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Critical Care HESI Exit Exam 2025 – Study Guide, Practice
Questions, and Test-Taking Strategies
Prepare for the Critical Care HESI Exit Exam 2025 with this comprehensive nursing study
guide. Review essential ICU concepts, cardiac monitoring, mechanical ventilation,
hemodynamics, pharmacology, and patient care priorities. Includes realistic HESI-style
practice questions, rationales, and proven tips to help you score high and succeed on your path
to the NCLEX-RN.
Critical Care HESI Exit Exam,
HESI Exit Exam 2025,
Critical care nursing HESI practice test,
HESI critical care study guide,
The nurse is assessing a client after surgery. Which assessment finding does the nurse obtain from the
primary source?
a. X-ray reports
b. Severity of pain
c. Results of blood work
d. Family caregiver interview - ANSWER-b
What is a goal for a client who has difficulty with verbal communication precipitated by psychologic
barriers?
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a. The client will be free of injury.
b. The client will demonstrate decreased acting-out behavior.
c. The client will identify consequences of acting-out behavior.
d. The client will interact with other people in the environment. - ANSWER-d
Which amount of time is appropriate for a nurse to spend triaging each patient during a mass casualty
incident?
a. Less than 10 seconds
b. Less than 15 seconds
c. Less than 30 seconds
d. Less than 60 seconds - ANSWER-b
Two nurses are planning to help a client with one-sided weakness move up in bed. What should the
nurses do to conform to a basic principle of body mechanics?
a. Instruct the client to position one arm on each shoulder of the nurses.
b. Direct the client to extend the legs and remain still during the procedure.
c. Have both nurses shift their weight from the front leg to the back leg as they move the client up in
bed.
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d. Position the nurses on either side of the bed with their feet apart, gather the pull sheet close to the
client, turn toward the head of the bed, and then move the client. - ANSWER-d
Which description by the nurse is a correct explanation of delegation?
a. The transfer of responsibility for the performance of an activity
b. The person's responsibility and accountability for individual actions or omissions
c. The active process of directing, guiding, and influencing the outcome of an individual
d. The transfer of both the accountability and responsibility from one person to another - ANSWER-a
A healthcare provider prescribes lidocaine HCl, 1.5 mg per minute, for a client whose ECG tracing reveals
multiple premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). The nurse adds 500 mg of lidocaine HCl to 100 mL of
D5W. To administer the correct amount of medication, at what rate should the nurse set the
intravenous (IV) infusion pump? Record your answer using a whole number.
________________ mL/hr - ANSWER-18
Which caring intervention helps to provide comfort, dignity, respect, and peace to a client?
a. Listening
b. Spiritual caring
c. Providing presence
d. Relieving pain and suffering - ANSWER-d
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A client with arterial insufficiency of both lower extremities is visited by the home healthcare nurse.
What client teaching is an essential nursing intervention?
a. "Maintain elevation of both legs."
b. "Massage the legs when they are painful."
c. "Apply a hot water bottle to the legs."
d. "Check pulses in the legs regularly." - ANSWER-d
What is the role of a case manager in a healthcare organization?
a. To delegate work on the unit suitably
b. To follow up with the client after discharge
c. To provide direct care for the client at the bedside
d. To unite the strategic direction of the organization - ANSWER-b
Which process involves transferring responsibility to multiple players, usually with varying degrees of
education and experience, while retaining the ultimate accountability for providing the client care?
a. Leadership
b. Delegation
Critical Care HESI Exit Exam 2025 – Study Guide, Practice
Questions, and Test-Taking Strategies
Prepare for the Critical Care HESI Exit Exam 2025 with this comprehensive nursing study
guide. Review essential ICU concepts, cardiac monitoring, mechanical ventilation,
hemodynamics, pharmacology, and patient care priorities. Includes realistic HESI-style
practice questions, rationales, and proven tips to help you score high and succeed on your path
to the NCLEX-RN.
Critical Care HESI Exit Exam,
HESI Exit Exam 2025,
Critical care nursing HESI practice test,
HESI critical care study guide,
The nurse is assessing a client after surgery. Which assessment finding does the nurse obtain from the
primary source?
a. X-ray reports
b. Severity of pain
c. Results of blood work
d. Family caregiver interview - ANSWER-b
What is a goal for a client who has difficulty with verbal communication precipitated by psychologic
barriers?
,2|Page
a. The client will be free of injury.
b. The client will demonstrate decreased acting-out behavior.
c. The client will identify consequences of acting-out behavior.
d. The client will interact with other people in the environment. - ANSWER-d
Which amount of time is appropriate for a nurse to spend triaging each patient during a mass casualty
incident?
a. Less than 10 seconds
b. Less than 15 seconds
c. Less than 30 seconds
d. Less than 60 seconds - ANSWER-b
Two nurses are planning to help a client with one-sided weakness move up in bed. What should the
nurses do to conform to a basic principle of body mechanics?
a. Instruct the client to position one arm on each shoulder of the nurses.
b. Direct the client to extend the legs and remain still during the procedure.
c. Have both nurses shift their weight from the front leg to the back leg as they move the client up in
bed.
,3|Page
d. Position the nurses on either side of the bed with their feet apart, gather the pull sheet close to the
client, turn toward the head of the bed, and then move the client. - ANSWER-d
Which description by the nurse is a correct explanation of delegation?
a. The transfer of responsibility for the performance of an activity
b. The person's responsibility and accountability for individual actions or omissions
c. The active process of directing, guiding, and influencing the outcome of an individual
d. The transfer of both the accountability and responsibility from one person to another - ANSWER-a
A healthcare provider prescribes lidocaine HCl, 1.5 mg per minute, for a client whose ECG tracing reveals
multiple premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). The nurse adds 500 mg of lidocaine HCl to 100 mL of
D5W. To administer the correct amount of medication, at what rate should the nurse set the
intravenous (IV) infusion pump? Record your answer using a whole number.
________________ mL/hr - ANSWER-18
Which caring intervention helps to provide comfort, dignity, respect, and peace to a client?
a. Listening
b. Spiritual caring
c. Providing presence
d. Relieving pain and suffering - ANSWER-d
, 4|Page
A client with arterial insufficiency of both lower extremities is visited by the home healthcare nurse.
What client teaching is an essential nursing intervention?
a. "Maintain elevation of both legs."
b. "Massage the legs when they are painful."
c. "Apply a hot water bottle to the legs."
d. "Check pulses in the legs regularly." - ANSWER-d
What is the role of a case manager in a healthcare organization?
a. To delegate work on the unit suitably
b. To follow up with the client after discharge
c. To provide direct care for the client at the bedside
d. To unite the strategic direction of the organization - ANSWER-b
Which process involves transferring responsibility to multiple players, usually with varying degrees of
education and experience, while retaining the ultimate accountability for providing the client care?
a. Leadership
b. Delegation
