HESI Comprehensive RN Exam
VERSION 8
10 A nurse in the emergency department caring for a client who has abdominal pain. Which of the following actions by nurse demarcates veracity? 1 / 3
The nurse explains the potential risks of treatment
11 A nurse is about to administer an injection to a client who states, “I don’t want that injection.The last time I got that I was sore for a week.” The nurse goes ahead and administers the injection against the client’s wishes. The nurse committed which of the following?Battery
12 A home health nurse is assessing a client who is receiving from an acute myocardial infarction (MI). Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse report to the provider as a possible indication of left-sided heart failure?Bilateral lung crackles
14 A nurse is caring for a group of clients. The nurse should request a referral for a speech language pathologist for which of the following clients?A client who has difficulty swallowing
15 A nurse is preparing to provide education about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for a client who has major depressive disorder. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching?A general anesthetic is administered prior to ECT treatments
16 A nurse is caring for a mother who prescribed methadone during pregnancy. The nurse should assess the newborn for which of the following manifestations of neonatal abstinence syndrome Tachypnea/irritability/tremors 17 A nurse is caring for a client following an open colectomy. Which of the following findings places the client at risk for delayed wound healing?Hyperemesis
18 A nurse who typically works on the postpartum unit is assigned to float to the maternal newborn unit. The nurse is very anxious about floating and uncomfortable with the assignment the charge nurse has selected. Which of the following actions is appropriate for nurse to take?Ask the charge nurse to assign an experienced nurse to act as a resource 2 / 3
19 A client hospitalized for a bone marrow transplant is in protective isolation while undergoing total body radiation and intense chemotherapy. The client’s sibling comes visit but has obvious manifestations of an upper respiratory infection. Which of the following nursing actions is appropriate at this time?Allow the sibling to wave at the client through the window or door
20 A nurse is caring for a client following insertion of a subclavian nontunneled percutaneous central venous catheter (CVC). The provider writes a prescription to initiate an IV infusion ringer’s lactate at 150 mL per hr. prior to starting the infusion, which of the following actions should the nurse take?Review the chest x-ray report
21 A nurse is providing teaching to an adolescent client who has cystic fibrosis and has a prescription for pancrealipase. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching?Take with meals 22 A nurse is assessing laboratory values on a client who has taken an overdose of acetaminophen.The nurse should expect which of the following laboratory values indicative of organ damage from the overdose?Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
23 A nurse on an orthopedic floor is completing morning assessments on several clients. Which of the following clients has the greatest risk for fat embolism syndrome (FES)?A 24-year-old male who has a casted femur fracture
24 A nurse is caring for a client who has end stage liver disease. The daughter of the client asks about her father’s do-not-resuscitate request. Which of the following is a therapeutic response by the nurse?“Tell me your feelings about your father’s prognosis”
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