ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) WITH RATIONALES/
EVOLVE HESI FUNDAMENTALS EXAM 2026-2027
(NEWEST!)
The nurse is preparing to irrigate a client's indwelling urinary catheter
using an open technique. What action should the nurse take after
applying gloves?
Draw up the irrigating solution into the syringe.
3 multiple choice options
A male client with an infected wound tells the nurse that he follows a
macrobiotic diet. Which type of foods should the nurse recommend that the
client select from the hospital menu?
Combination of plant proteins to provide essential amino acids.
3 multiple choice options
,A 4-year-old boy who is scheduled for a tonsillectomy and
adenoidectomy asks the nurse, "Will it hurt to have my tonsils and adenoids
taken out?" Which response is best for the nurse to provide?
"It may hurt but we'll give you medicine to help you feel better."
3 multiple choice options
The nurse is administering an intermittent infusion of an antibiotic to a client
whose intravenous (IV) access is an antecubital saline lock. After the nurse
opens the roller clamp on the IV tubing, the alarm on the
infusion pump indicates an obstruction. What action should the nurse take
first?
Reposition the client's arm.
3 multiple choice options
,What intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care for a client
who is being treated with an Unna’s paste boot for leg ulcers due to
chronic venous insufficiency?
Check capillary refill of toes on lower extremity with Unna's paste boot.
3 multiple choice options
A client is admitted with a stage four pressure ulcer that has a black,
hardened surface and a light-pink wound bed with a malodorous green
drainage. Which dressing is best for the nurse to use first?
Wet to moist dressing.
3 multiple choice options
, A female client informs the nurse that she uses herbal therapies to
supplement her diet and manage common ailments. What information
should the nurse offer the client about general use of herbal
supplements?
Herbs should be obtained from manufacturers with a history of quality
control of their supplements.
3 multiple choice options
The nurse removes the dressing on a client's heel that is covering a
pressure sore one-inch in diameter and finds that there is straw-colored
drainage seeping from the wound. What description of this finding should
the nurse include in the client's record?
One-inch pressure sore draining serous fluid.
3 multiple choice options
The charge nurse assigns a nursing procedure to a new staff nurse who
has not previously performed the procedure. What action is most
important for the new staff nurse to take?
Refuse to perform the task that is beyond the nurse's experience.
3 multiple choice options