2025 HESI EXIT EXAM NEXT
GENERATION FORMAT (NGN)/ACTUAL
TESTBANK WITH ACTUAL EXAM WITH
300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED
A+/BRAND NEW 2025-2026
While assessing a radial artery catheter, the patient complains of numbness and
paindistal to the insertion site. What interventions should the caregiverimplement?
- CORRECT ANSWERSPromptly remove the arterial catheter from the radial
artery.
A patient is admitted with an epidural hematoma that resulted from a
skateboarding accident. To differentiate the vascular source of the intracranial
bleeding, which findingshould the caregiver monitor? - CORRECT
ANSWERSRapid onset of decreased level of consciousness.
When preparing a patient for discharge from the hospital following a cystectomy
and a urinary diversion to treat bladder cancer, which instruction is most
important for the caregiver to include in the patient's discharge teaching plan? -
CORRECT ANSWERSReport any signsof cloudy urine output.
,After repositioning an immobile patient, the caregiver observes an area of
hyperemia. Toassess for blanching, what action should the caregiver take? -
CORRECT ANSWERSApply light pressure over the area.
The caregiverenters a patient's room and observes the patient's wrist restraint
secured as seen in the picture. What action should the caregivertake? -
CORRECT ANSWERSReposition therestraint tie onto the bedframe.
A female patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is chemically
paralyzed and sedated while she is on as assist-control ventilator using 50% FIO2.
Which assessment finding warrants
immediate intervention by the nurse? - CORRECT ANSWERSDiminished left
lower lobe sounds
Rationale: Diminished lobe sounds indicate collapsed alveoli or tension
pneumothorax,which required
immediate chest tube insertion to re-inflate the lung.
The development of atherosclerosis is a process of sequential events. Arrange the
pathophysiological events in orders of occurrence. (Place the first event on top and
thelast on the bottom) - CORRECT ANSWERSArterial endothelium injury
,causes inflammation Macrophages consume low density lipoprotein (LDL),
creating foam cells
Foam cells release growth factors for smooth muscle cells
Smooth muscle grows over fatty streaks creating fibrous
plaquesVessel narrowing results in ischemia
Following a motor vehicle collision, an adult female with a ruptured spleen and a
blood pressure of 70/44, had an emergency splenectomy. Twelve hours after the
surgery, herurine output is 25 ml/hour for the last two hours. What
pathophysiological reason supports the nurse's decision to report this finding to
the healthcare provider? - CORRECT ANSWERSOliguria signals tubular
necrosis related to hypoperfusion
A nurse-manager is preparing the curricula for a class for charge nurses. A
staffing formula based on what data ensures quality patient care and is most
cost-effective? -CORRECT ANSWERSSkills of staff and patient acuity
When performing postural drainage on a patient with Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which approach should the caregiveruse? -
CORRECT ANSWERSExplain that thepatient may be placed in five positions
A patient presents in the emergency room with right-sided facial asymmetry. The
, caregiverasks the patient to perform a series of movements that require use of the
facial muscles.What symptoms suggest that the patient has most likely experience
a Bell's palsy ratherthan a stroke? - CORRECT ANSWERSInability to close the
affected eye, raise brow, or smile
The caregiveris teaching a patient how to perform colostomy irrigations. When
observing thepatient's return demonstration, which action indicated that the patient
understood the teaching? - CORRECT ANSWERSKeeps the irrigating container
less than 18 inches above the stoma
The caregivershould teach the patient to observe which precaution while taking
dronedarone? - CORRECT ANSWERSAvoid grapefruits and its juice
A patient who sustained a head injury following an automobile collision is
admitted to thehospital. The caregiverinclude the patient's risk for developing
increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in the plan of care. Which signs indicate to
the caregiverthat ICP has increased? - CORRECT ANSWERSIncreased
Glasgow coma scale score.
Nuchal rigidity and
papilledema.Confusion and
papilledema Periorbital
ecchymosis.
