HESI CAT EXAM VERSION 1
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
2026/2027 STUDY
AT A ROUTINE PRENATAL VISIT, A CLIENT AT 24-WEEKS GESTATION COMPLAINS OF NASAL
STUFFINESS AND OCCASIONAL NOSEBLEEDS. WHICH HORMONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE
CHANGES?
A. HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN.
B. PROGESTERONE.
C. RELAXIN.
D. ESTROGEN.
D. ESTROGEN.
A CLIENT WHO HAS LOCALIZED ECZEMATOUS ERUPTIONS ON B OTH HANDS IS DIAGNOSED AS
HAVING CONTACT DERMATITIS. WHAT INSTRUCTION SHOULD THE NURSE INCLUDE IN THIS
CLIENT'S DISCHARGE TEACHING PLAN?
A. WEAR LATEX GLOVES WHENEVER OUTDOORS.
B. APPLY AN OIL-BASED OINTMENT TO THE AFFECTED AREAS.
C. TAKE PRESCRIBED ANTIHISTAMINE NEAR BEDTIME.
D. SOAK HANDS IN WARM SOAPY WATER THREE TIMES A DAY.
B. APPLY AN OIL-BASED OINTMENT TO THE AFFECTED AREAS
WHILE TRANSCRIBING A NEW PRESCRIPTION, THE NURSE NOTES THAT THE PRESCRIBED
DOSAGE IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LISTED IN THE DRUG
,REFERENCE GUIDE. WHICH CLIENT DATA SUPPORTS THE DOSAGE REDUCTION?
A. DECREASED SERUM CREATININE
B. INCREASED SERUM PROTEIN.
C. INCREASED LIVER ENZYMES.
D. PROLONGED PROTHROMBIN TIME.
C. INCREASED LIVER ENZYMES.
THE NURSE ASSIGNS AN UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL (UAP) TO TAKE THE VITAL SIGNS
OF A CLIENT WHO IS POSITIVE FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV). WHAT
PROTECTIVE APPAREL SHOULD THE NURSE COUNSEL THE UAP TO WEAR WHEN CARRYING
OUT THIS ASSIGNMENT?
A. NONE.
B. GOWN, GLOVES, MASK.
C. GLOVES AND MASK.
D. GLOVES ONLY.
A. NONE.
A CLIENT WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME REQUIRES A TRACHEOSTOMY AND MECHANICAL
VENTILATION DUE TO THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE. WHAT NURSING INTERVENTION IS
MOST HELPFUL IN AIDING THIS CLINET TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE STAFF AND FAMILY?
A. SPEAK SLOWLY AND DISNTINCTLY WHILE IN DIRECT VIEW OF THE CLIENT.
B. TEACH THE CLIENT TO POINT TO A LETTER BOARD WORD CHART TO COMMUNICATE NEEDS.
C. PROVIDE THE CLIENT WITH A PENCIL AND TABLET OF PAPER.
D. WITH THE CLIENT, DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF EYE BLINKS TO COMMUNICATE "YES" OR "NO."
D. WITH THE CLIENT, DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF EYE BLINKS TO COMMUNICATE "YES" OR "NO."
A CLIENT WITH PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (PUD) IS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
COMPLAINING OF SUDDEN SEVERE UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN. ASSESSMENT INDICATES AN
EXTREMELY TENDER AND RIGID ABDOMEN, B/P OF 90/60 MMHG, AND PULSE OF 110
BEAT/MINUTE. THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE SHOULD ANTICIPATE
,IMPLEMENTATION OF WHICH INTERVENTION?
A. PREPARING THE CLIENT FOR EMERGENCY ABDOMINAL SURGERY.
B. INFUSING THE PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR PROTONIX INTRAVENOUSLY.
C. ADMINISTERING AN ICED SALINE LAVAGE.
D. INSERTING A NASOGASTRIC TUBE TO DECOMPRESS THE BOWEL.
A. PREPARING THE CLIENT FOR EMERGENCY ABDOMINAL SURGERY.
WHICH FINDING SHOULD THE NURSE EXPECT A CLIENT TO EXHIBIT WHO IS NEWLY
DIAGNOSED WITH FIBROMYALGIA?
