2023 HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT NURSING RN NGN Questions with answers
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1. During a mental status examination, the nurse wants to assess a patient’s affect. The nurse should ask
the patient which question?
“How do you feel today?”
2. The nurse is planning to assess new memory with a patient. The best way for the nurse to do this
would be to:
Give him the Four Unrelated Words Test.
3. A 45-year-old woman is at the clinic for a mental status assessment. In giving her the Four Unrelated
Words Test, the nurse would be concerned if she could not four unrelated words .
Recall; after a 30-minute delay
4. During a mental status assessment, which question by the nurse would best assess a person’s
judgment?
“Tell me what you plan to do once you are discharged from the hospital.”
5. Which of these individuals would the nurse consider at highest risk for a suicide attempt?
Older adult man who tells the nurse that he is going to “join his wife in heaven” tomorrow and
plans to use a gun
6. When reviewing the use of alcohol by older adults, the nurse notes that older adults have several
characteristics that can increase the risk of alcohol use. Which would increase the bioavailability of
alcohol in the blood for longer periods in the older adult?
Decreased liver and kidney functioning
7. During an assessment, the nurse asks a female patient, “How many alcoholic drinks do you have a
week?” Which answer by the patient would indicate at-risk drinking?
“I have seven
or 2023 HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT NURSING RN NGN eight drinks
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never get
drunk.”
8. The
nurse is
asking an
adolescent
about illicit substance abuse. The adolescent answers, “Yes, I’veused marijuana at parties with my
friends.” What is the next question the nurse should ask?
“When was the last time you used marijuana?”
9. The nurse has completed an assessment on a patient who came to the clinic for a leg injury. As a result
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of the assessment, the nurse has determined that the patient has at-risk alcohol use. Which action by
the nurse is most appropriate at this time?
State, “You are drinking more than is medically safe. I strongly recommend that you quitdrinking,
and I’m willing to help you.”