BSN 246 HESI Health Assessment Exam V1 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers |100% Correct| Grade A- Nightingale

BSN 246 HESI Health Assessment Exam V1 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers |100% Correct| Grade A- Nightingale Q: A client has been diagnosed with bilateral lower lobe atelectasis. What percussion sound should the nurse expect to hear when percussing over the client's lower lobes? Answer: Dull, thud-like. Q: A client is being assessed upon admission to the medical-surgical unit. The nurse is preparing to complete a head-to-toe assessment and will begin at the head of the client. Which technique should the nurse use to begin the assessment? Answer: Inspect the hair and skin. Q: The nurse is assessing a healthy young adult during an annual physical examination. Which assessment technique should the nurse implement when palpating the abdominal aorta? Answer: Deep palpation above and to the left of the umbilicus. Q: The nurse is conducting a family history as part of the assessment interview. Which action should the nurse take to ensure that sufficient information about the client's blood relatives is obtained? Answer: Document at least 3 generations of the client's family medical history. Q: The nurse is testing the client's shoulders for range of motion. What should the nurse document to record normal internal rotation? Answer: Range of 90 degrees when the hands are placed at the small of the back. Q: A client presents with a rash along the occipital area of the hairline and reports intense itching. How should the nurse begin the objective part of the examination? Answer: Inspect the scalp looking for nits. Q: The nurse is assessing a client's range of motion as the client bends the right knee up to the chest while keeping the left leg straight, but is unable to keep the left thigh on the table. The assessment is repeated for the left knee, and the client is unable to keep the right thigh on the table. How should the nurse document this finding? Answer: A flexion deformity referred to as a positive Thomas test. Q: During a skin asssessment, the nurse notes, round and discrete lesions that are dark red in color and will not blanch. The lesions range from 1 to 3 mm in size. What is the first question the nurse should ask the client? Answer: Have you notice any irregular bleeding Q: A client with progressive hearing loss appears distressed when the registered nurse (RN) asks open-ended questions about the client's health history. Which forms of communication should the RN use? Answer: Face the client so the client can see the RN's mouth. Check if the client's hearing aides are working properly. Reduce environmental noise surrounding the client. Q: A client states that she had a mastectomy of her left breast last year and now experiences lymphedema. What should the nurse expect to find when examining the client? Answer: Swelling of the left arm and non-pitting edema. Q: A client has just returned from the recovery room and asks to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. The nurse decides to obtain orthostatic vital signs first. How will the nurse position the client to begin this procedure? Answer: Lying. Q: A postmenopausal female client is undergoing a routine physical examination. She has reported nothing out of the ordinary. When performing the examination of the genitourinary system, the nurse finds an irregularly enlarged uterus with firm, mobile, painless nodules in the uterine wall. How should the nurse explain this finding to the client? Answer: You have benign fibroid tumors,