HESI A2 - Critical Thinking Exam
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The Patient: A 65-year- old male.
The
... [Show More] Situation: The family brings the patient to the emergency room because he just took an
entire bottle of pills.
The Question: What action should the nurse take first? ✔✔Determine the patient's level of
consciousness.
The Patient: An 80 year-old male who has used continuous oxygen for the past three years.
The Situation: While making a home visit, the wife tells the nurse that her husband was doing
well on 2 litres of oxygen per minute until late last night when he developed severe shortness of
breath on the way to the bathroom.
The Question: What action should the nurse take first? ✔✔Assess the patient's oxygen saturation
by pulse oximeter.
The Patient: A 41-year-old male.
The Situation: The patient is complaining of severe stomach pain and states that he has been
"vomiting all the time."
The Question: What should the nurse do first? ✔✔Administer a prescribed pain medication.
The Patient: The wife of a wealthy owner of the town's bank.
The Situation: The patient and her husband arrive on the unit. While orienting the patient to the
hospital room, the nurse notices that the patient has placed a large amount of cash and some
expensive earrings in the drawer of the bedside table.
The Question: What is the best action for the nurse to take? ✔✔Advise the patient to have her
husband take the items home when he leaves.
The Patient: A 45-year-old female who is 5' 2" tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has smoked since
age 21.
The Situation: The patient comes to the clinic with a complaint of "leg pain."
The Question: It is most important for the nurse to obtain information about which previous
occurrence? ✔✔A previous blood clot in the leg.
The Patient: A 61-year-old female.
The Situation: The patient has a fever of unknown origin. The nurse administered a feverreducing medication 30 minutes ago. At this time there has been no decrease in the patient's
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