HESI MILESTONE 2 ACTUAL EXAM |115 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT
SOLUTIONS| 2026 LATEST UPDATED| A+
1. A client with GERD is being treated with dietary management. The client
states, "I like to have a glass of juice everyday." Which juice will the nurse
recommend?: Answer: Apple Juice
2. A primary healthcare provider prescribes a low-sodium, high-potassium
diet for client with Cushing Syndrome. Which explanation should the nurse
provide to the client about the need to follow this diet?: Answer: "Excessive
aldosterone and cortisone cause retention of sodium and loss of
potassium."
3. Two clients with polydipsia and polyuria arrived at the hospital. Both
were having similar symptoms but were diagnosed with different types of
diabetes insipidus. Which assessment finding helped to differentiate the
diagnosis?: -
Answer: Urine Osmolarity
,4. A client has a history of GERD. Why should the nurse monitor the client
for clinical manifestation of heart disease?: Esophageal pain may imitate the
symptoms of a heart attack
5. A nurse is teaching a 15-year-old adolescent with newly diagnosed type
1 diabetes about self-care. What is the primary long-term goal this nurse
and client should agree on?: Maintaining normoglycemia
6. The nurse is caring for a client before, during and immediately after
surgery.
Which type of care is provided to the client?: Care that supports homeostatic
regulation
7. A 15-year-old with cystic fibrosis (CF) is admitted with a respiratory
infection. The nurse determines that the adolescent is cyanotic, has a
barrel-shaped chest, and is in the 10th percentile for both height and
weight. What is the priority nursing intervention?: Performing postural
drainage
,8. A nurse is planning to teach a school-aged child with newly diagnosed
type
1 diabetes about self-care. After an assessment of what the child knows about
diabetes, what is the next nursing intervention?: Developing a sequence of
goals with the child and parents.
9. The nurse concludes that a client with glaucoma needs education when
the
client makes which statement?: "It is dangerous for me to use sedatives."
Sedatives have no effect on intraocular pressure
10. A mother reports feeding her infant immediately before arriving in the
emergency department. After completing the assessment, the nurse
reports which finding immediately to the primary healthcare provider
because it likely indicated pyloric stenosis?: Peristaltic waves that
transverse the epigastrium.
11. The registered nurse is teaching a student nurse the points to be
included while educating a client on cortisol replacement therapy about
, self-management. Which statement provided by the student nurse
indicates the need for
further teaching?: "I will advise the client to take the medication before
meals."
12. Two clients with polydipsia and polyuria arrived at the hospital. Both
were having similar symptoms but were diagnosed with different types of
diabetes insipidus. Which assessment finding helped to differentiate the
diagnosis?: -
Urine osmolarity
13. A client with a completed ischemic stroke has a blood pressure of
180/90 mmHg. Which action should the nurse implement? A. Position the
head of the bed (HOB) flat.
B. Withhold intravenous fluids.
C. Administer a bolus of IV fluids.
D. Give an antihypertensive medication.: D
SOLUTIONS| 2026 LATEST UPDATED| A+
1. A client with GERD is being treated with dietary management. The client
states, "I like to have a glass of juice everyday." Which juice will the nurse
recommend?: Answer: Apple Juice
2. A primary healthcare provider prescribes a low-sodium, high-potassium
diet for client with Cushing Syndrome. Which explanation should the nurse
provide to the client about the need to follow this diet?: Answer: "Excessive
aldosterone and cortisone cause retention of sodium and loss of
potassium."
3. Two clients with polydipsia and polyuria arrived at the hospital. Both
were having similar symptoms but were diagnosed with different types of
diabetes insipidus. Which assessment finding helped to differentiate the
diagnosis?: -
Answer: Urine Osmolarity
,4. A client has a history of GERD. Why should the nurse monitor the client
for clinical manifestation of heart disease?: Esophageal pain may imitate the
symptoms of a heart attack
5. A nurse is teaching a 15-year-old adolescent with newly diagnosed type
1 diabetes about self-care. What is the primary long-term goal this nurse
and client should agree on?: Maintaining normoglycemia
6. The nurse is caring for a client before, during and immediately after
surgery.
Which type of care is provided to the client?: Care that supports homeostatic
regulation
7. A 15-year-old with cystic fibrosis (CF) is admitted with a respiratory
infection. The nurse determines that the adolescent is cyanotic, has a
barrel-shaped chest, and is in the 10th percentile for both height and
weight. What is the priority nursing intervention?: Performing postural
drainage
,8. A nurse is planning to teach a school-aged child with newly diagnosed
type
1 diabetes about self-care. After an assessment of what the child knows about
diabetes, what is the next nursing intervention?: Developing a sequence of
goals with the child and parents.
9. The nurse concludes that a client with glaucoma needs education when
the
client makes which statement?: "It is dangerous for me to use sedatives."
Sedatives have no effect on intraocular pressure
10. A mother reports feeding her infant immediately before arriving in the
emergency department. After completing the assessment, the nurse
reports which finding immediately to the primary healthcare provider
because it likely indicated pyloric stenosis?: Peristaltic waves that
transverse the epigastrium.
11. The registered nurse is teaching a student nurse the points to be
included while educating a client on cortisol replacement therapy about
, self-management. Which statement provided by the student nurse
indicates the need for
further teaching?: "I will advise the client to take the medication before
meals."
12. Two clients with polydipsia and polyuria arrived at the hospital. Both
were having similar symptoms but were diagnosed with different types of
diabetes insipidus. Which assessment finding helped to differentiate the
diagnosis?: -
Urine osmolarity
13. A client with a completed ischemic stroke has a blood pressure of
180/90 mmHg. Which action should the nurse implement? A. Position the
head of the bed (HOB) flat.
B. Withhold intravenous fluids.
C. Administer a bolus of IV fluids.
D. Give an antihypertensive medication.: D
