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HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXIT /HEALTH ASSESSMENT
HESI EXIT ACTUAL EXAM 70 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIE ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Characteristics of palpable nodes .....ANSWER.....Location
Size
Shape
Delimination
Mobility
Consistency
Tenderness
Myxedema (Hypothyroidism) .....ANSWER.....A deficiency of the
thyroid hormone. This reduces metabolic rate, and when severe
causes non pitting edema or myxedema.
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Symptoms: fatigue, cold intolerance, coarse/dry hair and skin,
and weight gain.
What is the best indicator of Parathyroid Problems?
.....ANSWER.....Decrease in client's calcium compared with
preoperative value.
Grave's Disease (hyperthyroidism) .....ANSWER.....Increased
production of thyroid hormones causes and increased metabolic
rate.
Symptoms: exopthalmous, fatigue, nervousness, weight loss,
cramps, and heat intolerance.
Cushing Syndrome .....ANSWER.....Excessive secretion of ATCH
and chronic steroid use.
Symptoms: "moon like" face, Buffalo hump, hirsutism
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Lymphadenopathy .....ANSWER.....Enlargement of lymph nodes
greater than 1 cm. This occurs from infection, allergy, or
neoplasm.
Contusion (Bruise) .....ANSWER.....1. Red, blue, or purple
2. Blue to purple
3. Blue- green
4. Yellow
5. Brown to disappearing
Serous Exudate .....ANSWER.....Clear or straw colored.
Normal part of healing process.
Serosanguineous Exudate .....ANSWER.....Pink colored due to
blood mixed with serous drainage.
Normal part of healing process.
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Sanguineous Exudate .....ANSWER.....Red drainage from trauma
to a blood vessel. May occur with wound cleansing or put her
trauma to the wound bed. Abnormal to the wound healing
process.
Hemorrhage Exudate .....ANSWER.....Frank blood leaking from a
blood vessel. May require emergency treatment to control
bleeding.
And normal part of the healing process.
Purulent Drainage .....ANSWER.....Yellow, gray, or green
drainage due to infection in the wound.
Polycyclic .....ANSWER.....Annular lesions grow together
(Lichen planus, psoriasis)
ABCDE rule .....ANSWER.....Asymmetry
Border
Color
HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXIT /HEALTH ASSESSMENT
HESI EXIT ACTUAL EXAM 70 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIE ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Characteristics of palpable nodes .....ANSWER.....Location
Size
Shape
Delimination
Mobility
Consistency
Tenderness
Myxedema (Hypothyroidism) .....ANSWER.....A deficiency of the
thyroid hormone. This reduces metabolic rate, and when severe
causes non pitting edema or myxedema.
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Symptoms: fatigue, cold intolerance, coarse/dry hair and skin,
and weight gain.
What is the best indicator of Parathyroid Problems?
.....ANSWER.....Decrease in client's calcium compared with
preoperative value.
Grave's Disease (hyperthyroidism) .....ANSWER.....Increased
production of thyroid hormones causes and increased metabolic
rate.
Symptoms: exopthalmous, fatigue, nervousness, weight loss,
cramps, and heat intolerance.
Cushing Syndrome .....ANSWER.....Excessive secretion of ATCH
and chronic steroid use.
Symptoms: "moon like" face, Buffalo hump, hirsutism
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Lymphadenopathy .....ANSWER.....Enlargement of lymph nodes
greater than 1 cm. This occurs from infection, allergy, or
neoplasm.
Contusion (Bruise) .....ANSWER.....1. Red, blue, or purple
2. Blue to purple
3. Blue- green
4. Yellow
5. Brown to disappearing
Serous Exudate .....ANSWER.....Clear or straw colored.
Normal part of healing process.
Serosanguineous Exudate .....ANSWER.....Pink colored due to
blood mixed with serous drainage.
Normal part of healing process.
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Sanguineous Exudate .....ANSWER.....Red drainage from trauma
to a blood vessel. May occur with wound cleansing or put her
trauma to the wound bed. Abnormal to the wound healing
process.
Hemorrhage Exudate .....ANSWER.....Frank blood leaking from a
blood vessel. May require emergency treatment to control
bleeding.
And normal part of the healing process.
Purulent Drainage .....ANSWER.....Yellow, gray, or green
drainage due to infection in the wound.
Polycyclic .....ANSWER.....Annular lesions grow together
(Lichen planus, psoriasis)
ABCDE rule .....ANSWER.....Asymmetry
Border
Color
