CRITICAL CARE HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ACTUAL UPDATE.
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CRITICAL CARE HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ACTUAL UPDATE.
a <<-Correct Answer: -The nurse is providing postprocedure care to a client who had a cardiac catheterization. The client begins to manifest signs and symptoms associated with embolization. Which action should the nurse ta...
CRITICAL CARE HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ANDANSWERS 2025-2026 ACTUAL UPDATE.
a <<-Correct Answer: -The nurse is providing postprocedure care to a client who had a
cardiaccatheterization. The client begins to manifest signs and symptoms associated with
embolization. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Notify the primary healthcare provider
immediatelyb. Apply a warm, moist compress to the
incision site c. Increase the intravenous fluid rate by
20 mL/hr
d. Monitor vital signs more frequently
b <<-Correct Answer: -A nurse observes a window washer falling 25 feet (7.6 m) to the
ground. Thenurse rushes to the scene and determines that the person is in
cardiopulmonary arrest.
What should the nurse do first?
a. Feel for a pulse
b. Begin chest compressions
c. Leave to call for
assistance
d. Perform the abdominal thrust maneuver
d <<-Correct Answer: -A client reports left-sided chest pain after playing racquetball. The
client is hospitalized and diagnosed with left pneumothorax. When assessing the client's
left chestarea, the nurse expects to identify which finding?
a. Dull sound on percussion
b. Vocal fremitus on
palpation
c. Rales with rhonchi on auscultation
d. Absence of breath sounds on auscultation
,c <<-Correct Answer: -A client is admitted to the hospital with partial- and full-thickness
burns of the chest and face sustained while trying to extinguish a brush fire. Which is the
nurse's priorityconcern?
a. Loss of skin integrity caused by the burns
b. Potential infection as a result of the burn injury
,c. Inadequate gas exchange caused by smoke inhalation
d. Decreased fluid volume because of the depth of the burns
b <<-Correct Answer: -During the first 48 hours after a client has sustained a thermal
injury, whichconditions should the nurse assess for?
a. Hypokalemia and hyponatremia
b. Hyperkalemia and hyponatremia
c. Hypokalemia and hypernatremia
d. Hyperkalemia and
hypernatremia
a <<-Correct Answer: -A nurse is assessing a client's ECG reading. The client's atrial and
ventricularheart rates are equal at 88 beats per min. The PR interval is 0.14 seconds, and
the QRS width is 0.10 seconds. Rhythm is regular with normal P waves and QRS
complexes. How will the nurse interpret this rhythm?
a. Normal sinus
rhythmb. Sinus
tachycardia
c. Sinus bradycardia
d. Sinus arrhythmia
b <<-Correct Answer: -The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of necrotizing
fasciitis. Whichis the priority concern of the nurse when caring for this client?
a. Fluid volume
b. Skin
integrity
c. Physical mobility
d. Urinary
elimination
c <<-Correct Answer: -A client who had extensive pelvic surgery 24 hours ago becomes
cyanotic, isgasping for breath, and reports right-sided chest pain. What should the nurse
do first?
, a. Obtain vital signs
b. Initiate a cardiac arrest code
c. Administer oxygen using a face mask
d. Encourage the use of an incentive spirometer
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