MH HESI RN 2 , Pharmacology HESI RN practice test , HESI RN Fundamentals
& HESI- RN Medical/Surgical NGN C0MBINATION EXAMINATION 2025 – 2026
WITH QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
MH HESI RN 2
A client needs to wash her hands for two hours before able to go on with her
morning. She doesn't want to sit on the chairs in the dayroom for fear of
getting dirty. What is this mechanism?
a) compulsion
b) repression
c) transference
d) countertransference
a) compulsion
A client in group is talking about her prostitution, the nurse asks her if she
was abused by her parents. She states "my mother ran my father out when I
was young". What defense mechanism was used?
a) compulsion
b) repression
c) transference
d) countertransference
b) repression
A client with anger management issues uses belt making and bangs the
leather heavily. What defense mechanisms is being used?
a) compulsion
b) repression
c) transference
d) sublimation
d) sublimation
A bipolar client comes into the clinic and tells the nurse that the next time she
sees her sister I'm going to kill her. What should the nurse do?
a) Do nothing because of confidentiality
b) inform the sister
c) inform the charge nurse
d) talk the patient out of it
b) inform the sister
What would be the nurse's highest priority for a newly admitted depressed
client upon admission?
a) RN should go through belongings
b) get patient settled in
,c) determine patients feelings
d) orient them to the facility
a) RN should go through belongings
Who is most prone to being abused (elder abuse)?
a) males over 75 living with families
b) males over 75 living in nursing homes
c) females over 75 living with families
d) females over 75 living in nursing homes
c) females over 75 living with families
A client in the dayroom had tipped over a table and is escalating and has
picked up a chair which he is threatening to throw at another client. What
should the nurse do first?
a) try to talk calmly to the patient
b) go and get more staff assistance
c) take the chair away from him
b) go and get more staff assistance
A male client with schizophrenia is admitted to the mental health unit after
abruptly stopping his prescription for ziprasidone (Geodon) one month ago.
Which question is most important for the nurse to ask the client?
a) How are you feeling?
b) Do you hear any voices?
c) What has your mood been like lately?
d) Are you eating okay?
b) Do you hear any voices?
A female client with a history of drinking who was admitted 8 hours ago after
receiving treatment for minor abrasions occurred from a fall at home.The
nurse determines the client's blood alcohol level (BAL) was not analyzed on
administration action should the nurse take?
a) ask about alcohol quantity, frequency, and time of last drink
b) ask if she is addicted
c) ask if she had any illegal drugs
d) Ask what kind of alcohol
a) ask about alcohol quantity, frequency, and time of last drink
A female client on a psychiatric unit is sweating profusely while she
vigorously does push- ups and then runs the length of the corridor several
times before crashing into the furniture in the sitting room. Picking herself up,
she begins to toss chairs aside, looking for a red one to sit in. When another
client objects to the disturbances, the client shouts," I am the boss here. I do
what I want." Which nursing problem best supports these observations?
a) Risk for self related to disruptive
b) Risk for others
c) Risk for other related violence related to disruptive
d) Risk for self
c) Risk for other related violence related to disruptive
,What is the most important goal for a client diagnosed with major depression
who has been receiving an antidepressant medication for two weeks?
a) not attempt to commit suicide
b) medication compliance
c) eating and sleeping okay
d) follow up appointments
a) not attempt to commit suicide
A health assessment was conducted on a patient and a history of alcohol
dependency has been found. What else would be a concern?
a) overdose
b) dependency
c) noncompliance
d) pancreatitis
d) pancreatitis
Anorexia Nervosa-Syncope is a clinical feature of what?
a) depression
b) anxiety
c) violence
d) Abuse BAL (blood alcohol level)
d) Abuse BAL (blood alcohol level)
When dealing with anger management, it is important to give the client what?
a) permission to be angry
b) punishment
c) praise
d) admiration
a) permission to be angry
The nurse is assessing a client who is believed to have a borderline
personality disorder. Which question is most important to include in this
assessment?
a) Do you drink or smoke?
b) What medications are you currently on?
c) Do you have frequent temper tantrums?
c) Do you have frequent temper tantrums?
