HESI Medical-Surgical Practice Exam: Comprehensive Review Questions with Rationales

This HESI Medical-Surgical Practice Exam contains over 100 questions covering essential nursing concepts for the HESI exit exam and NCLEX-RN. Topics include neurology (stroke, head injury, increased ICP, epilepsy, spinal cord injury, meningitis), cardiology (coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiac catheterization, pacemaker, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, thrombolytics), pulmonary (COPD, asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, chest tube, oxygen therapy, thoracentesis, TB, laryngectomy, tracheostomy), gastrointestinal (peptic ulcer disease, cirrhosis, cholelithiasis, appendicitis, colonoscopy, barium swallow, NGT management), renal/urinary (UTI, BPH, TURP, cystitis, peritoneal dialysis, nephrectomy), endocrine (diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2, thyroidectomy, Parkinson’s disease), oncology (chemotherapy, radiation, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, breast cancer risk, brain tumor, larynx cancer, hospice care), musculoskeletal (fractures, hip replacement, amputation, osteoarthritis, joint dislocation, osteoporosis, compartment syndrome, fat embolism), hematology (anemia, B12 deficiency, blood transfusion reaction, warfarin, heparin, DVT/PE), and professional nursing (preoperative teaching, discharge planning, delegation, infection control, bleeding precautions, patient positioning, emergency assessment). Each question includes the correct answer and clinical rationale. Perfect for HESI medical-surgical exit exam preparation and NCLEX-RN review.