NCLEX-PN
Psychosocial Integrity NCLEX PN Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The presence of which hormone in the urine is specifically indicative of pregnancy?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Human chorionic gonadotropin is found in the urine during pregnancy and specifically indicates pregnancy. The other hormones do not.
Question 2 of 5
A client has sustained a hyphema. What intervention should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Initial care of the client involves preventing further damage and rebleeding. Clients are kept at bed rest if possible, usually with the head of the bed raised. TV watching is permitted but not reading. The use of atropine, ice, and eye shields are controversial, and a nurse should not administer a pharmacologic agent or thermal therapy without a physician's order.
Question 3 of 5
A client is given an opiate drug for pain relief following general anesthesia. The client becomes extremely somnolent with respiratory depression. The physician is likely to order the administration of:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: When a client becomes extremely somnolent with respiratory depression after being given an opiate drug, the physician is likely to order the administration of naloxone (Narcan). Naloxone is an opiate antagonist that attaches to opiate receptors, blocking or reversing the action of narcotic analgesics.
Choices B, C, and D are incorrect. Labetalol is a beta blocker used for hypertension, neostigmine is an anticholinesterase agent used to treat myasthenia gravis and reverse neuromuscular blockade, and thiothixene is an antipsychotic agent used for psychiatric conditions.
Question 4 of 5
Implementing counseling by the nurse specialist for the raped victim represents:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale:
Choice B, crisis intervention, is the correct answer. Counseling by a nurse specialist in a rape crisis situation is a form of crisis intervention, which is part of the Crisis Intervention Model. It aims to provide immediate support and help the victim cope with the traumatic event. Empathetic concern (
Choice
C) is important but refers more to the nurse's attitude rather than the specific action described. Assessment (
Choice
A) typically involves gathering information and may have already been done before counseling. Unwarranted intrusion (
Choice
D) is not applicable here as the counseling is provided to support the victim in a professional and caring manner.
Question 5 of 5
When assessing a client with glaucoma, a nurse expects which of the following findings?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: When assessing a client with glaucoma, a common finding is complaints of halos around lights. Other symptoms of glaucoma include loss of peripheral vision or blind spots, reddened sclera, firm globe, decreased accommodation, and occasional eye pain. Glaucoma may be asymptomatic until permanent damage to the optic nerve and retina occurs. Double vision is not a typical symptom of glaucoma. In terms of intraocular pressure, normal levels range from 10 to 21 mm Hg, making an intraocular pressure of 15 mm Hg within the normal range. A soft globe on palpation is not a typical finding in glaucoma.