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Basic Care & Comfort Practice Questions

Practice NCLEX questions on nutrition, elimination, mobility, rest, sleep, and non-pharmacological comfort measures.

NCLEX-RN weight: 6-12%
NCLEX-PN weight: 7-13%
Test plan area: Physiological Integrity

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Sample Basic Care & Comfort Question

A real example from this category. Pick an answer, check your reasoning, then see the full rationale.

Basic Care & ComfortMultiple ChoiceDifficulty: Easy· Cognitive: Apply

A nurse is repositioning an immobile client to prevent pressure injuries. Which intervention is most appropriate?

Pick an answer, then check your reasoning.

Topics Covered

Questions in this category draw from every subtopic the NCSBN publishes for basic care & comfort.

Nutrition Assessment & Therapeutic Diets
Tube Feeding & Aspiration Prevention
Urinary Catheter Care
Wound Care & Staging
Body Mechanics & Transfers
Pain Assessment (PQRST)
Sleep Hygiene
Complementary & Alternative Therapies

How to Study This Category

Shortcuts and frameworks that make questions in this category click faster.

  1. 1

    Know therapeutic diets: low-sodium, renal, cardiac, low-residue, clear liquid, gluten-free.

  2. 2

    Pressure injury staging — stage 1 through 4, unstageable, deep tissue. Never massage redness.

  3. 3

    Always verify tube placement and HOB ≥30° before feeding to prevent aspiration.

Every NGN Type for Basic Care & Comfort

Basic Care & Comfort questions in our bank rotate through all five Next Gen formats. Practice the item styles you'll see on exam day.

MCQ

Multiple Choice

Traditional single-best-answer questions. The foundation of NCLEX prep — test your knowledge across every category.

"Which lab value should the nurse report first?"

SATA

Select All That Apply

Pick every correct option. Partial credit scoring mirrors the real exam. High-stakes — one miss drops your score.

"Which interventions are appropriate for a client with sepsis? Select all that apply."

ORD

Ordered Response

Drag steps into the correct sequence — nursing priority, procedural order, or clinical reasoning flow.

"Place these steps of sterile catheter insertion in the correct order."

CLZ

Cloze (Fill-in-the-Blank)

Complete a clinical scenario by filling in drop-down answers. Tests contextual clinical judgment — not memorization.

"The client is at highest risk for [dropdown] due to [dropdown]."

MTX

Matrix / Grid

Multi-row, multi-column decisions. Classify findings as expected vs. unexpected, or match interventions to indications.

"Mark each finding as Anticipated, Unrelated, or Requires Follow-Up."

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