MED SURG RN HESI EXIT VERSION ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

ive cough with thickened tenacious mucous, and the inability to walk up a flight of stairs without experiencing breathlessness. Which action is most important for the nurse to instruct the client about self-care? - ANSWERS,Increase the daily intake of oral fluids to liquefy secretions A cardiac catherterization of a client with heart disease indicates the following blockages: 95% proximal left anterior descending (LAD), 99% proximal circumflex, and ? % proximal right coronary artery (RCA). The client later asks the nurse "what does all this mean for me?" What information 2 should the nurse provide? - ANSWERS,Three main arteries have major blockages, with only 1 to 5% of blood flow getting through to the heart muscle. A client who weighs 175 pounds is receiving IV bolus dose of heparin 80 units/kg. The heparin is available in a 2 ml vial, labeled 10,000 units/ml. How many ml should the nurse administer? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.) - ANSWERS,0.6 ml What information should the nurse include in the teaching plan of a client diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)? - ANSWERS,Minimize symptoms by wearing loose, comfortable clothing The nurse is caring for a client with a lower left lobe pulmonary abscess. Which position should the nurse instruct the client to maintain? - ANSWERS,left lateral A client with cholelithiasis has a gallstone lodged in the common bile duct and is unable to eat or drink without becoming nauseated and vomiting. Which finding should the nurse report to the healthcare provider. - ANSWERS,Yellow sclera While caring for a client with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the nurse performs a neurological assessment every four hours. Which assessment finding warrants immediate intervention by the nurse? - ANSWERS,Weakened cough effort The nurse is providing preoperative education for a Jewish client scheduled to receive a xenograft graft to promote burn healing. Which information should the nurse provide this client? - ANSWERS,The xenograft is taken from nonhuman sources