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Hesi Fundamentals 2 Practice Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified

A nurse is caring for a client on strict intake and output monitoring. Which fluid should be documented as intake?

• Urine

✔✔B. Soup consumed at lunch

• Emesis
• Perspiration

A nurse is inserting a nasogastric tube for gastric decompression. Which action ensures proper placement before use?

• Place the tube into water and look for bubbles

✔✔B. Verify placement with an x-ray

• Ask the client if they can feel it in the stomach
• Check for absence of coughing

A nurse is assisting with feeding a client who has dysphagia. Which action promotes safe swallowing? 1 / 4

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• Offer large bites of food

✔✔B. Keep the client in an upright position

• Allow the client to tilt their head back when swallowing
• Provide thin liquids

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving IV therapy. Which finding requires immediate intervention?

• Clear fluid running at ordered rate

✔✔B. Redness and swelling at the insertion site

• Transparent dressing intact
• Tubing labeled with the date

A nurse is teaching a client about using an incentive spirometer. Which instruction is correct?

• Exhale quickly into the device

✔✔B. Inhale slowly and deeply, then hold breath

• Blow forcefully to expand the lungs
• Use only once daily
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A nurse is changing the linens of a bedbound client. Which technique helps prevent injury?

• Raising the bed to the lowest position

✔✔B. Raising the bed to a comfortable working height

• Twisting while tucking sheets
• Leaning far over the bed

A nurse is providing care to a client with a hearing aid. Which action is correct?

• Soak the hearing aid in water daily

✔✔B. Turn the hearing aid off when not in use

• Store the hearing aid in a refrigerator
• Use alcohol to clean the earmold

A nurse is preparing to provide tracheostomy suctioning. Which step should be performed first?

• Insert the catheter without suction

✔✔B. Preoxygenate the client with 100% oxygen

• Apply suction during insertion
• Suction continuously for 20 seconds
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A nurse is assisting a client who has right-sided weakness to transfer from bed to chair. Which action is correct?

• Position the chair on the client’s weaker side

✔✔B. Position the chair on the client’s stronger side

• Allow the client to stand without assistance
• Hold the client under the arms

A nurse is collecting a urine specimen from a catheterized client. Which action is correct?

• Take urine from the drainage bag

✔✔B. Use the sampling port on the catheter

• Remove the catheter to collect urine
• Wait until the bag is full before collecting

A nurse is caring for a client who has a new ileostomy. Which statement indicates correct understanding of care?

• "I can let the pouch get completely full before emptying it."

✔✔B. "I should empty the pouch when it is one-third full."

• "I will change the pouch once a month."
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