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HESI MILESTONE 2 RETAKE EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
A post op patient states that he is in a lot of pain and has not
received any pain medications since 2 hours ago. What should
the nurse do next?
A. give the patient pain medication
B. check the patients vital signs
C. check and see when the last dose was given and review the
order to determine if another dose can be given
D. explain to the patient that you cannot give him anymore pain
medications at this time because it's too soon for the next dose -
ANSWER-check and see when the last dose was given and
review the order to determine if another dose can be given
A patient is on 2L of oxygen via nasal cannula and has a SPO2
reading of 84%, what action should the nurse take?
A. notify the pHCP
B. educate and instruct the patient to perform pursed lip breathing
C. Turn up the oxygen to 13L
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D. increase the oxygen to 6L - ANSWER-educate and instruct the
patient to perform pursed lip breathing
What is the best way to receive a definitive test when a patient is
suspected of having TB?
A. skin test
B. chest X-ray
C. sputum smear
D. culture and sensitivity test - ANSWER-Sputum smear
A patient with cholelithiasis has an order to have their NG tube
removed. When the nurse removes the NG tube the patient
begins to continuously vomit, what action should the nurse take
next?
A. immediately replace the patients NG tube and give prescribed
antiemetics
B. provide the patient with a basin
C. give the patient IV antiemetics
D. notify the HCP - ANSWER-immediately replace the patients
NG tube and give prescribed antiemetics
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Which lab value would indicate that a patient has a diverticulitis
flare up?
A. increased RBC
B. increased WBC
C. decreased WBC
D. decreased RBC - ANSWER-increased WBC
Which lab value would help the nurse to suspect a patient has
thrombocytopenia?
A. platelets
B. RBC
C. albumin
D. ALT - ANSWER-platelets
A patient asks why physical activity is a goal for osteoporosis,
how should the nurse respond?
A. it isn't, let me revise your goals in your chart
B. it can help you become more stable
HESI MILESTONE 2 RETAKE EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
A post op patient states that he is in a lot of pain and has not
received any pain medications since 2 hours ago. What should
the nurse do next?
A. give the patient pain medication
B. check the patients vital signs
C. check and see when the last dose was given and review the
order to determine if another dose can be given
D. explain to the patient that you cannot give him anymore pain
medications at this time because it's too soon for the next dose -
ANSWER-check and see when the last dose was given and
review the order to determine if another dose can be given
A patient is on 2L of oxygen via nasal cannula and has a SPO2
reading of 84%, what action should the nurse take?
A. notify the pHCP
B. educate and instruct the patient to perform pursed lip breathing
C. Turn up the oxygen to 13L
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D. increase the oxygen to 6L - ANSWER-educate and instruct the
patient to perform pursed lip breathing
What is the best way to receive a definitive test when a patient is
suspected of having TB?
A. skin test
B. chest X-ray
C. sputum smear
D. culture and sensitivity test - ANSWER-Sputum smear
A patient with cholelithiasis has an order to have their NG tube
removed. When the nurse removes the NG tube the patient
begins to continuously vomit, what action should the nurse take
next?
A. immediately replace the patients NG tube and give prescribed
antiemetics
B. provide the patient with a basin
C. give the patient IV antiemetics
D. notify the HCP - ANSWER-immediately replace the patients
NG tube and give prescribed antiemetics
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Which lab value would indicate that a patient has a diverticulitis
flare up?
A. increased RBC
B. increased WBC
C. decreased WBC
D. decreased RBC - ANSWER-increased WBC
Which lab value would help the nurse to suspect a patient has
thrombocytopenia?
A. platelets
B. RBC
C. albumin
D. ALT - ANSWER-platelets
A patient asks why physical activity is a goal for osteoporosis,
how should the nurse respond?
A. it isn't, let me revise your goals in your chart
B. it can help you become more stable