A client has been diagnosed with conversion disorder. What is a common
compliant?
a) drowsiness
b) blindness
c) sleep deprivation
d) constipation
b) blindness
Rationale: Conversion Disorder characterized by transferring a mental conflict into a
physical
, symptom for which there is no organic cause. Ex: blindness, paralysis, seizures,
deafness, and pseudocysts (false pregnancy).
After returning to work after a weekend off the nurse gets report that a
depressed client has been in bed all weekend. What should the nurse to first?
a) let the patient rest
b) yell at them
c) assist them out of bed and involve them in activity
d) discharge them
c) assist them out of bed and involve them in activity
A client with dementia uses the defense mechanism of confabulation. What is
the reasoning?
a) to decrease anxiety
b) to decrease depression
c) to increase anxiety
d) to increase depression
a) to decrease anxiety
A husband states to the nurse that his wife is not sleeping, buying impulsively,
taking last minute trips, and has lost 22 pounds one month. What is an
appropriate nursing dx?
a) anorexia nervosa
b) depression
c) altered thoughts
d) disturbed thought process
d) disturbed thought process
A nurse is explaining a fire drill routine to a group of clients. A client becomes
disruptive and continually interrupts the group. What is the nurse's best
response?
a) If you keep interrupting, you will have to go to the room
b) When you interrupt, I cannot explain what to do to the group
c) Please be quiet
d) Escort the client back to his room
b) When you interrupt, I cannot explain what to do to the group
A client comes in after being in a car accident and is experiencing alcohol
withdrawal, magnesium level of 1.1, cardiac dysrhythmias. What would you
give first?
a) Magnesium
b) Lorazepam (ativan)
c) Morphine
d) Sedative
a) Magnesium
A woman is just told of her husband's dx of terminal cancer. What would the
nurse offer for the spouse (wife)?
a) I know this is difficult for you, would you like some tissues?
b) It seems like you are taking this personally, I will give you some space.
& HESI- RN Medical/Surgical NGN C0MBINATION EXAMINATION 2025 – 2026
WITH QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
MH HESI RN 2
A client needs to wash her hands for two hours before able to go on with her
morning. She doesn't want to sit on the chairs in the dayroom for fear of
getting dirty. What is this mechanism?
a) compulsion
b) repression
c) transference
d) countertransference
a) compulsion
A client in group is talking about her prostitution, the nurse asks her if she
was abused by her parents. She states "my mother ran my father out when I
was young". What defense mechanism was used?
a) compulsion
b) repression
c) transference
d) countertransference
b) repression
A client with anger management issues uses belt making and bangs the
leather heavily. What defense mechanisms is being used?
a) compulsion
b) repression
c) transference
d) sublimation
d) sublimation
A bipolar client comes into the clinic and tells the nurse that the next time she
sees her sister I'm going to kill her. What should the nurse do?
a) Do nothing because of confidentiality
b) inform the sister
c) inform the charge nurse
d) talk the patient out of it
b) inform the sister
What would be the nurse's highest priority for a newly admitted depressed
client upon admission?
a) RN should go through belongings
b) get patient settled in
,c) determine patients feelings
d) orient them to the facility
a) RN should go through belongings
Who is most prone to being abused (elder abuse)?
a) males over 75 living with families
b) males over 75 living in nursing homes
c) females over 75 living with families
d) females over 75 living in nursing homes
c) females over 75 living with families
A client in the dayroom had tipped over a table and is escalating and has
picked up a chair which he is threatening to throw at another client. What
should the nurse do first?
a) try to talk calmly to the patient
b) go and get more staff assistance
c) take the chair away from him
b) go and get more staff assistance
A male client with schizophrenia is admitted to the mental health unit after
abruptly stopping his prescription for ziprasidone (Geodon) one month ago.
Which question is most important for the nurse to ask the client?
a) How are you feeling?
b) Do you hear any voices?
c) What has your mood been like lately?
d) Are you eating okay?
b) Do you hear any voices?
