HESI RN Health Assessment 2023/2024 Questions And Answers All Verified A+
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HESI RN Health Assessment 2023/2024 Questions And Answers All Verified A+
A client is reporting chest pain. What statement made by the client helps the nurse to understand the client has a naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
A. "My life is really out of balance."
B. "I knew I should h...
HESI RN Health Assessment 2023/2024
Questions And Answers All Verified A+
A client is reporting chest pain. What statement made by the client helps the nurse to understand the
client has a naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
A. "My life is really out of balance."
B. "I knew I should have changed my diet."
C. "I should have gone to church last week."
D. "I forgot to take my medicines last night."
A. "My life is really out of balance."
A nurse is working in a healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What action(s) by the
nurse will allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this population? (Select all that apply.)
A. Be open to people who are different.
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
D. Interact with each person in the same way.
E. Request nurses take care of patients with the same ethnicity.
F. Always request an interpreter for people from other countries.
A. Be open to people who are different.
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable
B. It is easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs.
C. It is normally felt by rolling the client on the right side and palpating.
D. It is a firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in the upper abdomen.
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable
What is the best place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethoscope?
A. Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostal space
B. Posterior-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space
C. Anterior chest at the level of the 4th intercostal space.
D. Anterior-axillary line at the 5th intercostal space.
A. Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostal space
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of mitral stenosis. How should the nurse assess this
client with a stethoscope to listen for this condition?
A. Place the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
B. Place the bell on the 2nd intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
C. Put the diaphragm on the 5th intercostal space, left sternal border.
D. Put the diaphragm on the 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border.
A. Place the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of aortic regurgitation. Where should the nurse place
the stethoscope diaphragm to listen for this condition?
, A. 2nd intercostal space along the right sternal border
B. 2nd intercostal space along the left sternal border.
C. 3rd intercostal space on the right midclavicular line
D. 5th intercostal space on the left midclavicular line
A. 2nd intercostal space along the right sternal border
The client is experiencing severe pruritis and small papules and burrows on areas over one hand and
the inner thighs. Which assessment data best explains the condition the client is experiencing?
A. The client works in a daycare setting that has had a scabies outbreak.
B. The client has been using a chemical stripping agent for home remodeling.
C. The client has a family history of psoriasis in both parents and a sibling.
D. The client routinely works with clay and paint as a hobby.
A. The client works in a daycare setting that has had a scabies outbreak.
A client comes to the clinic with a report of fever and a recent exposure to someone who was
diagnosed with meningitis. Which nursing assessment should be completed during the initial
examination of this client?
A. Level of consciousness
B. Gait characteristics
C. Presence of trauma
D. Bladder control ability.
A. Level of consciousness
A client reports feeling increasingly fatigued for several months, and the nurse observes that the
client's lips are pale. Which additional data should the nurse collect based on this presentation?
A. Current alcohol and tobacco use
B. A 24-hour dietary recall
C. Use of vitamin and iron supplements
D. Daily pattern of oral hygiene practices
C. Use of vitamin and iron supplements
The nurse is assessing a client who has experienced a sudden onset of hearing loss in the right ear.
Which finding should alert the nurse to a potentially serious medical condition that requires further
evaluation?
A. The client works in a busy office setting
B. There is no sign of associated infection
C. The client has no prior history of hearing loss
D. The hearing loss involves high frequencies
B. There is no sign of associated infection
The client reports to the nurse a recent exposure to the mumps. Which assessment finding suggests
the client has contracted the mumps?
A. Enlargement centered along the anterior lower neck region
B. Swelling anterior to the ear lobe on one side of the face
C. Generalized rounded shape of the face
D. Paralysis on one side of the face
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