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HESI RN CAT 2025 / RN HESI CAT QUESTIONS BANK LATEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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The nurse is caring for a 1-hour-old newborn. Which assessment
characteristics represent a preterm gestational age?
1 Skin: thin, veins visible; breasts: flat areolae, no buds; plantar
creases: absent; lanugo: abundant
2 Skin: parchment/wrinkled; breasts: flat areolae, no buds; plantar
creases: cover entire sole; lanugo: absent
3 Skin: thin, veins visible; breasts: flat areolae, no buds; plantar
creases: covering the entire sole; lanugo: abundant
4 Skin: cracking/few veins; breasts: raised areolae (3- to 4-mm
buds); plantar creases: covering the anterior two thirds of the
sole; lanugo: thinning - ANSWER-Skin: thin, veins visible; breasts:
flat areolae, no buds; plantar creases: absent; lanugo: abundant
Which is a clinical manifestation of the Landouzy-Déjérine type of
muscular dystrophy (MD)?
1 Loss of hearing
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2 Cardiomyopathy
3 Respiratory failure
4 Mental impairment - ANSWER-Loss of hearing
The nurse is caring for a client who had a colostomy 2 days ago.
Which nursing intervention is the priority?
1 Keeping an accurate record of oral fluid intake
2 Emphasizing the importance of regulating the diet to form stool
3 Teaching care of the incision and how to perform colostomy
irrigations
4 Observing for drainage and the condition of the abdominal
stoma - ANSWER-Observing for drainage and the condition of the
abdominal stoma
The family of a client with right ventricular heart failure expresses
concern about the client's increasing abdominal girth. What
physiologic change should the nurse consider when explaining
the client's condition?
1 Loss of cellular constituents in blood
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2 Rapid osmosis from tissue spaces to cells
3 Increased pressure within the circulatory system
4 Rapid diffusion of solutes and solvents into plasma - ANSWER-
Increased pressure within the circulatory system
The nurse is caring for a client who had a thyroidectomy. Which
symptoms will the client exhibit if having a thyrotoxic crisis?
1 An increased pulse deficit
2 A decreased blood pressure
3 A decreased heart rate and respirations
4 An increased temperature and pulse rate - ANSWER-An
increased temperature and pulse rate
The nurse teaching a health awareness class identifies which
situation as being the highest risk factor for the development of a
deep vein thrombosis (DVT)?
1 Pregnancy
2 Inactivity
3 Aerobic exercise
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4 Tight clothing - ANSWER-Inactivity
The nurse caring for a 3-year-old child with meningitis should be
alert for which signs and symptoms of increased intracranial
pressure? Select all that apply.
1 Vomiting
2 Headache
3 Irritability
4 Tachypnea
5 Hypotension - ANSWER-Vomiting
Headache
Irritability
The left foot of a client with a history of intermittent claudication
becomes increasingly cyanotic and numb. Gangrene of the left
foot is diagnosed, and because of the high level of arterial
insufficiency, an above-the-knee amputation (AKA) is scheduled.
Which response by the client best demonstrates emotional
readiness for the surgery?
HESI RN CAT 2025 / RN HESI CAT QUESTIONS BANK LATEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
The nurse is caring for a 1-hour-old newborn. Which assessment
characteristics represent a preterm gestational age?
1 Skin: thin, veins visible; breasts: flat areolae, no buds; plantar
creases: absent; lanugo: abundant
2 Skin: parchment/wrinkled; breasts: flat areolae, no buds; plantar
creases: cover entire sole; lanugo: absent
3 Skin: thin, veins visible; breasts: flat areolae, no buds; plantar
creases: covering the entire sole; lanugo: abundant
4 Skin: cracking/few veins; breasts: raised areolae (3- to 4-mm
buds); plantar creases: covering the anterior two thirds of the
sole; lanugo: thinning - ANSWER-Skin: thin, veins visible; breasts:
flat areolae, no buds; plantar creases: absent; lanugo: abundant
Which is a clinical manifestation of the Landouzy-Déjérine type of
muscular dystrophy (MD)?
1 Loss of hearing
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2 Cardiomyopathy
3 Respiratory failure
4 Mental impairment - ANSWER-Loss of hearing
The nurse is caring for a client who had a colostomy 2 days ago.
Which nursing intervention is the priority?
1 Keeping an accurate record of oral fluid intake
2 Emphasizing the importance of regulating the diet to form stool
3 Teaching care of the incision and how to perform colostomy
irrigations
4 Observing for drainage and the condition of the abdominal
stoma - ANSWER-Observing for drainage and the condition of the
abdominal stoma
The family of a client with right ventricular heart failure expresses
concern about the client's increasing abdominal girth. What
physiologic change should the nurse consider when explaining
the client's condition?
1 Loss of cellular constituents in blood
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2 Rapid osmosis from tissue spaces to cells
3 Increased pressure within the circulatory system
4 Rapid diffusion of solutes and solvents into plasma - ANSWER-
Increased pressure within the circulatory system
The nurse is caring for a client who had a thyroidectomy. Which
symptoms will the client exhibit if having a thyrotoxic crisis?
1 An increased pulse deficit
2 A decreased blood pressure
3 A decreased heart rate and respirations
4 An increased temperature and pulse rate - ANSWER-An
increased temperature and pulse rate
The nurse teaching a health awareness class identifies which
situation as being the highest risk factor for the development of a
deep vein thrombosis (DVT)?
1 Pregnancy
2 Inactivity
3 Aerobic exercise
, 4|Page
4 Tight clothing - ANSWER-Inactivity
The nurse caring for a 3-year-old child with meningitis should be
alert for which signs and symptoms of increased intracranial
pressure? Select all that apply.
1 Vomiting
2 Headache
3 Irritability
4 Tachypnea
5 Hypotension - ANSWER-Vomiting
Headache
Irritability
The left foot of a client with a history of intermittent claudication
becomes increasingly cyanotic and numb. Gangrene of the left
foot is diagnosed, and because of the high level of arterial
insufficiency, an above-the-knee amputation (AKA) is scheduled.
Which response by the client best demonstrates emotional
readiness for the surgery?
