v1 50 out of 55 Fundamentals
HESI 2020
Question about air pressure mattress = those type of bed we don’t put sheets to avoid
skin tearing of the patient
1. What nerves we assess when using Snellen chart = optic nerve (II)
2. Nurse assistant tells you about stool characteristics or something, and what would you
prioritize = Watery stool (diarrhea)
3. There are two patients who are complaining of pain, what you would do first to assist
them or something like that = assess their pain first (compare which one is more severe,
by describing it)
4. There was a priority question which client do you assist first (remember ABC’s) = she
chose the answer that had something to do with breathing- D
5. For adult = pull the ear up and outward
6. When you take care of a patient with Hepatitis A, what do you do? Wear gloves when
giving bath
7. The patient has TB and what would you place in biohazard bag before taking it from the
room = Sputum sample
8. They said when the person is agnostic (or something) what do we include in care plan =
something to do with spirituality
9. Nurse observes nursing assistive personnel giving patient a bed bath and has the patients
foot soaked in the basin of water. What should the nurse instruct the nursing assistive
personnel to do? Dry the water between the toes (because of skin breakdown)
10. When you catheterization on circumcised patient, what to do? Advance the catheter and
inflate the balloon
11. Which position do you apply enema? Left side-lying (Sims’) position with the right knee
flexed
12. Elderly patient that needed to have something done, who would you ask consent =
daughter in law because she has the consent or whatever
13. A patient has an order for wrist restraint, after putting them on, what do you = check
capillary refill
14. When giving medication = make sure you verify the patient identification band
15. When you bathe someone with UTI or something like that, what do you do = put don
gloves
16. What is the safe procedure regarding gloves = change gloves before entering another
room
17. A patient with a soft bland diet reports constipation you assess the bowel sounds and they
are low what do you do? Heat prune juice
18. A patient was admitted for dehydration yesterday, what are signs that the patient is
getting hydrated? Pulse
HESI 2020
Question about air pressure mattress = those type of bed we don’t put sheets to avoid
skin tearing of the patient
1. What nerves we assess when using Snellen chart = optic nerve (II)
2. Nurse assistant tells you about stool characteristics or something, and what would you
prioritize = Watery stool (diarrhea)
3. There are two patients who are complaining of pain, what you would do first to assist
them or something like that = assess their pain first (compare which one is more severe,
by describing it)
4. There was a priority question which client do you assist first (remember ABC’s) = she
chose the answer that had something to do with breathing- D
5. For adult = pull the ear up and outward
6. When you take care of a patient with Hepatitis A, what do you do? Wear gloves when
giving bath
7. The patient has TB and what would you place in biohazard bag before taking it from the
room = Sputum sample
8. They said when the person is agnostic (or something) what do we include in care plan =
something to do with spirituality
9. Nurse observes nursing assistive personnel giving patient a bed bath and has the patients
foot soaked in the basin of water. What should the nurse instruct the nursing assistive
personnel to do? Dry the water between the toes (because of skin breakdown)
10. When you catheterization on circumcised patient, what to do? Advance the catheter and
inflate the balloon
11. Which position do you apply enema? Left side-lying (Sims’) position with the right knee
flexed
12. Elderly patient that needed to have something done, who would you ask consent =
daughter in law because she has the consent or whatever
13. A patient has an order for wrist restraint, after putting them on, what do you = check
capillary refill
14. When giving medication = make sure you verify the patient identification band
15. When you bathe someone with UTI or something like that, what do you do = put don
gloves
16. What is the safe procedure regarding gloves = change gloves before entering another
room
17. A patient with a soft bland diet reports constipation you assess the bowel sounds and they
are low what do you do? Heat prune juice
18. A patient was admitted for dehydration yesterday, what are signs that the patient is
getting hydrated? Pulse
