PCCN Exam | 400+ Practice Questions with Answers and Rationale Graded A+ | Latest 2024/2025
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PCCN Exam | 400+ Practice Questions with Answers and Rationale Graded A+ | Latest 2024/2025
PCCN Exam | 400+ Practice Questions with Answers and Rationale Graded A+ | Latest 2024/2025
PCCN Exam | 400+ Practice Questions with Answers and Rationale Graded A+ | Latest 2024/2025
PCCN Exam | 400+ Practice Questions
with Answers and Rationale Graded A+ |
Latest 2024/2025
When assessing the 12 cranial nerves, moving the head and
shoulders and swallowing is the responsibility of which cranial
nerve?
A. accessory
B. abducens
C. glossopharyngeal
D. hypoglossal
- Correct Answer - A. Accessory
Moving the head and shoulders with some impact on swallowing
is the function of cranial nerve 11, the accessory
When assessing the 12 cranial nerves, eyelid and eyeball
movement, and adjusting the pupil and lens of the eye is the
responsibility of which cranial nerve?
A. abducens
B. optic
C. oculomotor
D. trochlear
,- Correct Answer - C. Oculomotor
Cranial nerve 3, oculomotor, is responsible for eyelid and eyeball
movement, as well as adjusting the pupil and lens of the eye. The
optic nerve (2) is responsible for sight. The abducens (6) and
Trochlear (4) are both responsible for eye movement only
Bill is a 55 year old patient with a severe headache for the past 3
months. He is scheduled for a CT scan in the morning. He asks
the nurse "What can the doctor see from a CT scan?" The nurse
responds that the CT scan could help visualize which of the
following?
A. blood
B. cerebral spinal fluid
C. circulation
D. bone
- Correct Answer - A. blood
A CT scan without contrast can highlight blood, edema, and
hydrocephalus. A CT scan with contrast media highlights tumors,
abscesses, and vascular lesions
The components of the Monroe-Kellie hypothesis include all of the
following except:
A. blood
,B. brain
C. CSF
D. lymph fluid
- Correct Answer - D. Lymph fluid
The Monroe-Kellie hypothesis states that the skull only has room
for 3 components: brain tissue, blood, and CSF. The lymphatic
system is not present in the brain
Carley is a post op patient following a craniotomy for an invasive
brain tumor. The nurse is concerned about preventing increased
intracranial pressure (ICP). Symptoms of increased ICP would
include all of the following except:
A. confusion
B. decreased SBP
C. motor weakness
D. restlessness
- Correct Answer - B. decreased SBP
A patient with increased ICP could experience confusion,
headache, nausea/vomiting, motor weakness, restlessness,
lethargy, and increased SBP
What is the most common cause of hemorrhagic stroke?
A. drug abuse
, B. hyperglycemia
C. hypertension
D. tumor
- Correct Answer - C. hypertension
The most common cause of hemorrhagic stroke is hypertension.
The increased blood pressure can cause a vessel to leak or
rupture causing blood to enter the brain tissue
It is the end of the nurse's shift. the nurse is discussing a patient
with the respiratory therapist. In the middle of the conversation,
the respiratory therapist begins uncontrolled lip-smacking
movement and senses an unusual taste in his mouth. The nurses
suspects that the respiratory therapist has experiences which of
the following
A. complex seizure
B. generalized seizure
C. partial seizure
D. status epilepticus
- Correct Answer - C. Partial seizure
This colleague has experienced a partial seizure. Even though the
seizure is brief in this cause, the respiratory therapist may
experience a sleepy post-octal state and should be received of his
duties
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