HESI Community Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
1. During a two-week postoperative follow-up home visit, a female client who had
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gastric bypass surgery exhibits abdominal tenderness, shoulder pain, and
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describes feelings of malaise. Her vital signs are: temperature 101.8°F, blood
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pressure 100/50, heart rate 104 beats/minute, and respirations 18
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breaths/minute. Which action should the nurse take?
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a. Determine the client's current oxygen saturation rate.
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b. Instruct the client to drive to the hospital for admission
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c. Recheck the client's vital signs in 30 minutes
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d. Have the client transported via ambulance to the hospital - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-d. Have the client transported via ambulance to the hospital | | | | | | | | |
1. An older man has become increasingly forgetful, frequently eats large
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quantities of food from refrigerator, and cannot remember when he takes his
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medications. He has limited mobility to weight-related osteoarthritis in both
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knees. When assisting the client's wife with a plan care for the home, which
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interventions should the nurse suggest? (Select all that apply.) | | | | | | | |
a. Request a referral for motorized wheelchair to assist with mobility.
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b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are easily accessible.
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c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
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d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
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muscles. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables
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that are easily accessible.
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,c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
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d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
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muscles.
The school nurse is assessing heights, weights, and body mass indexed (BMI) of
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the students who are entering high school. Because a majority of the students
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are found to be overweight, the nurse plans to develop a program that addresses
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obesity in this age population. Before initiating this program, what additional
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information is most important for the nurse to obtain?
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a. The history of obesity education in the community
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b. The level of parental concern regarding childhood obesity
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c. The demographic data for the student population
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An activity report from the physical education department - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a. The history of obesity education in the community | | | | | | | |
The epidemiological triad can be used to frame strategies for the prevention of
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farm machinery injuries. Which action should the nurse take to focus on the
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agent?
a. Teach farm workers not to smoke around farm equipment
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b. Work with legislators to mandate safe tractor design
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c. Translate written vehicle instructions into picture format
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d. Provide rehabilitation services to injured farm hands - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Work with legislators to mandate safe tractor design
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1. The public health nurse is creating a plan to increase state funding for a local
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health clinic. Which strategy is likely to be most effective in obtaining funding for
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the clinic?
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, a. Run the health clinic economically and advertise the services the clinic provides
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b. Organize concerned citizens to write letters and telephone state
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representatives
c. Described to the media the valuable services provided by the community clinic
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d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local clinic's value -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of
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the local clinic's value
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The nurse is documenting the medical history of a young adult male client who
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was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). He smokes 2 packs of
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cigarettes daily and his father died of a heart attack at the age of 45. Which
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annual screening is most important for the nurse include?
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a. Peripheral neuropathy
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b. Renal insufficiency
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c. Retinography
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d. Hyperlipidemia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Hyperlipidemia
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The nurse provides teaching to a group of evacuees in a mass casualty center
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after a natural flooding disaster. Which information should the nurse including in
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the teaching plan? (Select all that apply.)
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a. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
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b. Identify all sexual contacts since the evacuation process
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c. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea
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d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions
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E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea | | | | | | | |
Correct Answers
1. During a two-week postoperative follow-up home visit, a female client who had
| | | | | | | | | | | |
gastric bypass surgery exhibits abdominal tenderness, shoulder pain, and
| | | | | | | | | |
describes feelings of malaise. Her vital signs are: temperature 101.8°F, blood
| | | | | | | | | | |
pressure 100/50, heart rate 104 beats/minute, and respirations 18
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breaths/minute. Which action should the nurse take?
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a. Determine the client's current oxygen saturation rate.
| | | | | | |
b. Instruct the client to drive to the hospital for admission
| | | | | | | | | |
c. Recheck the client's vital signs in 30 minutes
| | | | | | | |
d. Have the client transported via ambulance to the hospital - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-d. Have the client transported via ambulance to the hospital | | | | | | | | |
1. An older man has become increasingly forgetful, frequently eats large
| | | | | | | | | | |
quantities of food from refrigerator, and cannot remember when he takes his
| | | | | | | | | | | |
medications. He has limited mobility to weight-related osteoarthritis in both
| | | | | | | | | |
knees. When assisting the client's wife with a plan care for the home, which
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
interventions should the nurse suggest? (Select all that apply.) | | | | | | | |
a. Request a referral for motorized wheelchair to assist with mobility.
| | | | | | | | | |
b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are easily accessible.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
| | | | | | | | | |
muscles. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables
| | | | | | | | | | | |
that are easily accessible.
| | |
,c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
| | | | | | | | | |
muscles.
The school nurse is assessing heights, weights, and body mass indexed (BMI) of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the students who are entering high school. Because a majority of the students
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
are found to be overweight, the nurse plans to develop a program that addresses
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
obesity in this age population. Before initiating this program, what additional
| | | | | | | | | | |
information is most important for the nurse to obtain?
| | | | | | | |
a. The history of obesity education in the community
| | | | | | | |
b. The level of parental concern regarding childhood obesity
| | | | | | | |
c. The demographic data for the student population
| | | | | | |
An activity report from the physical education department - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-a. The history of obesity education in the community | | | | | | | |
The epidemiological triad can be used to frame strategies for the prevention of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
farm machinery injuries. Which action should the nurse take to focus on the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
agent?
a. Teach farm workers not to smoke around farm equipment
| | | | | | | | |
b. Work with legislators to mandate safe tractor design
| | | | | | | |
c. Translate written vehicle instructions into picture format
| | | | | | |
d. Provide rehabilitation services to injured farm hands - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
Work with legislators to mandate safe tractor design
| | | | | | |
1. The public health nurse is creating a plan to increase state funding for a local
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
health clinic. Which strategy is likely to be most effective in obtaining funding for
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the clinic?
|
, a. Run the health clinic economically and advertise the services the clinic provides
| | | | | | | | | | | |
b. Organize concerned citizens to write letters and telephone state
| | | | | | | | | |
representatives
c. Described to the media the valuable services provided by the community clinic
| | | | | | | | | | | |
d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local clinic's value -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of
| | | | | | | | | |
the local clinic's value
| | |
The nurse is documenting the medical history of a young adult male client who
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). He smokes 2 packs of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
cigarettes daily and his father died of a heart attack at the age of 45. Which
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
annual screening is most important for the nurse include?
| | | | | | | |
a. Peripheral neuropathy
| |
b. Renal insufficiency
| |
c. Retinography
|
d. Hyperlipidemia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Hyperlipidemia
| | | | |
The nurse provides teaching to a group of evacuees in a mass casualty center
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
after a natural flooding disaster. Which information should the nurse including in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the teaching plan? (Select all that apply.)
| | | | | |
a. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
| | | | | | | | | |
b. Identify all sexual contacts since the evacuation process
| | | | | | | |
c. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea
| | | | | | | |
d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions
| | | | | | | | | |
E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea | | | | | | | |
