PPL HESI Practice Questions and

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PPL HESI Practice Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified

A nurse prepares to administer a medication but notices the patient’s armband does not match the MAR. What is the best action?

• Ask the patient their room number

✔✔B. Verify the patient’s identity using two identifiers

• Administer the medication anyway
• Ask the family to confirm the patient’s name

A patient with heart failure reports sudden weight gain overnight. What is the priority nursing action?

• Recheck the weight in the evening

✔✔B. Assess for fluid overload and notify the provider

• Encourage increased oral fluids
• Offer high-calorie snacks

During shift change, which information is most important for the nurse to report? 1 / 4

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• Patient’s favorite hobbies
• Patient’s food preferences

✔✔C. Changes in vital signs and clinical status

• Visiting hours of the family

Which action by the nurse demonstrates safe delegation?

• Assigning the UAP to assess lung sounds
• Asking the UAP to administer oral medications

✔✔C. Assigning the UAP to assist with patient ambulation

• Having the UAP teach incentive spirometer use

A patient on oxygen therapy becomes anxious and restless. What is the nurse’s priority?

• Encourage deep breathing

✔✔B. Check oxygen saturation and airway status

• Offer reassurance only
• Administer scheduled oral medication

A patient is scheduled for surgery and begins crying. What is the nurse’s best response? 2 / 4

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• Tell the patient to stay strong
• Ignore the crying and proceed

✔✔C. Ask the patient to share their concerns

• Reassure that all surgeries are safe

A patient with pneumonia is prescribed antibiotics. Which assessment finding shows the treatment is effective?

• Fever of 102°F

✔✔B. Decreased shortness of breath and improved oxygenation

• Increased sputum production
• Wheezing with cough

Which action is most important when administering blood products?

• Allow the blood to hang for 6 hours
• Start infusion without a filter

✔✔C. Verify patient identity with another nurse before starting

• Use the same tubing as IV medications
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A patient receiving morphine reports itching. What is the priority action?

• Stop the medication immediately

✔✔B. Assess for other allergic symptoms like hives or swelling

• Encourage hydration
• Apply lotion to the skin

A nurse observes a UAP assisting a patient to ambulate without gait belt. What should the nurse do?

• Ignore if patient looks steady

✔✔B. Stop the activity and remind about safety procedures

• Take over and finish the ambulation
• Write an incident report

A patient refuses to take prescribed medication. What should the nurse do first?✔✔A. Ask the patient why they don’t want to take it

• Crush the medication and hide it in food
• Call the provider immediately
• Document as “patient noncompliant”
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