NCLEX-PN
Nclex Questions Management of Care Questions
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Question 1 of 5
When the healthcare provider is determining the appropriate size of a nasopharyngeal airway to insert, which body part should be measured on the client?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A nasopharyngeal airway is measured from the tip of the nose to the earlobe. This measurement ensures that the airway is of the correct length to reach the nasopharynx without being too long or too short.
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect as they do not provide the appropriate measurement for selecting the correct size of a nasopharyngeal airway. The distance from the corner of the mouth to the tragus of the ear (
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A) is used to measure for an oropharyngeal airway, not a nasopharyngeal airway. Similarly, the other choices (B and
C) do not correlate with the correct measurement of a nasopharyngeal airway.
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