HESI FUNDAMENTALS PRACTICE EXAM 2024
WITH 400+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
A postoperative client will need
... [Show More] to perform daily dressing changes after discharge. Which outcome statement best demonstrates the client's readiness to manage his wound care after discharge? The client
A. asks relevant questions regarding the dressing change
B. states he will be able to complete the wound care regimen
C. demonstrates the wound care procedure correctly
D. has all the necessary supplies for wound care - C. demonstrates the wound care procedure correctly
(A return demonstration of a procedure (C) provides an objective assessment of the client's ability to perform a task, while (A and B) are subjective measures. (D) is important, but is less of a priority than the the nurse's assessment of the client's ability to complete wound care.)
A client who is 5 '5" tall and weighs 200 pounds is scheduled for surgery the next day. What question is most important for the nurse to include during the preoperative assessment?
A. What is your daily calorie consumption?
B. What vitamin and mineral supplements do you take?"
C. "Do you feel that you are overweight?"
D. "Will a clear liquid diet be okay after surgery?" - B. "What vitamin and mineral supplements do you take?"
(Vitamin and mineral supplements (B) may impact medications used during the operative period. (A and C) are appropriate questions for long-term dietary counseling.
The nature of the surgery and anesthesia will determine the need for a clear liquid diet (D), rather than the client's preference.)
During the initial morning assessment, a male client denies dysuria but reports that his urine appears dark amber. Which intervention should the nurse implement? A. Provide additional coffee on the client's breakfast tray.
B. Exchange the client's grape juice for cranberry juice.
C. Bring the client additional fruit at mid-morning.
D. Encourage additional oral intake of juices and water. - D. Encourage additional oral intake of juices and water.
Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement for a male client who is experiencing urinary retention? A. Apply a condom catheter
B. Apply a skin protectant
C. Encourage increased fluid intake
D. Assess for bladder distention - D. Assess the bladder for distention (Urinary retention is the inability to void all urine collected in the bladder, which leads to uncomfortable bladder distention (D). (A and B) are useful actions to protect the skin of a client with urinary incontinence. (C) may worsen the bladder distention.)
A client with acute hemorrhagic anemia is to receive four units of packed RBCs as rapidly as possible. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement? A. Obtain the pre-transfusion hemoglobin level.
B. Prime the tubing and prepare a blood pump set-up
C. Monitor vital signs q 15 min for the first hour.
D. Ensure the accuracy of the blood type match. - D. Ensure the accuracy of the blood type match.
(ALL interventions should be implemented prior to administering blood, but (D) has the highest priority. Any time blood is administered the nurse should ensure the accuracy of the blood type match in order to prevent a possible hemolytic reaction.)
A male client being discharged with a prescription for the bronchodilator theophylline tells the nurse that he understands he is to take three doses of the medication each day. Since, at the time of discharge, time-released capsules are not available, which dosing schedule should the nurse advise the client to follow? - 8 AM, 4 PM, and midnight
(Theophylline should be administered on a regular around the clock schedule to provide the best bronchodilating effect and reduce the potential for adverse effects.)
A client is to receive 10 mEq of KCl diluted in 250 mL of normal saline over 4 hours. At what rate should the nurse set the client's intravenous infusion pump? - 63 mL/hr
When evaluating a client's plan of care, the nurse determines that a desire outcome was not achieved. Which action should the nurse implement first? A. Establish a new nursing diagnosis.
B. Note which actions were not implemented.
C. Add additional nursing orders to the plan.
D. Collaborate with the HCP to make changes. - B. Note which actions were not implemented.
(First, the nurse should review which actions in the original plan were not implemented (B) in order to determine why the original plan did not produce the desired outcome. Appropriate revisions can then be made, which may include rev [Show Less]