HESI RN COMPASS EXIT EXAM 2024 REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS TOP RATED VERSION FOR //GRADED A+
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HESI RN COMPASS EXIT EXAM 2024 REAL
EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS TOP RATED VERSION
FOR //GRADED A+
HESI RN COMPASS EXIT EXAM 2024 REAL
EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS TOP RATED VERSION
FOR //GRADED A+
HESI RN COMPASS EXIT EXAM 2024 REAL
EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS TOP RATED VERSION
FOR 2024-2025//GRADED A+
The wife of a newly-diagnosed client with Parkinson's disease asks the nurse if alternative or
complimentary medical therapies might cure the disease. Which response should the nurse provide?
Explain that there are no known conventional, alternative, or complimentary therapies that cure
Parkinson's disease.
Tell the wife that her husband's neurologist would know more about alternative treatments to cure
Parkinsonism.
Encourage the wife to ventilate her feelings about having a husband with Parkinson's disease.
Compile a list of alternative medications that are effective in curing Parkinson's disease.
Explain that there are no known conventional, alternative, or complimentary therapies that cure
Parkinson's disease.
Rationale:
The client's wife should be given truthful information that there is no known cure for Parkinson's disease
available today.
The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for an older female client diagnosed with osteoporosis. Which
expected outcome has the highest priority for this client?
Identifies 2 treatments for constipation due to immobility.
Names 3 home safety hazards to be resolved immediately.
States 4 risk factors for the development of osteoporosis.
Lists 5 calcium-rich foods to be added to her daily diet.
Names 3 home safety hazards to be resolved immediately.
Rationale:
A major goal for an older client with osteoporosis is maintenance of safety to prevent falls. The outcome
is stated with the client actions that are specific and time oriented, such as the client names 3 home
safety hazards to be resolved immediately.
An adolescent client on a drug treatment unit becomes angry and pulls the refrigerator from the wall
and then throws the microwave. After the client fails to respond to redirection, the healthcare provider
prescribes restraints. Which assessment should the nurse include in the client's record while the client is
in restraints?
Responsiveness to painful stimuli.
,Pupils equal, round and reactive.
Range-of-motion and circulation.
Speech patterns and processes.
Range-of-motion and circulation.
Rationale:
While a client is in restraints, the nurse should assess and record findings related to range-of-motion and
circulation, and these assessments should be performed at regular intervals.
The nurse is planning to assess a client's oxygen saturation to determine if additional oxygen is needed
via nasal cannula. The client has bilateral below-the-knee amputations and radial pulses that are weak
and thready. What action should the nurse take?
Document that an accurate oxygen saturation reading cannot be obtained.
Elevate the client's hands for five minutes prior to obtaining a reading from the finger.
Increase the oxygen based on the client's breathing patterns and lung sounds.
Place the oximeter clip on the earlobe to obtain the oxygen saturation reading.
Place the oximeter clip on the earlobe to obtain the oxygen saturation reading.
Rationale:
Pulse oximeter clips can be attached to the earlobe to obtain an accurate measurement of oxygen
saturation.
The camp nurse is teaching adolescents about the prevention of tinea pedis. Which instruction should
the nurse include in the teaching plan?
Wear water shoes in the public shower.
Do not share a brush or comb with anyone.
Use moisturizing creams to retain skin moisture.
Avoid using cosmetics that block sebaceous glands.
Wear water shoes in the public shower.
Rationale:
Wearing water shoes prevents the transmission of tinea pedis (Athlete's Foot) in a public shower.
An antacid is prescribed for a client with gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). The client asks the nurse,
"How does this help my GERD?" Which is the best response by the nurse?
"Antacids decrease the production of gastric secretions."
"It will improve the emptying of food through your stomach."
"Antacids will neutralize the acid in your stomach."
"This medication will coat the lining of your esophagus."
,"Antacids will neutralize the acid in your stomach."
Rationale:
Antacids neutralize hydrochloric acid in the stomach reducing the heartburn associated with
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
What instruction should the nurse provide the parents of a 3-year-old boy with a BMI-for-age at the
97th percentile?
Your child is tall for his age, so be sure he gets plenty to eat to stay healthy.
Your child is overweight for his age and size, so help him select more healthy foods.
Your child's weight is in the high range, but is probably normal for his body build.
Your child has very strong bones, so continue to maintain the same diet.
Your child is overweight for his age and size, so help him select more healthy foods.
Rationale:
Children with a BMI-for-age at or above the 95th percentile are considered overweight, and at risk for
obesity and all the associated health problems. The nurse should offer recommendations for healthy
eating and exercise.
When should the nurse conduct an Allen's test?
When pulmonary artery pressures are obtained.
Prior to attempting a cardiac output calculation.
To assess for presence of a deep vein thrombus in the leg.
Just before arterial blood gasses are drawn peripherally.
Just before arterial blood gasses are drawn peripherally.
Rationale:
The Allen's test should be performed prior to puncturing the radial artery to obtain a blood gas
specimen to determine patency of the ulnar artery in the selected extremity. To perform an Allen's test
the client's hand is formed into a fist while the nurse compresses the ulnar artery. Compression
continues while the fist is opened. If blood perfusion through the radial artery is adequate, the hand
should flush and resume its normal pinkish coloration.
In early septic shock states, what is the primary cause of hypotension?
Peripheral vasoconstriction.
Peripheral vasodilation.
Cardiac failure.
A vagal response.
Peripheral vasodilation.
Rationale:
, Toxins released by bacteria in septic shock create massive peripheral vasodilation and increase
microvascular permeability at the site of the bacterial invasion.
A client with bleeding esophageal varices receives vasopressin IV. Which should the nurse monitor for
during the IV infusion of this medication?
Chest pain and dysrhythmia.
Vasodilation of the extremities.
Hypotension and tachycardia.
Decreasing GI cramping and nausea.
Chest pain and dysrhythmia.
Rationale:
In large doses, vasopressin may produce increased blood pressure, coronary insufficiency, myocardial
ischemia or infarction, and dysrhythmia.
The wife of a client diagnosed with Parkinson's disease tells the nurse that her husband is having trouble
swallowing and she is afraid he is going to choke. Which intervention should the nurse implement?
Offer the wife assurance that difficulty with swallowing is usually temporary.
Encourage the couple to consider insertion of a nasogastric tube for tube feedings.
Teach the wife to thicken all liquids and serve primarily semi-solid foods.
Instruct wife to give carbidopa-levodopa 30-minutes before each meal.
Teach the wife to thicken all liquids and serve primarily semi-solid foods.
Rationale:
Dysphagia is usually a chronic problem for the client with Parkinson's disease. A semi-solid diet with
thick liquids is easier to swallow than solid foods.
Several clients on a busy antepartum unit are scheduled for procedures that require informed consent.
Which situation should the nurse explore further before witnessing the client's signature on the consent
form?
A 15-year-old primigravida who has been self-supporting for the past 6 months.
The obstetrician explained a procedure that a neurologist will perform.
The client was medicated for pain with a narcotic analgesic IM 6 hours ago.
The client is illiterate but verbalizes understanding and consent for the procedure.
The obstetrician explained a procedure that a neurologist will perform.
Rationale:
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