HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM VERSION 3
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS AGRADE
#VERSION 3
- A patient is visiting the clinic for an evaluation of a swollen, painful knuckle. The nurse
notices that the knuckle above his ring on the left hand is swollen and that he is unable to remove his wedding ring. This joint is called the joint.
a) Interphalangeal
b) Tarsometatarsal
c) Metacarpophalangeal
d) Tibiotalar
- The nurse is percussing the seventh right intercostal space at the midclavicular line over the
liver. Which sound should the nurse expect to hear?
a) Dullness
b) Tympany
c) Resonance
d) Hyperresonance
- Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen?
a) Liver
b) Duodenum
c) Gallbladder
d) Sigmoid colon 1 / 3
- A patient is having difficulty in swallowing medications and food. The nurse would
document that this patient has:
a) Aphasia
b) Dysphasia
c) Dysphagia
d) Anorexia
- The nurse suspects that a patient has a distended bladder. How should the nurse assess for
this condition?
a) Percuss and palpate in the lumbar region.
b) Inspect and palpate in the epigastric region.
c) Auscultate and percuss in the inguinal region.
d) Percuss and palpate the midline area above the suprapubic bone.
- The nurse is aware that one change that may occur in the gastrointestinal system of an aging
adult is:
a) Increased salivation
b) Increased liver size
c) Increased esophageal emptying
d) Decreased gastric acid secretion
- In assessing a 70-year-old man, the nurse finds the following: blood pressure 140/100 mm
Hg; heart rate 104 and slightly irregular; split S2. Which of these findings can be explained by expected hemodynamic changes related to age? 2 / 3
a) Increase in resting heart rate
b) Increase in systolic blood pressure
c) Decrease in diastolic blood pressure
d) Increase in diastolic blood pressure
- A 45-year-old man is in the clinic for a routine physical. During the history the patient states
that he9s been having difficulty sleeping.
can9t get my breath.= The nurse9s best response to this would be:
- In assessing a patient9s major risk factors for heart disease, which would the nurse want to
include when taking a history?
a) Family history, hypertension, stress, age
b) Personality type, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking
c) Smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol
d) Alcohol consumption, obesity, diabetes, stress, high cholesterol
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