A female client with a history of drinking who was admitted 8 hours ago after
receiving treatment for minor abrasions occurred from a fall at home.The
nurse determines the client's blood alcohol level (BAL) was not analyzed on
administration action should the nurse take?
a) ask about alcohol quantity, frequency, and time of last drink
b) ask if she is addicted
c) ask if she had any illegal drugs
d) Ask what kind of alcohol
a) ask about alcohol quantity, frequency, and time of last drink
A female client on a psychiatric unit is sweating profusely while she
vigorously does push- ups and then runs the length of the corridor several
times before crashing into the furniture in the sitting room. Picking herself up,
she begins to toss chairs aside, looking for a red one to sit in. When another
client objects to the disturbances, the client shouts," I am the boss here. I do
what I want." Which nursing problem best supports these observations?
a) Risk for self related to disruptive
b) Risk for others
c) Risk for other related violence related to disruptive
d) Risk for self
c) Risk for other related violence related to disruptive
,What is the most important goal for a client diagnosed with major depression
who has been receiving an antidepressant medication for two weeks?
a) not attempt to commit suicide
b) medication compliance
c) eating and sleeping okay
d) follow up appointments
a) not attempt to commit suicide
A health assessment was conducted on a patient and a history of alcohol
dependency has been found. What else would be a concern?
a) overdose
b) dependency
c) noncompliance
d) pancreatitis
d) pancreatitis
Anorexia Nervosa-Syncope is a clinical feature of what?
a) depression
b) anxiety
c) violence
d) Abuse BAL (blood alcohol level)
d) Abuse BAL (blood alcohol level)
When dealing with anger management, it is important to give the client what?
a) permission to be angry
b) punishment
c) praise
d) admiration
a) permission to be angry
The nurse is assessing a client who is believed to have a borderline
personality disorder. Which question is most important to include in this
assessment?
a) Do you drink or smoke?
b) What medications are you currently on?
c) Do you have frequent temper tantrums?
c) Do you have frequent temper tantrums?
A client has been diagnosed with conversion disorder. What is a common
compliant?
a) drowsiness
b) blindness
c) sleep deprivation
d) constipation
b) blindness
Rationale: Conversion Disorder characterized by transferring a mental conflict into a
physical
, symptom for which there is no organic cause. Ex: blindness, paralysis, seizures,
deafness, and pseudocysts (false pregnancy).
After returning to work after a weekend off the nurse gets report that a
depressed client has been in bed all weekend. What should the nurse to first?
a) let the patient rest
b) yell at them
c) assist them out of bed and involve them in activity
d) discharge them
c) assist them out of bed and involve them in activity
A client with dementia uses the defense mechanism of confabulation. What is
the reasoning?
a) to decrease anxiety
b) to decrease depression
c) to increase anxiety
d) to increase depression
a) to decrease anxiety
A husband states to the nurse that his wife is not sleeping, buying impulsively,
taking last minute trips, and has lost 22 pounds one month. What is an
appropriate nursing dx?
a) anorexia nervosa
b) depression
c) altered thoughts
d) disturbed thought process
d) disturbed thought process
A nurse is explaining a fire drill routine to a group of clients. A client becomes
disruptive and continually interrupts the group. What is the nurse's best
response?
a) If you keep interrupting, you will have to go to the room
b) When you interrupt, I cannot explain what to do to the group
c) Please be quiet
d) Escort the client back to his room
b) When you interrupt, I cannot explain what to do to the group
A client comes in after being in a car accident and is experiencing alcohol
withdrawal, magnesium level of 1.1, cardiac dysrhythmias. What would you
give first?
a) Magnesium
b) Lorazepam (ativan)
c) Morphine
d) Sedative
a) Magnesium
A woman is just told of her husband's dx of terminal cancer. What would the
nurse offer for the spouse (wife)?
a) I know this is difficult for you, would you like some tissues?
b) It seems like you are taking this personally, I will give you some space.
