HESI MID CURRICULAR 64 Questions
and Answers 2023/2024
what does RN do after seizure - ✔️- check for apnea episodes
pt walking w/ a walk with elbows flexed - ✔️this is normal, proceed
pt w/ diabetes, HTN, who has a severe HA and blurred vission what to assess - ✔️-
asess BP
low K+ [2.5] - ✔️- check apical pulse
RN cannot get PMI, what to do - ✔️- turn to left side
pt on levothyroxine, has goiter.. what to assess for - ✔️- check for hyperthyroidism
symptoms [heart palpitations]
medication dosage reduced, reason? - ✔️- level is 2.5 [too elevated]
PUD pt, has heartburn, will give protonix and carafate.. RN action? - ✔️proceed
normally
pt with cholelithiasis, jaundice, and bile duct obstruction-- what to inform the MD - ✔️-
distended rigid abd
pt w/ sliding hernia, what should RN do - ✔️- prevent reflux
2 different patients experiencing pain, what to do? - ✔️- assess level of pain
priority meds during AM shift - ✔️- abx
what to report immediately - ✔️- cyanosis of nail beds
suctioning nasopharyx, initial O2 is 94, 94% after suctioning what to do? - ✔️-
continue suctioning
insert flowmeter into wall, hear a loud hissing noise, RN action - ✔️reinsert flowmeter
because there is an airleak
parkinsons, mask like face- what else to assess? - ✔️-dysphagua
right sided strok, what to notify about neuro symptoms - ✔️- if pupils are ipsilaterlas
left ventricular HF, what to assess - ✔️- basilar crackles in lower lobes
vesicular breath sounds at base of lungs - ✔️- this is normal, continue with
assessment
and Answers 2023/2024
what does RN do after seizure - ✔️- check for apnea episodes
pt walking w/ a walk with elbows flexed - ✔️this is normal, proceed
pt w/ diabetes, HTN, who has a severe HA and blurred vission what to assess - ✔️-
asess BP
low K+ [2.5] - ✔️- check apical pulse
RN cannot get PMI, what to do - ✔️- turn to left side
pt on levothyroxine, has goiter.. what to assess for - ✔️- check for hyperthyroidism
symptoms [heart palpitations]
medication dosage reduced, reason? - ✔️- level is 2.5 [too elevated]
PUD pt, has heartburn, will give protonix and carafate.. RN action? - ✔️proceed
normally
pt with cholelithiasis, jaundice, and bile duct obstruction-- what to inform the MD - ✔️-
distended rigid abd
pt w/ sliding hernia, what should RN do - ✔️- prevent reflux
2 different patients experiencing pain, what to do? - ✔️- assess level of pain
priority meds during AM shift - ✔️- abx
what to report immediately - ✔️- cyanosis of nail beds
suctioning nasopharyx, initial O2 is 94, 94% after suctioning what to do? - ✔️-
continue suctioning
insert flowmeter into wall, hear a loud hissing noise, RN action - ✔️reinsert flowmeter
because there is an airleak
parkinsons, mask like face- what else to assess? - ✔️-dysphagua
right sided strok, what to notify about neuro symptoms - ✔️- if pupils are ipsilaterlas
left ventricular HF, what to assess - ✔️- basilar crackles in lower lobes
vesicular breath sounds at base of lungs - ✔️- this is normal, continue with
assessment
