HESI RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM
LATEST2021/2022.
HESI RN Comprehensive
Predictor Exam 2questions
and Answers
An oriented patient has recently had surgery. Which
action is best for the nurse to take to assess this
patient’s pain?
a. Assess the patient’s body language.
b. Ask the patient to rate the level of pain.
c. Observe the cardiac monitor for increased heart rate.
d. Have the patient describe the effect of pain on the
ability to cope.
ANS: B
, HESI RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM
LATEST2021/2022.
One of the most subjective and therefore most useful
characteristics for reporting pain is its severity.
Therefore, the best way to assess a patient’s pain is to
ask the patient to rate the pain. Nonverbal
communication, such as body language, is not as
effective in assessing pain, especially when the patient
is oriented. Heart rate sometimes increases when a
patient is in pain, but this is not a symptom that is
specific to pain. Pain sometimes affects a patient’s
ability to cope, but assessing the effect of pain on
coping assesses the patient’s ability to cope; it does not
assess the patient’s pain.
2.A nurse is caring for a patient who recently had
abdominal surgery and is experiencing severe pain. The
patient’s blood pressure is 110/60 mm Hg,
and heart rate is 60 beats/min. Additionally, the
patient does not appear to be in any distress. Which
response by the nurse is most therapeutic?
“Your vitals do not show that you are having pain; can
you describe
a. your pain?”
b. “OK, I will go get you some narcotic pain relievers
immediately.”
LATEST2021/2022.
HESI RN Comprehensive
Predictor Exam 2questions
and Answers
An oriented patient has recently had surgery. Which
action is best for the nurse to take to assess this
patient’s pain?
a. Assess the patient’s body language.
b. Ask the patient to rate the level of pain.
c. Observe the cardiac monitor for increased heart rate.
d. Have the patient describe the effect of pain on the
ability to cope.
ANS: B
, HESI RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM
LATEST2021/2022.
One of the most subjective and therefore most useful
characteristics for reporting pain is its severity.
Therefore, the best way to assess a patient’s pain is to
ask the patient to rate the pain. Nonverbal
communication, such as body language, is not as
effective in assessing pain, especially when the patient
is oriented. Heart rate sometimes increases when a
patient is in pain, but this is not a symptom that is
specific to pain. Pain sometimes affects a patient’s
ability to cope, but assessing the effect of pain on
coping assesses the patient’s ability to cope; it does not
assess the patient’s pain.
2.A nurse is caring for a patient who recently had
abdominal surgery and is experiencing severe pain. The
patient’s blood pressure is 110/60 mm Hg,
and heart rate is 60 beats/min. Additionally, the
patient does not appear to be in any distress. Which
response by the nurse is most therapeutic?
“Your vitals do not show that you are having pain; can
you describe
a. your pain?”
b. “OK, I will go get you some narcotic pain relievers
immediately.”
