HESI MEDICAL SURGICAL ASSIGNMENT EXAM AND RATIONALE
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2026 (100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Thoracentesis What Position you going to place them in? - ANSWERS-Upright leaning over table
to increase lung expansion
Metabolic Acidosis Respirations - ANSWERS-Kussmaul respirations
Wheezing - ANSWERS-are short high pitched sounds made on expiratory
Abnormal Breathe sounds - ANSWERS-used to describe bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds
heard in the peripheral lung fields.
Adventitous sounds - ANSWERS-are extra breath sounds that are abnormal.
The presence of bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields is described as? -
ANSWERS-abnormal lung sounds
To prepare the patient for a thoracentesis, the nurse positions the patient - ANSWERS-sitting
upright with the elbows on an over-the-bed table.
Bronchoscopy - ANSWERS-After procedure keep the patient NPO until gag reflux returns.
Hypoxemia - ANSWERS-PaO2 is at 55% and SpO2 is 88
, What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? - ANSWERS-CT scan
A patient with an SaO2 of 85% has a PaO2 of 50mm Hg. This indicates? - ANSWERS-shift to the
left in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve that could be caused by hypothermia.
Normal Arterial Blood Gases - ANSWERS-pH 7.35-7.45, PaO2 80-100mm Hg, SaO2 >95%, PaCO2
32-48 mm Hg, HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively swallow, the nurse
deflates the cuff and? - ANSWERS-has the patient drink a small amount of blue-colored water,
observing for coughing and colored secretions.
When obtaining a health history from a patient with possible cancer of the mouth, the nurse
would expect the patient to report? - ANSWERS-Heavy tobacco and alcohol use.
The most normal functioning method of speech restoration in the patient with a total
larynectomy is - ANSWERS-a voice presthesis
A patients tracheostomy tube becomes dislodged with vigorous coughing. The first action by the
nurse is to? - ANSWERS-attempt to replace the tube
What will the nurse teach a patient with pneumonia? - ANSWERS-Deep breathing and coughing
Fine Crackles - ANSWERS-short-duration, discontinuous, high pitched sounds heard just before
the end of inspiration. In pneumonia or heart failure.
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2026 (100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Thoracentesis What Position you going to place them in? - ANSWERS-Upright leaning over table
to increase lung expansion
Metabolic Acidosis Respirations - ANSWERS-Kussmaul respirations
Wheezing - ANSWERS-are short high pitched sounds made on expiratory
Abnormal Breathe sounds - ANSWERS-used to describe bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds
heard in the peripheral lung fields.
Adventitous sounds - ANSWERS-are extra breath sounds that are abnormal.
The presence of bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields is described as? -
ANSWERS-abnormal lung sounds
To prepare the patient for a thoracentesis, the nurse positions the patient - ANSWERS-sitting
upright with the elbows on an over-the-bed table.
Bronchoscopy - ANSWERS-After procedure keep the patient NPO until gag reflux returns.
Hypoxemia - ANSWERS-PaO2 is at 55% and SpO2 is 88
, What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? - ANSWERS-CT scan
A patient with an SaO2 of 85% has a PaO2 of 50mm Hg. This indicates? - ANSWERS-shift to the
left in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve that could be caused by hypothermia.
Normal Arterial Blood Gases - ANSWERS-pH 7.35-7.45, PaO2 80-100mm Hg, SaO2 >95%, PaCO2
32-48 mm Hg, HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively swallow, the nurse
deflates the cuff and? - ANSWERS-has the patient drink a small amount of blue-colored water,
observing for coughing and colored secretions.
When obtaining a health history from a patient with possible cancer of the mouth, the nurse
would expect the patient to report? - ANSWERS-Heavy tobacco and alcohol use.
The most normal functioning method of speech restoration in the patient with a total
larynectomy is - ANSWERS-a voice presthesis
A patients tracheostomy tube becomes dislodged with vigorous coughing. The first action by the
nurse is to? - ANSWERS-attempt to replace the tube
What will the nurse teach a patient with pneumonia? - ANSWERS-Deep breathing and coughing
Fine Crackles - ANSWERS-short-duration, discontinuous, high pitched sounds heard just before
the end of inspiration. In pneumonia or heart failure.
