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CRITICAL CARE HESI EXIT EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
The primary healthcare provider instructs the nurse to manage
fluid replacement therapy in a patient with cancer. What type of
care is the patient receiving?
a. Palliative care
b. Comfort care
c. Supportive care
d. End-of-life care - ANSWER-c
What should a nurse recommend to best help a client during the
period immediately after a spouse's death?
a. Crisis counseling
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b. Family counseling
c. Marital counseling
d. Bereavement counseling - ANSWER-d
A female client terminally ill with cancer says to the nurse, "My
husband is avoiding me. He doesn't love me anymore because of
this awful tumor!" What is the nurse's most appropriate response?
a. "What makes you think he doesn't love you?"
b. "Avoidance is a defense. He needs your help to cope."
c. "Do you think he's having difficulty dealing with your illness?"
d. "You seem very upset. Tell me how your husband is avoiding
you." - ANSWER-d
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Which nursing interventions enhance comfort in an imminently
dying patient in the hospital? (Select all that apply).
a. Frequently repositioning the patient
b. Maintaining oral hygiene in the patient
c. Limiting frequent visits of the family members
d. Measuring the vital signs of patient frequently
e. Applying body lotion to the patient's skin daily - ANSWER-a,b,e
The grieving wife of a client who has just died says to the nurse,
"We should've spent more time together. I always felt that the
children's needs came first." The nurse recognizes that the wife is
experiencing what?
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a. Displaced anger
b. Shame for past behaviors
c. Expected feelings of guilt
d. Ambivalent feelings about her husband - ANSWER-c
A spouse spends most of the day with a client who is receiving
chemotherapy for inoperable bone cancer. The spouse asks the
nurse, "What can I do to help?" How can the nurse best support
the client's spouse?
a. Assist the couple to maintain open communication.
b. Offer the couple a description of the disease process.
c. Instruct the spouse about the action of the medications.
CRITICAL CARE HESI EXIT EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
The primary healthcare provider instructs the nurse to manage
fluid replacement therapy in a patient with cancer. What type of
care is the patient receiving?
a. Palliative care
b. Comfort care
c. Supportive care
d. End-of-life care - ANSWER-c
What should a nurse recommend to best help a client during the
period immediately after a spouse's death?
a. Crisis counseling
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b. Family counseling
c. Marital counseling
d. Bereavement counseling - ANSWER-d
A female client terminally ill with cancer says to the nurse, "My
husband is avoiding me. He doesn't love me anymore because of
this awful tumor!" What is the nurse's most appropriate response?
a. "What makes you think he doesn't love you?"
b. "Avoidance is a defense. He needs your help to cope."
c. "Do you think he's having difficulty dealing with your illness?"
d. "You seem very upset. Tell me how your husband is avoiding
you." - ANSWER-d
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Which nursing interventions enhance comfort in an imminently
dying patient in the hospital? (Select all that apply).
a. Frequently repositioning the patient
b. Maintaining oral hygiene in the patient
c. Limiting frequent visits of the family members
d. Measuring the vital signs of patient frequently
e. Applying body lotion to the patient's skin daily - ANSWER-a,b,e
The grieving wife of a client who has just died says to the nurse,
"We should've spent more time together. I always felt that the
children's needs came first." The nurse recognizes that the wife is
experiencing what?
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a. Displaced anger
b. Shame for past behaviors
c. Expected feelings of guilt
d. Ambivalent feelings about her husband - ANSWER-c
A spouse spends most of the day with a client who is receiving
chemotherapy for inoperable bone cancer. The spouse asks the
nurse, "What can I do to help?" How can the nurse best support
the client's spouse?
a. Assist the couple to maintain open communication.
b. Offer the couple a description of the disease process.
c. Instruct the spouse about the action of the medications.
