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HESI PN OBSTETRICS/HESI PN MATERNITY,
HESI PN PEDIATRICS BANK 2026 EXAM
(MULTIPLE VERSIONS) COMPLETE CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
HESI PN
Maximize your success on the combined HESI PN
Obstetrics/Maternity and Pediatrics exams with focused
preparation that strengthens your understanding of family-
centered care, from prenatal and labor management to
postpartum recovery and the nursing care of infants and
children. It is specifically designed for practical nursing
students to demonstrate competency in providing
compassionate, evidence-based care for mothers and pediatric
patients.
After repeating the vital signs for a newborn who is 4 hours
old, the practical nurse (PN) obtains an axillary temperature
of 97.2 F and places the newborn under a radiant heat
warmer. Which additional finding should the PN observe in
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the newborn? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Tremors of the
hands during crying.
Which information should the practical nurse (PN) provide
the parents about the purpose of instilling erythromycin
(llotycin) ophthalmic ointment in the newborn's eyes. ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Prophylactic treatment for
gonorrheal and chlamydia infection.
What is the most important action by the practical nurse
(PN) in preventing neonatal infection? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... Hand washing.
a client who took iron supplements during pregnancy
delivers and infant by cesarean section. On the second
postpartum day, the client reports having a constipated
stool that is greenish-black in color. Which action should the
practical nurse (PN) implement? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Record color and consistency of the stool.
A client is 5 weeks pregnant call the clinic to report that her
home pregnancy test is positive. She asks what she should
be concerned about during the weeks before her first visit.
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Which signs and symptoms should the practical nurse (PN)
tell the client to report immediately to the healthcare
provider? (select all that apply) ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... A.
Vaginal bleeding
D. Membrane rupture
E. Severe headaches
A 3-day-old newborn who weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at
birth is breast feeding and now weighs 6 pound and 15
ounces. Which action should the practical nurse take? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Document the weight loss
Which medication is prescribed for the prevention of
ophthalmia neonatorum? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Erythromycin (iilotycin)
A multiparous client's membranes rupture after 8 hours of
labor. which action should the practical nurse implement at
this time? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Assess the fetal heart
rate (FHR) and pattern.
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The practical nurse (PN) palpates fundal height at the
umbilicus of a multiparous client who has just given birth to
an 8-pound boy when dark red blood comes from the client's
vagina. What action is most important for the PN to
implement? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Continue to
massage the fundus until firm.
Which client should the practical nurse (PN) closely monitor
for severe after pains? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... A
multigravida who is breastfeeding.
The practical nurse (PN) is assessing a client 2 hours after a
vaginal delivery of a 7-pound 3-ounce newborn and
determines the client's bladder is distended. Which
additional finding should the PN report to the charge nurse?
✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Excessive bleeding on the perineal
pad.
The practical nurse (PN) places a newborn who is 4 hours
old with an axillary temperature of 97.2 F under the radiant
heat warmer. Which rationale supports the PN's action? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... The newborn's thin layer of
subcutaneous fat provides poor insulation.
HESI PN OBSTETRICS/HESI PN MATERNITY,
HESI PN PEDIATRICS BANK 2026 EXAM
(MULTIPLE VERSIONS) COMPLETE CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
HESI PN
Maximize your success on the combined HESI PN
Obstetrics/Maternity and Pediatrics exams with focused
preparation that strengthens your understanding of family-
centered care, from prenatal and labor management to
postpartum recovery and the nursing care of infants and
children. It is specifically designed for practical nursing
students to demonstrate competency in providing
compassionate, evidence-based care for mothers and pediatric
patients.
After repeating the vital signs for a newborn who is 4 hours
old, the practical nurse (PN) obtains an axillary temperature
of 97.2 F and places the newborn under a radiant heat
warmer. Which additional finding should the PN observe in
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the newborn? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Tremors of the
hands during crying.
Which information should the practical nurse (PN) provide
the parents about the purpose of instilling erythromycin
(llotycin) ophthalmic ointment in the newborn's eyes. ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Prophylactic treatment for
gonorrheal and chlamydia infection.
What is the most important action by the practical nurse
(PN) in preventing neonatal infection? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... Hand washing.
a client who took iron supplements during pregnancy
delivers and infant by cesarean section. On the second
postpartum day, the client reports having a constipated
stool that is greenish-black in color. Which action should the
practical nurse (PN) implement? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Record color and consistency of the stool.
A client is 5 weeks pregnant call the clinic to report that her
home pregnancy test is positive. She asks what she should
be concerned about during the weeks before her first visit.
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Which signs and symptoms should the practical nurse (PN)
tell the client to report immediately to the healthcare
provider? (select all that apply) ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... A.
Vaginal bleeding
D. Membrane rupture
E. Severe headaches
A 3-day-old newborn who weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at
birth is breast feeding and now weighs 6 pound and 15
ounces. Which action should the practical nurse take? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Document the weight loss
Which medication is prescribed for the prevention of
ophthalmia neonatorum? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Erythromycin (iilotycin)
A multiparous client's membranes rupture after 8 hours of
labor. which action should the practical nurse implement at
this time? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Assess the fetal heart
rate (FHR) and pattern.
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The practical nurse (PN) palpates fundal height at the
umbilicus of a multiparous client who has just given birth to
an 8-pound boy when dark red blood comes from the client's
vagina. What action is most important for the PN to
implement? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Continue to
massage the fundus until firm.
Which client should the practical nurse (PN) closely monitor
for severe after pains? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... A
multigravida who is breastfeeding.
The practical nurse (PN) is assessing a client 2 hours after a
vaginal delivery of a 7-pound 3-ounce newborn and
determines the client's bladder is distended. Which
additional finding should the PN report to the charge nurse?
✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Excessive bleeding on the perineal
pad.
The practical nurse (PN) places a newborn who is 4 hours
old with an axillary temperature of 97.2 F under the radiant
heat warmer. Which rationale supports the PN's action? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... The newborn's thin layer of
subcutaneous fat provides poor insulation.
