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NSG 123 HESI FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A client with Addison's disease started taking hydrocortisone in a
divided daily dose last week. It is most important for the nurse to
monitor which serum laboratory value?
A. Osmolarity
B. Glucose
C. Albumin
D. Platelets - ANSWER-B. Glucose
A client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has
impaired gas exchange from a respiratory infection. Which
assessment finding warrants immediate intervention by the
nurse?
A. Elevated temperature
B. Generalized weakness
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C. Diminished lung sounds
D. Pain when swallowing - ANSWER-D. Pain when swallowing
An older male client tells the nurse that he is losing sleep because
he has to get up several times at night to go to the bathroom, that
he has trouble starting his urinary stream, and that he does not
feel like his bladder is ever completely empty. Which intervention
should the nurse implement?
A. Collect a urine specimen for culture analysis
B. Review the client's fluid intake prior to bedtime
C. Palpate the bladder above the symphysis pubis
D. Obtain a fingerstick blood glucose level - ANSWER-C. Palpate
the bladder above the symphysis pubis
Fluids are restricted to 1,500 ml daily for a male client with acute
kidney injury (AKI). He is frustrated and complaining of constant
thirst, and the nurse discovers that the family is providing the
client with additional fluids. Which intervention should the nurse
implement?
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A. Remove all sources of liquids from the client's room
B. Allow family to give client a measured amount of ice chips
C. Restrict family visiting until the client's condition is stable
D. Provide the client with oral swabs to moisten his mouth -
ANSWER-D. Provide the client with oral swabs to moisten his
mouth
During a paracentesis, two liters of fluid are removed from the
abdomen of a client with ascites. A drainage bag is placed, and 50
ml of clear, straw-colored fluid drains within the first hour. What
action should the nurse implement?
A. Palpate for abdominal distention
B. Send fluid to the lab for analysis
C. Continue to monitor the fluid output
D. Clamp the drainage tube for 5 minutes - ANSWER-C. Continue
to monitor the fluid output
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While assessing a client with degenerative joint disease, the
nurse observes Heberden's nodes, large prominences on the
client's fingers that are reddened. The client reports that the
nodes are painful. Which action should the nurse take?
A. Review the client's dietary intake of high-protein foods
B. Notify the healthcare provider of the finding immediately
C. Discuss approaches to the chronic pain control with the client
D. Assess the client's radial pulses and capillary refill time -
ANSWER-C. Discuss approaches to the chronic pain control with
the client
A client who took a camping vacation two weeks ago in a county
with a tropical climate comes to the clinic describing vague
symptoms and diarrhea for the past week. Which finding is most
important for the nurse report to the healthcare provider?
A. Weakness and fatigue
B. Intestinal cramping
C. Weight loss
NSG 123 HESI FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A client with Addison's disease started taking hydrocortisone in a
divided daily dose last week. It is most important for the nurse to
monitor which serum laboratory value?
A. Osmolarity
B. Glucose
C. Albumin
D. Platelets - ANSWER-B. Glucose
A client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has
impaired gas exchange from a respiratory infection. Which
assessment finding warrants immediate intervention by the
nurse?
A. Elevated temperature
B. Generalized weakness
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C. Diminished lung sounds
D. Pain when swallowing - ANSWER-D. Pain when swallowing
An older male client tells the nurse that he is losing sleep because
he has to get up several times at night to go to the bathroom, that
he has trouble starting his urinary stream, and that he does not
feel like his bladder is ever completely empty. Which intervention
should the nurse implement?
A. Collect a urine specimen for culture analysis
B. Review the client's fluid intake prior to bedtime
C. Palpate the bladder above the symphysis pubis
D. Obtain a fingerstick blood glucose level - ANSWER-C. Palpate
the bladder above the symphysis pubis
Fluids are restricted to 1,500 ml daily for a male client with acute
kidney injury (AKI). He is frustrated and complaining of constant
thirst, and the nurse discovers that the family is providing the
client with additional fluids. Which intervention should the nurse
implement?
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A. Remove all sources of liquids from the client's room
B. Allow family to give client a measured amount of ice chips
C. Restrict family visiting until the client's condition is stable
D. Provide the client with oral swabs to moisten his mouth -
ANSWER-D. Provide the client with oral swabs to moisten his
mouth
During a paracentesis, two liters of fluid are removed from the
abdomen of a client with ascites. A drainage bag is placed, and 50
ml of clear, straw-colored fluid drains within the first hour. What
action should the nurse implement?
A. Palpate for abdominal distention
B. Send fluid to the lab for analysis
C. Continue to monitor the fluid output
D. Clamp the drainage tube for 5 minutes - ANSWER-C. Continue
to monitor the fluid output
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While assessing a client with degenerative joint disease, the
nurse observes Heberden's nodes, large prominences on the
client's fingers that are reddened. The client reports that the
nodes are painful. Which action should the nurse take?
A. Review the client's dietary intake of high-protein foods
B. Notify the healthcare provider of the finding immediately
C. Discuss approaches to the chronic pain control with the client
D. Assess the client's radial pulses and capillary refill time -
ANSWER-C. Discuss approaches to the chronic pain control with
the client
A client who took a camping vacation two weeks ago in a county
with a tropical climate comes to the clinic describing vague
symptoms and diarrhea for the past week. Which finding is most
important for the nurse report to the healthcare provider?
A. Weakness and fatigue
B. Intestinal cramping
C. Weight loss
