HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT PRACTICE EXAM
A client is reporting chest pain. What statement made by the client, helps the
nurse to understand this client has a naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
A. "My life is really out of balance."
B. "I knew I should have changed my diet."
C. "I should have gone to church last week."
D. "I forgot to take my medicines last night."
A. "My life is really out of balance."
The cause of disease may be viewed from three ways: biomedical, naturalistic,
magicoreligious. People who conform to the naturalistic perspecive of disease
causation, believe that the forces of nature must be kept in a natural balance or
harmony.
A nurse is working in a healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What
action(s) by the nurse will allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this
population? (Select all that apply.)
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
D. Interact with each person the same way.
E. Request nurses take care of patients with the same ethnicity.
F. Always request an interpreter for people from other countries.
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
As a health professional, the nurse is expected to listen to, empathize with, and
understand people. To fulfill this role, nurses must first be open to people who are
different from them, have a curiosity about people, and begin a journey to being
culturally competent.
Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable.
B. It is easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs.
C. It is normally felt by rolling the client on the right side and palpating.
D. It is a firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in the upper abdomen.
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable.
Normally the spleen is not palpable at all and must be enlarged by three times its
normal size to be felt. To search for it, the nurse must reach the left hand over the
abdomen and behind the left side at the 11th and 12th ribs and lift up for support. The
nurse should place the right hand obliquely on the left upper quadrant (with the fingers
A client is reporting chest pain. What statement made by the client, helps the
nurse to understand this client has a naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
A. "My life is really out of balance."
B. "I knew I should have changed my diet."
C. "I should have gone to church last week."
D. "I forgot to take my medicines last night."
A. "My life is really out of balance."
The cause of disease may be viewed from three ways: biomedical, naturalistic,
magicoreligious. People who conform to the naturalistic perspecive of disease
causation, believe that the forces of nature must be kept in a natural balance or
harmony.
A nurse is working in a healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What
action(s) by the nurse will allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this
population? (Select all that apply.)
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
D. Interact with each person the same way.
E. Request nurses take care of patients with the same ethnicity.
F. Always request an interpreter for people from other countries.
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
As a health professional, the nurse is expected to listen to, empathize with, and
understand people. To fulfill this role, nurses must first be open to people who are
different from them, have a curiosity about people, and begin a journey to being
culturally competent.
Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable.
B. It is easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs.
C. It is normally felt by rolling the client on the right side and palpating.
D. It is a firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in the upper abdomen.
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable.
Normally the spleen is not palpable at all and must be enlarged by three times its
normal size to be felt. To search for it, the nurse must reach the left hand over the
abdomen and behind the left side at the 11th and 12th ribs and lift up for support. The
nurse should place the right hand obliquely on the left upper quadrant (with the fingers
