LEADERSHIP HESI 2026/2027 PAST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Fraud - ✔✔Illegal activity and willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could
cause, or has caused, loss or harm to a person or property.
Ex) presenting false credentials for the purpose of entering nursing school, obtaining a
license, or obtaining employment (falsification of records).
Describing a myth regarding a treatment (telling a client that a placebo has no side
effect and will cure the disease, or telling a client that a treatment or dx test will not hurt,
when indeed pain in involved in the procedure)
✔✔Crime - ✔✔An act contrary to a criminal statute. Crimes are wrongs punishable by
the state and committed against the state, with intent usually present
✔✔Commission of a crime involves the following behaviors - ✔✔A person commits a
deed contrary to criminal law
A person omits an act when there is a legal obligation to perform such an act (refusing
to assist with the birth of a child if such a refusal results in injury to the child)
Criminal conspiracy occurs when two or more persons agree to commit a crime
Assisting or giving aid to a person in the commission of a crime makes that person
equally guilty of the offense
Ignoring a law is not usually adequate defense against commission of a crime
Assault is justified for self-defense
Search warrants are required before searching a person's property
It's a crime not to report suspected child abuse
✔✔Civil procedures - ✔✔Methods used to protect the rights of psychiatric clients
✔✔Voluntary admissions - ✔✔Client admits himself or herself to an institution for
treatment and retains civil rights
✔✔Involuntary admission - ✔✔Someone other than the client applies for the client's
admission to an institution. This requires certification by a health care provider that the
person is a danger to self or others.
Individuals have a right a legal hearing within a certain number of hours or days.
Most states limit commitment to 90 days. Extended commitment is usually no longer
than 1 year.
✔✔Emergency admission - ✔✔Any adult may apply for emergency detention of
another, however, medical or judicial approval is required to detain anyone for
observation, diagnosis and treatment for those clients whose behavior is indicative of
mental illness manifested in behavior that poses a danger to themselves or others.
, Length of admission time is based on state laws
A person held against his or her will can file a writ of habeas corpus to try to get the
court to hear the case and release the person
The court determines the sanity and alleged unlawful restraint of a person
✔✔Legal and civil rights of hospitalized clients - ✔✔The right to wear their own clothes
and to keep personal items and a reasonable amount of cash for small purchases
The right to have individual storage space for one's own use
The right to see visitors daily
The right to have reasonable access to a telephone and the opportunity to have private
conversations by telephone
The right to receive and send mail
The right to refuse shock treatments and lobotomy
Competency hearing: legal hearing that is held to determine a person's ability to make
responsible decisions about self, dependents, or property
✔✔Persons declared incompetent have the legal status of a minor and cannot -
✔✔Vote
Make contracts or wills
Drive a car
Sue or be sued
Hold a professional license
A guardian is appointed by the court for an incompetent person. Declaring a person
incompetent can be initiated by the state or the family
✔✔Insanity - ✔✔Legal term meaning the accused is not criminally responsible for the
unlawful act committed because he or she is mentally ill
✔✔Inability to stand trial - ✔✔Person accused of committing a crime is not mentally
capable of standing trial. He or she cannot understand the charge against himself or
herself, must be sent to the psychiatric unit until legally determined to be competent for
trial, once mentally fit must stand trial and serve any sentence if convicted
✔✔Patient identification - ✔✔Use at least two patient identifiers
Ask the client to tell you his or her name and date of birth whenever taking blood
samples, administering medications, or administering blood products
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Fraud - ✔✔Illegal activity and willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could
cause, or has caused, loss or harm to a person or property.
Ex) presenting false credentials for the purpose of entering nursing school, obtaining a
license, or obtaining employment (falsification of records).
Describing a myth regarding a treatment (telling a client that a placebo has no side
effect and will cure the disease, or telling a client that a treatment or dx test will not hurt,
when indeed pain in involved in the procedure)
✔✔Crime - ✔✔An act contrary to a criminal statute. Crimes are wrongs punishable by
the state and committed against the state, with intent usually present
✔✔Commission of a crime involves the following behaviors - ✔✔A person commits a
deed contrary to criminal law
A person omits an act when there is a legal obligation to perform such an act (refusing
to assist with the birth of a child if such a refusal results in injury to the child)
Criminal conspiracy occurs when two or more persons agree to commit a crime
Assisting or giving aid to a person in the commission of a crime makes that person
equally guilty of the offense
Ignoring a law is not usually adequate defense against commission of a crime
Assault is justified for self-defense
Search warrants are required before searching a person's property
It's a crime not to report suspected child abuse
✔✔Civil procedures - ✔✔Methods used to protect the rights of psychiatric clients
✔✔Voluntary admissions - ✔✔Client admits himself or herself to an institution for
treatment and retains civil rights
✔✔Involuntary admission - ✔✔Someone other than the client applies for the client's
admission to an institution. This requires certification by a health care provider that the
person is a danger to self or others.
Individuals have a right a legal hearing within a certain number of hours or days.
Most states limit commitment to 90 days. Extended commitment is usually no longer
than 1 year.
✔✔Emergency admission - ✔✔Any adult may apply for emergency detention of
another, however, medical or judicial approval is required to detain anyone for
observation, diagnosis and treatment for those clients whose behavior is indicative of
mental illness manifested in behavior that poses a danger to themselves or others.
, Length of admission time is based on state laws
A person held against his or her will can file a writ of habeas corpus to try to get the
court to hear the case and release the person
The court determines the sanity and alleged unlawful restraint of a person
✔✔Legal and civil rights of hospitalized clients - ✔✔The right to wear their own clothes
and to keep personal items and a reasonable amount of cash for small purchases
The right to have individual storage space for one's own use
The right to see visitors daily
The right to have reasonable access to a telephone and the opportunity to have private
conversations by telephone
The right to receive and send mail
The right to refuse shock treatments and lobotomy
Competency hearing: legal hearing that is held to determine a person's ability to make
responsible decisions about self, dependents, or property
✔✔Persons declared incompetent have the legal status of a minor and cannot -
✔✔Vote
Make contracts or wills
Drive a car
Sue or be sued
Hold a professional license
A guardian is appointed by the court for an incompetent person. Declaring a person
incompetent can be initiated by the state or the family
✔✔Insanity - ✔✔Legal term meaning the accused is not criminally responsible for the
unlawful act committed because he or she is mentally ill
✔✔Inability to stand trial - ✔✔Person accused of committing a crime is not mentally
capable of standing trial. He or she cannot understand the charge against himself or
herself, must be sent to the psychiatric unit until legally determined to be competent for
trial, once mentally fit must stand trial and serve any sentence if convicted
✔✔Patient identification - ✔✔Use at least two patient identifiers
Ask the client to tell you his or her name and date of birth whenever taking blood
samples, administering medications, or administering blood products
