ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT HESI
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ELITE REVIEW
2026
● What color ink should be used when documenting on paper. Answer:
Permanent black ink
● What is the correct order for vital signs. Answer: T, P, RR, BP,
extremity, pt position, SPO2
● What should be at the top of every page of documentation. Answer:
Patient initials and date and time of entry
● What should be at the end of every documentation entry. Answer:
Interviewers signature
● How do you correct a mistake in documentation. Answer: 1) Draw a
single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
,● Documentation tips. Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
● Normal oral temp range. Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
● Febrile. Answer: With fever
● Afebrile. Answer: Without fever
● Hyperthermia symptoms. Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
● Most common and easy method of assessing temperature. Answer:
Oral
● What methods of assessing temperature reflects core temperature.
Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
,3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
● What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature. Answer:
axillary
● Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature readings.
Answer: Patients with increased HR
● Preferred method of taking infants and small children's temperatures.
Answer: Rectal
● Pulse deficit. Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
● Pulse amplitude scale. Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
● Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?.
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
, 3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
● Normal heart rate in resting adult. Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
● Well trained athletes heart rate. Answer: Heart rate less than 60 bpm
● When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm. Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
● Eupnea. Answer: Normal RR, rhythm and depth
● Normal SPO2 value. Answer: 95-100%
● What level is poor oxygenation. Answer: below 90%
● Systolic BP. Answer: Maximum pressure on the artery during
ventricular contraction
● Diastolic BP. Answer: Resting pressure during ventricular filling
● Pulse pressure. Answer: Difference between systolic and diastolic
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ELITE REVIEW
2026
● What color ink should be used when documenting on paper. Answer:
Permanent black ink
● What is the correct order for vital signs. Answer: T, P, RR, BP,
extremity, pt position, SPO2
● What should be at the top of every page of documentation. Answer:
Patient initials and date and time of entry
● What should be at the end of every documentation entry. Answer:
Interviewers signature
● How do you correct a mistake in documentation. Answer: 1) Draw a
single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
,● Documentation tips. Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
● Normal oral temp range. Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
● Febrile. Answer: With fever
● Afebrile. Answer: Without fever
● Hyperthermia symptoms. Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
● Most common and easy method of assessing temperature. Answer:
Oral
● What methods of assessing temperature reflects core temperature.
Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
,3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
● What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature. Answer:
axillary
● Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature readings.
Answer: Patients with increased HR
● Preferred method of taking infants and small children's temperatures.
Answer: Rectal
● Pulse deficit. Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
● Pulse amplitude scale. Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
● Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?.
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
, 3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
● Normal heart rate in resting adult. Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
● Well trained athletes heart rate. Answer: Heart rate less than 60 bpm
● When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm. Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
● Eupnea. Answer: Normal RR, rhythm and depth
● Normal SPO2 value. Answer: 95-100%
● What level is poor oxygenation. Answer: below 90%
● Systolic BP. Answer: Maximum pressure on the artery during
ventricular contraction
● Diastolic BP. Answer: Resting pressure during ventricular filling
● Pulse pressure. Answer: Difference between systolic and diastolic