A. RECENT JOINT TRAUMA.
B. DISRUPTION IN SLEEP PATTERNS.
C. UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT GAIN.
D. ITCHING AND RASH.
B. DISRUPTION IN SLEEP PATTERNS.
A MALE CLIENT WITH DIABETES MELLITUS REPORTS THAT HE HAS HAD TROUBLE FOLLOWING
HIS DIET, AND THE RESULT OF HIS FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST IS 90 MG/DL. WHAT ACTION
SHOULD THE NURSE IMPLEMENT FIRST?
A. OBTAIN A URINE SPECIMEN FROM THE CLIENT TO TEST FOR KETONURIA.
B. ASSURE THE CLIENT THAT HIS DIABETES CONTROL IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
C. SCHEDULE THE CLIENT TO ATTEND CLASSES ABOUT DIET MANAGEMENT.
D. REVIEW THE FINDINGS OF HIS GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN TEST.
D. REVIEW THE FINDINGS OF HIS GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN TEST.
A MULTIPARA POSTPARTUM CLIENT COMPLAIN INTENSE CRAMPING WHILE BREASTFEEDING.
WHAT INSTRUCTION SHOULD THE NURSE PROVIDE TO THE CLIENT?
A. CHANGE THE INFANT'S POSITION DURING THE NEXT FEEDING.
B. VOID AND COMPLETELY EMPTY BLADDER BEFORE EACH FEEDING.
C. TAKE A PRESCRIBED ANALGESIC AN HOUR PRIOR TO BREASTFEEDING.
D. DRINK TWO GLASSES OF WATER 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO BREASTFEEDING.
, C. TAKE A PRESCRIBED ANALGESIC AN HOUR PRIOR TO BREASTFEEDING.
A NURSE IS PREPARING TO TEACH THE PARENTS OF A CHILD WHO HAD A SURGICAL REPAIR OF
MYELOMENINGOCELE HOW TO CHANGE AN OCCLUSIVE DRESSING ON THE CHILD'S BACK.
WHICH STATEMENT BY THE PARENTS INDICATES THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCEDURE?
A. "WE SHOULD RAPIDLY REMOVE THE TAPE FROM THE EDGES OF THE DRESSING WHEN
CHANGING IT."
B. "THE DRESSING SHOULD BE WETTED PERIODICALLY TO KEEP THE SKIN INCISION MOIST."
C. "THE DRESSING WILL HELP DRY THE SUTURES FOR EASE OF REMOVAL."
D. " THE PURPOSE OF THE DRESSING IS TO PROTECT THE INCISION FROM FECAL
CONTAMINATION."
D. " THE PURPOSE OF THE DRESSING IS TO PROTECT THE INCISION FROM FECAL
CONTAMINATION."
WHILE THE NURSE IS PREPARING TO ADMINISTER A HIGH VOLUME SALINE ENEMA TO A MALE
CLIENT, THE CLIENT APPEARS ANXIOUS AND STATES THAT HE IS NOT ABLE TO TURN ON HIS
RIGHT SIDE WITHOUT HELP BECAUSE OF A RECENT STROKE. WHAT ACTION SHOULD THE
NURSE TAKE FIRST?
A. REASSURE THE CLIENT THAT HE CAN REMAIN IN ANY POSITION OF COMFORT DURING THE
ENEMA.
B. ASSESS THE CLIENT'S ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY TURN TO HIS LEFT SIDE.
C. INSTRUCT THE CLIENT THAT THE PROCEDURE WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
D. ASK A UAP TO ASSIST THE CLIENT TO MAINTAIN A RIGHT LATERAL POSITION.
B. ASSESS THE CLIENT'S ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY TURN TO HIS LEFT SIDE.
THE NURSE NOTES THAT A CLIENT IS EXPERIENCING SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYACARDIA
(SVT). WHICH ACTION SHOULD THE NURSE IMPLEMENT?
A. ASSESS THE CLIENT'S HEART SOUNDS AND VITAL SIGNS.
B. CALL A CODE AND START CPR IMMEDIATELY.
C. PREPARE TO ADMINISTER ADENOSINE, AN ANTIDYSRHYTHMIC.
D. PLACE A CRASH CART AT THE CLIENT'S BEDSIDE.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
2026/2027 STUDY
AT A ROUTINE PRENATAL VISIT, A CLIENT AT 24-WEEKS GESTATION COMPLAINS OF NASAL
STUFFINESS AND OCCASIONAL NOSEBLEEDS. WHICH HORMONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE
CHANGES?
A. HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN.
B. PROGESTERONE.
C. RELAXIN.
D. ESTROGEN.
D. ESTROGEN.
A CLIENT WHO HAS LOCALIZED ECZEMATOUS ERUPTIONS ON B OTH HANDS IS DIAGNOSED AS
HAVING CONTACT DERMATITIS. WHAT INSTRUCTION SHOULD THE NURSE INCLUDE IN THIS
CLIENT'S DISCHARGE TEACHING PLAN?
A. WEAR LATEX GLOVES WHENEVER OUTDOORS.
B. APPLY AN OIL-BASED OINTMENT TO THE AFFECTED AREAS.
C. TAKE PRESCRIBED ANTIHISTAMINE NEAR BEDTIME.
D. SOAK HANDS IN WARM SOAPY WATER THREE TIMES A DAY.
B. APPLY AN OIL-BASED OINTMENT TO THE AFFECTED AREAS
WHILE TRANSCRIBING A NEW PRESCRIPTION, THE NURSE NOTES THAT THE PRESCRIBED
DOSAGE IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LISTED IN THE DRUG
,REFERENCE GUIDE. WHICH CLIENT DATA SUPPORTS THE DOSAGE REDUCTION?
A. DECREASED SERUM CREATININE
B. INCREASED SERUM PROTEIN.
C. INCREASED LIVER ENZYMES.
D. PROLONGED PROTHROMBIN TIME.
C. INCREASED LIVER ENZYMES.
THE NURSE ASSIGNS AN UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL (UAP) TO TAKE THE VITAL SIGNS
OF A CLIENT WHO IS POSITIVE FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV). WHAT
PROTECTIVE APPAREL SHOULD THE NURSE COUNSEL THE UAP TO WEAR WHEN CARRYING
OUT THIS ASSIGNMENT?
A. NONE.
B. GOWN, GLOVES, MASK.
C. GLOVES AND MASK.
D. GLOVES ONLY.
A. NONE.
A CLIENT WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME REQUIRES A TRACHEOSTOMY AND MECHANICAL
VENTILATION DUE TO THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE. WHAT NURSING INTERVENTION IS
MOST HELPFUL IN AIDING THIS CLINET TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE STAFF AND FAMILY?
A. SPEAK SLOWLY AND DISNTINCTLY WHILE IN DIRECT VIEW OF THE CLIENT.
B. TEACH THE CLIENT TO POINT TO A LETTER BOARD WORD CHART TO COMMUNICATE NEEDS.
C. PROVIDE THE CLIENT WITH A PENCIL AND TABLET OF PAPER.
D. WITH THE CLIENT, DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF EYE BLINKS TO COMMUNICATE "YES" OR "NO."
D. WITH THE CLIENT, DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF EYE BLINKS TO COMMUNICATE "YES" OR "NO."
A CLIENT WITH PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (PUD) IS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
COMPLAINING OF SUDDEN SEVERE UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN. ASSESSMENT INDICATES AN
EXTREMELY TENDER AND RIGID ABDOMEN, B/P OF 90/60 MMHG, AND PULSE OF 110
BEAT/MINUTE. THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE SHOULD ANTICIPATE
,IMPLEMENTATION OF WHICH INTERVENTION?
A. PREPARING THE CLIENT FOR EMERGENCY ABDOMINAL SURGERY.
B. INFUSING THE PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR PROTONIX INTRAVENOUSLY.
C. ADMINISTERING AN ICED SALINE LAVAGE.
D. INSERTING A NASOGASTRIC TUBE TO DECOMPRESS THE BOWEL.
A. PREPARING THE CLIENT FOR EMERGENCY ABDOMINAL SURGERY.
WHICH FINDING SHOULD THE NURSE EXPECT A CLIENT TO EXHIBIT WHO IS NEWLY
DIAGNOSED WITH FIBROMYALGIA?
