PN HESI
1. Thyroidectomy patient with hoarse voice: Tell the charge nurse
2.What would you expect with a patient with hip replacement cast?:
Decreased HGB
3.If you are taking out the NG tube and your patient starts gagging, what
would you do?: Continue removing the NG tube
4. Something with a chamber of 15mL: Choose the option to add 5mL to
make it 20mL
5. Nurse that has four patients: Pick the patient trying to get up (NOT liver
biopsy patient)
6. Know where the injection site is on the ass: Side top, where the dimple is
7. Patient wants to be DNR: Tell the physician of the clients wishes
8. Parkinsons: Give levodopa
9. Patient comes in with TB, UTI, nurse looks at prescription and patient
complains of tinnitus, which drugs are you going to question?:
Gentamicin
10.Foods that contain Vitamin K SATA: Spinach & broccoli
11.Listening to the sounds of the lungs: Give albuterol
12. Cleaning wound that has a drain, how does the PN cleanse that wound: -
1/4
, Cleaning from the most drainage to the least
13.Husband of a patient is screaming, what stage is he experiencing?:
Anger
14.Coumadin question that is increasing: Just administer the next dose-
5mg.
Rationale: It says in the doctors order to give 2mg on the first day on 5
on the rest. Don't get confused with Heparin's INR which will show that
it's increasing because thats normal
15.Incentive spirometer that shows they need more teaching: Patient who
is blowing INTO it
16.Catheter question about vulture sensitivity: Use sterile syringe and get
urine from the port near the catheter
17.Thrombocytopenic patient: Move all clutter out of the environment
18.Correct way to inject insulin (in order): Sit the client up right, clean
with swab, pinch, release, and then inject
19.Newborn baby, why is there yellow drainage?: they get antibiotic eye
drops when they are first born
20.Thyroid patient receiving synthroid (Levothyroxine): Monitor for
2/4
1. Thyroidectomy patient with hoarse voice: Tell the charge nurse
2.What would you expect with a patient with hip replacement cast?:
Decreased HGB
3.If you are taking out the NG tube and your patient starts gagging, what
would you do?: Continue removing the NG tube
4. Something with a chamber of 15mL: Choose the option to add 5mL to
make it 20mL
5. Nurse that has four patients: Pick the patient trying to get up (NOT liver
biopsy patient)
6. Know where the injection site is on the ass: Side top, where the dimple is
7. Patient wants to be DNR: Tell the physician of the clients wishes
8. Parkinsons: Give levodopa
9. Patient comes in with TB, UTI, nurse looks at prescription and patient
complains of tinnitus, which drugs are you going to question?:
Gentamicin
10.Foods that contain Vitamin K SATA: Spinach & broccoli
11.Listening to the sounds of the lungs: Give albuterol
12. Cleaning wound that has a drain, how does the PN cleanse that wound: -
1/4
, Cleaning from the most drainage to the least
13.Husband of a patient is screaming, what stage is he experiencing?:
Anger
14.Coumadin question that is increasing: Just administer the next dose-
5mg.
Rationale: It says in the doctors order to give 2mg on the first day on 5
on the rest. Don't get confused with Heparin's INR which will show that
it's increasing because thats normal
15.Incentive spirometer that shows they need more teaching: Patient who
is blowing INTO it
16.Catheter question about vulture sensitivity: Use sterile syringe and get
urine from the port near the catheter
17.Thrombocytopenic patient: Move all clutter out of the environment
18.Correct way to inject insulin (in order): Sit the client up right, clean
with swab, pinch, release, and then inject
19.Newborn baby, why is there yellow drainage?: they get antibiotic eye
drops when they are first born
20.Thyroid patient receiving synthroid (Levothyroxine): Monitor for
2/4