GENERATION FORMAT (NGN)/ACTUAL
TESTBANK WITH ACTUAL EXAM WITH
300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED
A+/BRAND NEW 2025-2026
While assessing a radial artery catheter, the patient complains of numbness and
paindistal to the insertion site. What interventions should the caregiverimplement?
- CORRECT ANSWERSPromptly remove the arterial catheter from the radial
artery.
A patient is admitted with an epidural hematoma that resulted from a
skateboarding accident. To differentiate the vascular source of the intracranial
bleeding, which findingshould the caregiver monitor? - CORRECT
ANSWERSRapid onset of decreased level of consciousness.
When preparing a patient for discharge from the hospital following a cystectomy
and a urinary diversion to treat bladder cancer, which instruction is most
important for the caregiver to include in the patient's discharge teaching plan? -
CORRECT ANSWERSReport any signsof cloudy urine output.
,After repositioning an immobile patient, the caregiver observes an area of
hyperemia. Toassess for blanching, what action should the caregiver take? -
CORRECT ANSWERSApply light pressure over the area.
The caregiverenters a patient's room and observes the patient's wrist restraint
secured as seen in the picture. What action should the caregivertake? -
CORRECT ANSWERSReposition therestraint tie onto the bedframe.
A female patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is chemically
paralyzed and sedated while she is on as assist-control ventilator using 50% FIO2.
Which assessment finding warrants
immediate intervention by the nurse? - CORRECT ANSWERSDiminished left
lower lobe sounds
Rationale: Diminished lobe sounds indicate collapsed alveoli or tension
pneumothorax,which required
immediate chest tube insertion to re-inflate the lung.
The development of atherosclerosis is a process of sequential events. Arrange the
pathophysiological events in orders of occurrence. (Place the first event on top and
thelast on the bottom) - CORRECT ANSWERSArterial endothelium injury
,causes inflammation Macrophages consume low density lipoprotein (LDL),
creating foam cells
Foam cells release growth factors for smooth muscle cells
Smooth muscle grows over fatty streaks creating fibrous
plaquesVessel narrowing results in ischemia
Following a motor vehicle collision, an adult female with a ruptured spleen and a
blood pressure of 70/44, had an emergency splenectomy. Twelve hours after the
surgery, herurine output is 25 ml/hour for the last two hours. What
pathophysiological reason supports the nurse's decision to report this finding to
the healthcare provider? - CORRECT ANSWERSOliguria signals tubular
necrosis related to hypoperfusion
A nurse-manager is preparing the curricula for a class for charge nurses. A
staffing formula based on what data ensures quality patient care and is most
cost-effective? -CORRECT ANSWERSSkills of staff and patient acuity
When performing postural drainage on a patient with Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which approach should the caregiveruse? -
CORRECT ANSWERSExplain that thepatient may be placed in five positions
A patient presents in the emergency room with right-sided facial asymmetry. The
, caregiverasks the patient to perform a series of movements that require use of the
facial muscles.What symptoms suggest that the patient has most likely experience
a Bell's palsy ratherthan a stroke? - CORRECT ANSWERSInability to close the
affected eye, raise brow, or smile
The caregiveris teaching a patient how to perform colostomy irrigations. When
observing thepatient's return demonstration, which action indicated that the patient
understood the teaching? - CORRECT ANSWERSKeeps the irrigating container
less than 18 inches above the stoma
The caregivershould teach the patient to observe which precaution while taking
dronedarone? - CORRECT ANSWERSAvoid grapefruits and its juice
A patient who sustained a head injury following an automobile collision is
admitted to thehospital. The caregiverinclude the patient's risk for developing
increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in the plan of care. Which signs indicate to
the caregiverthat ICP has increased? - CORRECT ANSWERSIncreased
Glasgow coma scale score.
Nuchal rigidity and
papilledema.Confusion and
papilledema Periorbital
ecchymosis.
