HESI EXIT PRACTICE Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
1. What steps should you take for an older female client who was
just admitted to a long-term facility and is confused about the day of
the week?: Remind the client what day of the week it is
2. Which information about end-of-life care should a practical nurse (PN)
ensure the client has?: Instructions for care should be included in the clients living will
(Advance directives)
3. After a routine vaginal delivery of a healthy newborn, a client who
is pregnant is taken to the recovery room. You notice the client is
shaking asks if she's cold. What's next?: Apply light warm blanket and assure her that
this is normal following delivery
4. The practical nurse (PN) is assessing an older client with left sided
heart failure what intervention is most important for the PN to
implement: Auscultate all the lung fields
5. What is the most crucial step for the practical nurse to take while
giving prescription medication to an elderly resident of an extended
care home who is having trouble hearing?: Determine if client has had diflculty
hearing in the past
6. A full term 24 hour old infant in the nursery regulates and
suddenly turns cyanotic which immediate interventions should the
practical nurse (PN) take?-
: Turn the infant to the right side
7. The practical nurse (PN) views the midline episiotomy of a client who
reports pain in her stiches. What action should the action should the PN
take first?: Ob- serve suture line for separation and hematoma formation
8. The practical nurse (PN) is obtaining fetal heart rates on a client
in their third trimester of pregnancy what fetal heart rate should
be reported to the registered nurse?: 180
9. Which problem has happened in an older client with these issues?:
Evisceration
10. Which location should the practical nurse palpate to
,HESI EXIT PRACTICE Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
determine if a client submandibular lymph node are enlarged?:
Beneath the lower jaw
11. The most significant side effect that a practical nurse (PN)
should check for after administering an epidural to a client during
labor is observation of the side effect.: Maternal hypotension
12. Which person has the highest risk of developing laryngeal
cancer?: A older male who drinks a 6 pack of beer nightly and smokes heavily
,HESI EXIT PRACTICE Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
13. A home health practical nurse (PN) visits and older client living
with offspring who exhibits fear unkept and has lost a lot of weight
which action should the PN take>: Report suspected abuse to supervisor and
protective services
14. Which interventions should the practical nurse (PN) reinforce
for a client with pruritis?: Keep fingernails trimmed short.
15. When gathering data about a client with dark skin tones
which site should the practical nurse (PN) observe?: Finger and toe nails
16. What important intervention does the nurse need to ensure?:
Measure head circumference
17. If a baby is born to a diabetic mother what should the nurse
encourage?: Otter nipple feedings or 10% dextrose
18. The practical nurse (PN) and unlicensed assistive personal
(UAP) enters a clients room and finds the client lying on the bed the
PN determines that the client is unresponsive which action should the
PN give the UAP first .: obtain emergency help
19. Which intervention should the practice nurse (PN) include in
the client's care if the client has broken metatarsals as a result of
slamming a hand in a car door after taking the
hydrocodone/acetaminophen prescription for pain?: Implement ongoing
assessments for signs of shortness or slowed breathing
20. The response of the practical nurse (PN) is based on
understanding which prevalent manifestations of the illness. The PN
overhears the female client with crushing syndrome telling her
family to leave her room and not return.: Mood adherence
21. A child receiving chemotherapy develops a cough that
productive of yellow tinged sputum after determine that the client is
afebrile which priority action for the practice nurse (PN) to take?:
Provide oral hygiene
22. The Glasgow scale is being used to monitor a client who
experienced a traumatic brain injury what primary assessment
Solutions
1. What steps should you take for an older female client who was
just admitted to a long-term facility and is confused about the day of
the week?: Remind the client what day of the week it is
2. Which information about end-of-life care should a practical nurse (PN)
ensure the client has?: Instructions for care should be included in the clients living will
(Advance directives)
3. After a routine vaginal delivery of a healthy newborn, a client who
is pregnant is taken to the recovery room. You notice the client is
shaking asks if she's cold. What's next?: Apply light warm blanket and assure her that
this is normal following delivery
4. The practical nurse (PN) is assessing an older client with left sided
heart failure what intervention is most important for the PN to
implement: Auscultate all the lung fields
5. What is the most crucial step for the practical nurse to take while
giving prescription medication to an elderly resident of an extended
care home who is having trouble hearing?: Determine if client has had diflculty
hearing in the past
6. A full term 24 hour old infant in the nursery regulates and
suddenly turns cyanotic which immediate interventions should the
practical nurse (PN) take?-
: Turn the infant to the right side
7. The practical nurse (PN) views the midline episiotomy of a client who
reports pain in her stiches. What action should the action should the PN
take first?: Ob- serve suture line for separation and hematoma formation
8. The practical nurse (PN) is obtaining fetal heart rates on a client
in their third trimester of pregnancy what fetal heart rate should
be reported to the registered nurse?: 180
9. Which problem has happened in an older client with these issues?:
Evisceration
10. Which location should the practical nurse palpate to
,HESI EXIT PRACTICE Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
determine if a client submandibular lymph node are enlarged?:
Beneath the lower jaw
11. The most significant side effect that a practical nurse (PN)
should check for after administering an epidural to a client during
labor is observation of the side effect.: Maternal hypotension
12. Which person has the highest risk of developing laryngeal
cancer?: A older male who drinks a 6 pack of beer nightly and smokes heavily
,HESI EXIT PRACTICE Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
13. A home health practical nurse (PN) visits and older client living
with offspring who exhibits fear unkept and has lost a lot of weight
which action should the PN take>: Report suspected abuse to supervisor and
protective services
14. Which interventions should the practical nurse (PN) reinforce
for a client with pruritis?: Keep fingernails trimmed short.
15. When gathering data about a client with dark skin tones
which site should the practical nurse (PN) observe?: Finger and toe nails
16. What important intervention does the nurse need to ensure?:
Measure head circumference
17. If a baby is born to a diabetic mother what should the nurse
encourage?: Otter nipple feedings or 10% dextrose
18. The practical nurse (PN) and unlicensed assistive personal
(UAP) enters a clients room and finds the client lying on the bed the
PN determines that the client is unresponsive which action should the
PN give the UAP first .: obtain emergency help
19. Which intervention should the practice nurse (PN) include in
the client's care if the client has broken metatarsals as a result of
slamming a hand in a car door after taking the
hydrocodone/acetaminophen prescription for pain?: Implement ongoing
assessments for signs of shortness or slowed breathing
20. The response of the practical nurse (PN) is based on
understanding which prevalent manifestations of the illness. The PN
overhears the female client with crushing syndrome telling her
family to leave her room and not return.: Mood adherence
21. A child receiving chemotherapy develops a cough that
productive of yellow tinged sputum after determine that the client is
afebrile which priority action for the practice nurse (PN) to take?:
Provide oral hygiene
22. The Glasgow scale is being used to monitor a client who
experienced a traumatic brain injury what primary assessment