A. RECENT JOINT TRAUMA.
B. DISRUPTION IN SLEEP PATTERNS.
C. UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT GAIN.
D. ITCHING AND RASH.
B. DISRUPTION IN SLEEP PATTERNS.
A MALE CLIENT WITH DIABETES MELLITUS REPORTS THAT HE HAS HAD TROUBLE FOLLOWING
HIS DIET, AND THE RESULT OF HIS FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST IS 90 MG/DL. WHAT ACTION
SHOULD THE NURSE IMPLEMENT FIRST?
A. OBTAIN A URINE SPECIMEN FROM THE CLIENT TO TEST FOR KETONURIA.
B. ASSURE THE CLIENT THAT HIS DIABETES CONTROL IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
C. SCHEDULE THE CLIENT TO ATTEND CLASSES ABOUT DIET MANAGEMENT.
D. REVIEW THE FINDINGS OF HIS GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN TEST.
D. REVIEW THE FINDINGS OF HIS GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN TEST.
A MULTIPARA POSTPARTUM CLIENT COMPLAIN INTENSE CRAMPING WHILE BREASTFEEDING.
WHAT INSTRUCTION SHOULD THE NURSE PROVIDE TO THE CLIENT?
A. CHANGE THE INFANT'S POSITION DURING THE NEXT FEEDING.
B. VOID AND COMPLETELY EMPTY BLADDER BEFORE EACH FEEDING.
C. TAKE A PRESCRIBED ANALGESIC AN HOUR PRIOR TO BREASTFEEDING.
D. DRINK TWO GLASSES OF WATER 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO BREASTFEEDING.
, C. TAKE A PRESCRIBED ANALGESIC AN HOUR PRIOR TO BREASTFEEDING.
A NURSE IS PREPARING TO TEACH THE PARENTS OF A CHILD WHO HAD A SURGICAL REPAIR OF
MYELOMENINGOCELE HOW TO CHANGE AN OCCLUSIVE DRESSING ON THE CHILD'S BACK.
WHICH STATEMENT BY THE PARENTS INDICATES THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCEDURE?
A. "WE SHOULD RAPIDLY REMOVE THE TAPE FROM THE EDGES OF THE DRESSING WHEN
CHANGING IT."
B. "THE DRESSING SHOULD BE WETTED PERIODICALLY TO KEEP THE SKIN INCISION MOIST."
C. "THE DRESSING WILL HELP DRY THE SUTURES FOR EASE OF REMOVAL."
D. " THE PURPOSE OF THE DRESSING IS TO PROTECT THE INCISION FROM FECAL
CONTAMINATION."
D. " THE PURPOSE OF THE DRESSING IS TO PROTECT THE INCISION FROM FECAL
CONTAMINATION."
WHILE THE NURSE IS PREPARING TO ADMINISTER A HIGH VOLUME SALINE ENEMA TO A MALE
CLIENT, THE CLIENT APPEARS ANXIOUS AND STATES THAT HE IS NOT ABLE TO TURN ON HIS
RIGHT SIDE WITHOUT HELP BECAUSE OF A RECENT STROKE. WHAT ACTION SHOULD THE
NURSE TAKE FIRST?
A. REASSURE THE CLIENT THAT HE CAN REMAIN IN ANY POSITION OF COMFORT DURING THE
ENEMA.
B. ASSESS THE CLIENT'S ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY TURN TO HIS LEFT SIDE.
C. INSTRUCT THE CLIENT THAT THE PROCEDURE WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
D. ASK A UAP TO ASSIST THE CLIENT TO MAINTAIN A RIGHT LATERAL POSITION.
B. ASSESS THE CLIENT'S ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY TURN TO HIS LEFT SIDE.
THE NURSE NOTES THAT A CLIENT IS EXPERIENCING SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYACARDIA
(SVT). WHICH ACTION SHOULD THE NURSE IMPLEMENT?
A. ASSESS THE CLIENT'S HEART SOUNDS AND VITAL SIGNS.
B. CALL A CODE AND START CPR IMMEDIATELY.
C. PREPARE TO ADMINISTER ADENOSINE, AN ANTIDYSRHYTHMIC.
D. PLACE A CRASH CART AT THE CLIENT'S BEDSIDE.
