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NCLEX-PN Reduction of Risk Potential Practice Test

  • Based on the official NCLEX-PN exam guidelines
  • Updated for June 2026
  • Perfect for nursing students and professionals preparing for the NCLEX exam
  • Triple-checked for accuracy by nursing experts
Welcome to the NCLEX-PN practice test on Reduction of Risk Potential. This is a subcategory of one of the four Client Needs, Physiological Integrity. You can expect your examination to have 9-15% of questions on Reduction of Risk Potential, depending on how the Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) system scores your test. The LPN/VN is responsible for reducing the potential for clients to develop health problems or complications from treatments, procedures, or existing conditions. There can be questions about changes/abnormalities in vital signs, diagnostic tests, laboratory values, possible alterations in body systems from surgical procedures or treatments, and performing therapeutic procedures. Topics in this practice test include vital sign assessment, laboratory values, disease risk factors, client positioning, and neurovascular complications. You can begin this test at any time. If you leave any test before it’s completed, it will remind you where you left off when you return. A good strategy is to read each question carefully and try to think of the answer before looking at the options. Remember that you should select the BEST choice. If you’d like a clue, click on the Hint button under the fourth option. When you select the correct response, you’ll go the next question. If you make a mistake, an explanation will immediately pop up with the rationale for the answer. Each time you take a practice test, the questions and options are shuffled into a different random order. These are two proven techniques to reinforce your learning.
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  • Perfect for nursing students and professionals preparing for the NCLEX exam
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Practice focus

What to focus on before you start

Recent learner results from 14 tracked questions in this set point to Lab Values & Diagnostic Tests as the main risk area. The toughest tracked question in this set was missed by about 59% of learners.

Reduction of Risk Potential Primary NCLEX area
Lab Values & Diagnostic Tests Hardest tracked topic
59% Highest miss rate

Hardest topics in this set

  1. 59% Lab Values & Diagnostic Tests
  2. 56% Safety Screening & Risk Precautions
  3. 51% Vital Signs & Assessment Abnormalities

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Winona Suzanne Ball

Founding Nursing Adviser, RN | MHS, Governors State University, IL

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Andrei Zakhareuski

Co-Founder & CEO, Elegant E-Learning

Questions are created and maintained by the Nurse Plus Academy content team following our multi-layer editorial process and updated whenever the National Council of State Boards of Nursing changes its guidelines or exam blueprint.

Official sources we check: NCLEX website, Official NCLEX exam blueprint 2026

About the official exam: 75-145 questions • 5 hours • Computer Adaptive • Pass/Fail

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