
Screening identifies possible risk or disease and may produce false-positive or false-negative results.
04What teaching is suitable when a pregnant client reports warning symptoms?
State which symptoms require prompt assessment and direct the client to the designated maternity service or emergency route.
05How does primary prevention differ from early detection?
Primary prevention acts before disease begins, while early detection looks for disease before symptoms or complications advance.
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