Exit HESI Practice Questions | Updated
Exam Review & Complete Study Guide
(2025 Edition)
The practical nurse enters a male client's room to administer routine
morning medications, and the client is on the phone. Which action is
best for the PN to take?
A. Ask another nurse to go back with the medication when the client's
hung up the phone
B. Wait for the client to excuse himself from the telephone
conversation, and observe the client taking the medication
C. Return the medication to the client's drawer on the cart and
document the client refused the dose
,D. Leave the medication with the client, and let him take it when he
finishes the conversation. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----B
A client is admitted to the postoperative surgical unit with two test
tubes after a left lobectomy. The ON observed that the chambers are
set at the prescribed suction of 20 cm water pressure and tidying occurs
with respirations and bubbling. What action should the PN implement?
A. Clamp the chest tube to see if the activity stops
B. Notify the registered nurse of the malfunction
C. Maintain system integrity to promote lung reexpansion
D. Apply a partially occlusive dressing toterm-10 chest - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----C
The mother of a 9-month-child who was diagnosed with respiratory
syncytial virus yesterday calls the clinic to inquire if it will be all right to
take her infant to the first birthday party of a friend's child for the
following day. Which response should the PN provide the mother?
A. Do not expose other children as the virus is very contagious even
without direct contact
B. The child will no longer be contagious, no need to take any further
precautions
,C. The child can be around other children but should wear a mask
D. Make sure there are no children under the age of 5 months around
the infected child. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
The practical nurse is assisting the nurse with the admission of a young
adult female Korean exchange student with acute abdominal pain.
Although the client has been able to easily answer questions, when
asked about sexual activity, she looks away. What action should the PN
take?
A. Omit compelling this section of the assessment form
B. Ask her if she would like an interpreter to ask her the question
C. Reword the question in case the client did not understand
D. Watch the client's response when asked a different question - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----D
During immediate postoperative period following a total hip placement,
which intervention is most important for the PN to implement?
A. Encourage client to use walker or cane when ambulating
B. Keep client's hip aligned with knees abducted
C. Teach client to sit on the side of the bed before standing
, D. Monitor urinary flow via indwelling catheter - ---✔✔✔ANSWER--
--B
A client confides to the PN that the client has been substituting herbal
supplements for high blood pressure instead of the prescribed
medication. How should the PN respond first?
A. Ask the client's reason for choosing to take herbs instead of
prescribed drugs
B. Reinforce that the healthcare provider prescribed the medication for
a reason
C. Have client use own words to describe complications of high blood
pressure
D. Point out the risks of not taking the herbal medications rather than
prescribed - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
The PN is assigned to administer medications in a long term care facility.
A disoriented resident has no identification band or picture. What is the
best nursing action for the PN to take prior administering the
medications this resident?
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A. Ask a regular staff member to confirm the resident's identity
B. Hold the medication until a family member again
Exam Review & Complete Study Guide
(2025 Edition)
The practical nurse enters a male client's room to administer routine
morning medications, and the client is on the phone. Which action is
best for the PN to take?
A. Ask another nurse to go back with the medication when the client's
hung up the phone
B. Wait for the client to excuse himself from the telephone
conversation, and observe the client taking the medication
C. Return the medication to the client's drawer on the cart and
document the client refused the dose
,D. Leave the medication with the client, and let him take it when he
finishes the conversation. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----B
A client is admitted to the postoperative surgical unit with two test
tubes after a left lobectomy. The ON observed that the chambers are
set at the prescribed suction of 20 cm water pressure and tidying occurs
with respirations and bubbling. What action should the PN implement?
A. Clamp the chest tube to see if the activity stops
B. Notify the registered nurse of the malfunction
C. Maintain system integrity to promote lung reexpansion
D. Apply a partially occlusive dressing toterm-10 chest - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----C
The mother of a 9-month-child who was diagnosed with respiratory
syncytial virus yesterday calls the clinic to inquire if it will be all right to
take her infant to the first birthday party of a friend's child for the
following day. Which response should the PN provide the mother?
A. Do not expose other children as the virus is very contagious even
without direct contact
B. The child will no longer be contagious, no need to take any further
precautions
,C. The child can be around other children but should wear a mask
D. Make sure there are no children under the age of 5 months around
the infected child. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
The practical nurse is assisting the nurse with the admission of a young
adult female Korean exchange student with acute abdominal pain.
Although the client has been able to easily answer questions, when
asked about sexual activity, she looks away. What action should the PN
take?
A. Omit compelling this section of the assessment form
B. Ask her if she would like an interpreter to ask her the question
C. Reword the question in case the client did not understand
D. Watch the client's response when asked a different question - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----D
During immediate postoperative period following a total hip placement,
which intervention is most important for the PN to implement?
A. Encourage client to use walker or cane when ambulating
B. Keep client's hip aligned with knees abducted
C. Teach client to sit on the side of the bed before standing
, D. Monitor urinary flow via indwelling catheter - ---✔✔✔ANSWER--
--B
A client confides to the PN that the client has been substituting herbal
supplements for high blood pressure instead of the prescribed
medication. How should the PN respond first?
A. Ask the client's reason for choosing to take herbs instead of
prescribed drugs
B. Reinforce that the healthcare provider prescribed the medication for
a reason
C. Have client use own words to describe complications of high blood
pressure
D. Point out the risks of not taking the herbal medications rather than
prescribed - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
The PN is assigned to administer medications in a long term care facility.
A disoriented resident has no identification band or picture. What is the
best nursing action for the PN to take prior administering the
medications this resident?
term-14
A. Ask a regular staff member to confirm the resident's identity
B. Hold the medication until a family member again
