NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Physiological Adaptation Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following diseases places a client at risk for developing cirrhosis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Alcoholism places a client at risk for developing cirrhosis. None of the other choices are related to cirrhosis.
Question 2 of 5
When assessing a client in the Emergency Department whose membranes have ruptured, the nurse notes that the fluid is a greenish color. What is the cause of this greenish coloration?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Greenish amniotic fluid passed when the fetus is in a cephalic (head) presentation might indicate fetal distress. A fetus in the breech presentation passes meconium due to compression on the intestinal tract.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following blood pressure parameters indicates PIH? Elevation over a baseline of:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: These are the accepted parameters for mild PIH. Mild preclampsia includes an increase in systolic blood pressure higher than 30 mmHg or an increase in diastolic blood pressure higher than 15 mmHg, noted on two readings taken 6 hours apart (or 140/90).
Question 4 of 5
The anemias most often associated with pregnancy are:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Folic acid and iron deficiency anemia are the most common anemias, prevalent in women of childbearing age with 50% of pregnant women having this type of anemia. Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy is a result (usually) of the increase in the plasma level during pregnancy but not in the constituent level. Also, if a woman has this type of anemia prepregnancy, it gets worse during pregnancy.
Question 5 of 5
Nurses should understand the chain of infection because it refers to:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Infection occurs in a predictable sequence requiring virulence, movement from a reservoir, and entry into a susceptible host.