NCLEX-PN
Psychosocial Integrity NCLEX Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Which enzyme is elevated in conditions of pancreatic inflammation, such as pancreatitis?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Amylase is elevated in conditions of pancreatic inflammation, such as pancreatitis. The other enzymes are associated with other types of tissue damage.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following conditions has a severe complication of respiratory failure?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Guillain-Barré syndrome can lead to respiratory failure due to progressive muscle weakness affecting respiratory muscles, unlike the other conditions.
Question 3 of 5
Which isolation procedure will be followed for secretions and blood?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Standard precautions are taken in all situations for all clients and involve all body secretions except sweat and are designed to reduce the rate of transmission of microbes from one host to another or one source (environment such as the client's bedside table) to another.
Question 4 of 5
When the nurse is determining the appropriate size of an oropharyngeal airway to insert, what part of a client's body should she measure?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: An oropharyngeal airway is measured from the corner of the client's mouth, to the tragus of the ear.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following syndromes associated with incomplete lesions of the spinal cord is a result of damage to one-half of the spinal cord?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Brown-Séquard syndrome is a result of damage to one-half of the spinal cord. The other choices are also incomplete lesions of the spinal cord, but they have different defining characteristics.