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Actual HESI RN 2022 Exit Exam

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• The nurse admits a 7 year-old to the emergency room after a leg injury. The x-rays show

a femur fracture near the epiphysis. The parents ask what will be the outcome of this injury. The appropriate response by the nurse should be which of these statements?"In some instances the result is a retarded bone growth."

• A client has returned to the unit following a renal biopsy. Which of the following nursing

interventions is appropriate?Monitor vital signs

• A young adult seeks treatment in an outpatient mental health center. The client tells the

nurse he is a government official being followed by spies. On further questioning, he reveals that his warnings must be heeded to prevent nuclear war. What is the most therapeutic approach by the nurse?Listen quietly without comment

• The nurse is administering an intravenous piggyback infusion of penicillin. Which of the

following client statements would require the nurse's immediate attention?"I am itching all over."

• A depressed client is experiencing severe insomnia. The health care provider orders

trazadone (Desyrel). The nurse tells the client to expect?Relief of insomnia

• The nurse is administering the initial total parenteral nutrition solution to a client.

Which of the following assessments requires the nurse's immediate attention?Blood glucose of 350 mg/dl

• Which of the following classifications of medications would be most often used for

clients with schizophrenia?Neuroleptics

• The nurse is teaching administration of albuterol inhalation to an adult with asthma.

Which of the following demonstrates proper teaching?"Notify the health care provider if you need the drug more often."

• The nurse is caring for a client with Parkinson's disease who has developed

hallucinations. Which of the following medications that the client is receiving may have been a contributing factor?L-Dopa

• The nurse is administering albuterol (Proventil) to a child with asthma. Which of the 2 / 3

following assessments by the nurse indicate the need for an adjustment of the medication?Apical Pulse of 112

• A nurse manager is using the technique of brainstorming to help solve a problem. One

nurse criticizes another nurse’s contribution and begins to find objections to the suggestion. The nurse manager's best response is to Let’s move to the ‘what if…’ as related to these objections for an exploration of spin off ideas.

• When teaching a client about the use of sublingual nitroglycerin, the nurse should

emphasize that which of these is the most common side effect?Headache

• The home care nurse has been managing a client for 6 weeks. What is the best method

to determine the quality of care provided by a home health care aide assigned to assist with the care of this client?Determine if the home health aide's care is consistent with the plan of care

• An RN from the women’s health clinic is temporarily reassigned to a medical-surgical

unit. Which of these client assignments would be most appropriate for this nurse?A client from a motor vehicle accident with an external fixation device on the leg

• A 25 year-old client, unresponsive after a motor vehicle accident, is being transferred

from the hospital to a long term care facility. To which o staff members should the charge nurse assign the client?

RN

• A charge nurse working in a long term care facility is making out assignments. Which

assignment to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), if made by the nurse, requires intervention by the supervisor?Teaching a family intermittent (bolus) feedings via G-tube before discharge

• Two people call in sick on the medical-surgical unit and no additional help is available.

The team consists of an RN, an LPN and an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which of these activities should the nurse assign to the UAP?Provide basic hygiene care to all clients on the unit

• The measurement and documentation of vital signs is expected for clients in a long term

facility. Which staff type would it be a priority to delegate these tasks to?Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)

• During the care of a client with Legionnaire's disease, which finding would require the

nurse's immediate attention?Decrease in chest wall expansion

• The charge nurse on a cardiac step-down unit makes assignments for the team
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