HESI VN COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULLY
VERIFIED
●● What color ink should be used when documenting on paper
Answer: Permanent black ink
●● What is the correct order for vital signs
Answer: T, P, RR, BP, extremity, pt position, SPO2
●● What should be at the top of every page of documentation
Answer: Patient initials and date and time of entry
●● What should be at the end of every documentation entry
Answer: Interviewers signature
●● How do you correct a mistake in documentation
Answer: 1) Draw a single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
,●● Documentation tips
Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
●● Normal oral temp range
Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
●● Febrile
Answer: With fever
●● Afebrile
Answer: Without fever
●● Hyperthermia symptoms
Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
●● Most common and easy method of assessing temperature
Answer: Oral
,●● What methods of assessing temperature reflects core temperature
Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
●● What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature
Answer: axillary
●● Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature readings
Answer: Patients with increased HR
●● Preferred method of taking infants and small children's temperatures
Answer: Rectal
●● Pulse deficit
Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
●● Pulse amplitude scale
Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
, 2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
●● Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
●● Normal heart rate in resting adult
Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
●● Well trained athletes heart rate
Answer: Heart rate less than 60 bpm
●● When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm
Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
●● Eupnea
Answer: Normal RR, rhythm and depth
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULLY
VERIFIED
●● What color ink should be used when documenting on paper
Answer: Permanent black ink
●● What is the correct order for vital signs
Answer: T, P, RR, BP, extremity, pt position, SPO2
●● What should be at the top of every page of documentation
Answer: Patient initials and date and time of entry
●● What should be at the end of every documentation entry
Answer: Interviewers signature
●● How do you correct a mistake in documentation
Answer: 1) Draw a single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
,●● Documentation tips
Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
●● Normal oral temp range
Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
●● Febrile
Answer: With fever
●● Afebrile
Answer: Without fever
●● Hyperthermia symptoms
Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
●● Most common and easy method of assessing temperature
Answer: Oral
,●● What methods of assessing temperature reflects core temperature
Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
●● What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature
Answer: axillary
●● Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature readings
Answer: Patients with increased HR
●● Preferred method of taking infants and small children's temperatures
Answer: Rectal
●● Pulse deficit
Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
●● Pulse amplitude scale
Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
, 2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
●● Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
●● Normal heart rate in resting adult
Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
●● Well trained athletes heart rate
Answer: Heart rate less than 60 bpm
●● When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm
Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
●● Eupnea
Answer: Normal RR, rhythm and depth
