2023 HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM
VERSION 1 COMPLETE EXAM 220 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES|AGRADE
Terms in this set (330)
Subjective
Objective
SOAP modified format
Assessment
Plan
What color ink should be Permanent black ink
used when documenting on
paper
What is the correct order T, P, RR, BP, extremity, pt position, SPO2
for vital signs
What should be at the top Patient initials and date and time of entry
of every page of
documentation
What should be at the end Interviewers signature
of every documentation
entry
1) Draw a single line through the incorrect
How do you correct a documentation
mistake in documentation 2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
Documentation tips
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
, Normal oral temp range 96.4 - 99.1 F
Febrile With fever
Afebrile Without fever
1) Cessation of shivering
Hyperthermia symptoms 2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
Most common and easy Oral
method of assessing
temperature
1) Oral
What methods of assessing
2) Rectal
temperature reflects core
3) Tympanic
temperature
4) Temporal Artery
What is the least accurate axillary
method of assessing
temperature
Which patients are Patients with increased HR
contraindicated for rectal
temperature readings
Preferred method of taking Rectal
infants and small children's
temperatures
Pulse deficit - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
Pulse amplitude scale 2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
1) Apical
Which pulses are assessed
2) Radial
during a routine physical
3) Dorsalis pedis
assessment?
4) Posterior tibialis
VERSION 1 COMPLETE EXAM 220 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES|AGRADE
Terms in this set (330)
Subjective
Objective
SOAP modified format
Assessment
Plan
What color ink should be Permanent black ink
used when documenting on
paper
What is the correct order T, P, RR, BP, extremity, pt position, SPO2
for vital signs
What should be at the top Patient initials and date and time of entry
of every page of
documentation
What should be at the end Interviewers signature
of every documentation
entry
1) Draw a single line through the incorrect
How do you correct a documentation
mistake in documentation 2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
Documentation tips
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
, Normal oral temp range 96.4 - 99.1 F
Febrile With fever
Afebrile Without fever
1) Cessation of shivering
Hyperthermia symptoms 2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
Most common and easy Oral
method of assessing
temperature
1) Oral
What methods of assessing
2) Rectal
temperature reflects core
3) Tympanic
temperature
4) Temporal Artery
What is the least accurate axillary
method of assessing
temperature
Which patients are Patients with increased HR
contraindicated for rectal
temperature readings
Preferred method of taking Rectal
infants and small children's
temperatures
Pulse deficit - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
Pulse amplitude scale 2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
1) Apical
Which pulses are assessed
2) Radial
during a routine physical
3) Dorsalis pedis
assessment?
4) Posterior tibialis
