HESI COMMUNITY HEALTH [2026] | COMPLETE ANSWER
GUIDE | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |
• A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a
marathon run. He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a
flavored sports drink. What action should the nurse implement first?
A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink -✓✓ANSWER: D. Give the runner
another pint of fluids to drink
• An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one week
following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home environment is
most important for the home health nurse to implement?
A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
D. Leave motion activated light in the living room -✓✓ANSWER: C. Ensure that an
elevated toilet seat is installed
• The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client
should the nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
A. 30 year old with endometriosis
,B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
C. 50 year old perimenopause
D. 20 year old with gonorrhea -✓✓ANSWER: D. A 20 year old with gonorrhea
• The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style
choices. Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes -✓✓ANSWER: A.
Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
• The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who will
start kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students have
only received on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which intervention
should the nurse implement?
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should
be administered prior to entering first grade
B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that MMR
vaccine series must be completed
C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is
due at eh start of the school year
D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the
benefits of immunizing their children -✓✓ANSWER: B. Send notices home with
,the children on the first day of class advising that MMR vaccine series must be
completed
• A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community
clinic. He is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant. He
smokes at least one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which
secondary prevention measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
C. Smoking cessation
D. Blood pressure and lipid screening -✓✓ANSWER: D. Blood pressure and lipid
screening
• A male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with normal
limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135 pound and
his body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the nurse obtain first?
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
C. Use of performance enhancing drugs
D. Recent exposure to allergens -✓✓ANSWER: B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
• The nurse is planning to implement a health education program on breast
screening for Hispanic women at a community center. Which component of the
teaching plan best provides culturally competent care?
, A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish languages
B. Ask a Hispanic breast cancer survivor to present the educational class
C. Include treatment modalities with survival statistics for Hispanic women
D. Design flyers that target Hispanic women encouraging their attendance -
✓✓ANSWER: A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish
• The nurse is planning a health education program for 10-year old. Which setting
is most likely to increase the preadolescent's participation in the program?
A. The school classroom
B. Community center
C. Home of one of the children
D. A local place of worship -✓✓ANSWER: A. The school classroom
• The public health nurse receives grant funding to implement primary prevention
strategies for migrant farm workers and their families. Which action should the
nurse plan to include?
A. Teach a class in providing first aid for heat exhaustion
B. Organize free community wide tuberculosis screenings
C. Distribute brochures on measures to avoid pesticide exposure
D. Ask a physical therapist to speak about managing low back pain -✓✓ANSWER:
C. Distribute brochures on measures to avoid pesticide exposure
GUIDE | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |
• A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a
marathon run. He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a
flavored sports drink. What action should the nurse implement first?
A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink -✓✓ANSWER: D. Give the runner
another pint of fluids to drink
• An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one week
following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home environment is
most important for the home health nurse to implement?
A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
D. Leave motion activated light in the living room -✓✓ANSWER: C. Ensure that an
elevated toilet seat is installed
• The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client
should the nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
A. 30 year old with endometriosis
,B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
C. 50 year old perimenopause
D. 20 year old with gonorrhea -✓✓ANSWER: D. A 20 year old with gonorrhea
• The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style
choices. Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes -✓✓ANSWER: A.
Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
• The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who will
start kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students have
only received on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which intervention
should the nurse implement?
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should
be administered prior to entering first grade
B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that MMR
vaccine series must be completed
C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is
due at eh start of the school year
D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the
benefits of immunizing their children -✓✓ANSWER: B. Send notices home with
,the children on the first day of class advising that MMR vaccine series must be
completed
• A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community
clinic. He is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant. He
smokes at least one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which
secondary prevention measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
C. Smoking cessation
D. Blood pressure and lipid screening -✓✓ANSWER: D. Blood pressure and lipid
screening
• A male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with normal
limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135 pound and
his body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the nurse obtain first?
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
C. Use of performance enhancing drugs
D. Recent exposure to allergens -✓✓ANSWER: B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
• The nurse is planning to implement a health education program on breast
screening for Hispanic women at a community center. Which component of the
teaching plan best provides culturally competent care?
, A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish languages
B. Ask a Hispanic breast cancer survivor to present the educational class
C. Include treatment modalities with survival statistics for Hispanic women
D. Design flyers that target Hispanic women encouraging their attendance -
✓✓ANSWER: A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish
• The nurse is planning a health education program for 10-year old. Which setting
is most likely to increase the preadolescent's participation in the program?
A. The school classroom
B. Community center
C. Home of one of the children
D. A local place of worship -✓✓ANSWER: A. The school classroom
• The public health nurse receives grant funding to implement primary prevention
strategies for migrant farm workers and their families. Which action should the
nurse plan to include?
A. Teach a class in providing first aid for heat exhaustion
B. Organize free community wide tuberculosis screenings
C. Distribute brochures on measures to avoid pesticide exposure
D. Ask a physical therapist to speak about managing low back pain -✓✓ANSWER:
C. Distribute brochures on measures to avoid pesticide exposure
