HESI RN EXIT Q&A
The nurse is assessing a male client with a B) Hydrocortisone 100 mg IV every 6 hours until systolic BP reaches 110 mmHg
2025 HESI RN Exit Exam (V1) history of Addison's disease. The client has flu-
like symptoms and nausea with vomiting over
Retake Actual Qs & Ans to Pass the past week. The client's spouse reports that
the he acted confused and was extremely weak
the Exam, 100% Verified when he awoke this morning. The client is
febrile and has tachycardia. The healthcare
provider diagnoses acute adrenal insufficiency.
Which medication will most likely be prescribed?
A male client with a history of mitral valve A) Monitor cardiac rhythm via telemetry.
prolapse is admitted because of fever and B) Report changes in pre-existing murmurs.
dyspnea on exertion, and is diagnosed with acute
E) Initiate contact transmission precautions.
infective endocarditis. During the admission
assessment, the nurse observes multiple areas of
petechiae on the client's skin. Which
interventions should the nurse include in the
client's plan of care? (SATA)
The nurse is planning an educational session for C) Position the infant in a supine position while sleeping
new parents on ways to prevent sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS). Which information is
most important to provide parents of newborns
and infants?
A mother runs into the emergency department B) Determine type of chemical exposure
with a toddler in her arms and tells the nurse
that her child got into some cleaning products.
The healthcare provider prescribes A) Hypertension
The child smells of chemicals on hands, face,
methylergonovine maleate for a postpartum
and on the front of the child's clothes. After
client with uterine atony. What finding should
ensuring the airway is patent, what action
indicate to the nurse to withhold the next dose
should the nurse implement first?
of the medication?
The nurse notes that an older client has a moist B) Request a consultant to confirm dysphagia.
Which conditions are most likely to respond to B) Allergic rhinitis cough that increases in severity during and
treatment with antihistamines? select all that after meals. Based on this finding, which action
D) Contact dermatitis
apply. should the nurse take?
An older client's daughter calls the home health A) Ask if the mother is experiencing any pain with urination.
nurse and reports that her mother has become C) Instruct the daughter to check her mother's temperature. A multiparous client who delivered her infant 3 D) Review the use of sitz bath equipment with the client.
forgetful and is very confused at night. The
E) Determine if the mother has recently experienced a fall. hours ago asks the nurse if she can take a warm
daughter states that her mother's behavior
changed suddenly a few days ago and is now sitz bath because it helped reduce perineal pain
getting worse. Which actions should the nurse after her last delivery.
take? select all that apply. What action should the nurse implement?
When the parents of a 6-year-old boy with a B) Assure the parents that a terminal diagnosis was inevitable.
brain tumor are told that his condition is
terminal, the mother shouts at the father, "This
is your fault! It never would have happened if
we had sought treatment sooner!" Which
intervention is BEST for the nurse to implement?
, The wife of a newly-diagnosed client with D) Tell the wife that her husband's neurologist would know more about alternative treatments to cure
Parkinson's disease asks the nurse if alternative Parkinsonism.
or complimentary medical therapies might cure
the disease. Which response should the nurse
provide?
The nurse is assessing a male client with a B) Hydrocortisone 100 mg IV every 6 hours until systolic BP reaches 110 mmHg
2025 HESI RN Exit Exam (V1) history of Addison's disease. The client has flu-
like symptoms and nausea with vomiting over
Retake Actual Qs & Ans to Pass the past week. The client's spouse reports that
the he acted confused and was extremely weak
the Exam, 100% Verified when he awoke this morning. The client is
febrile and has tachycardia. The healthcare
provider diagnoses acute adrenal insufficiency.
Which medication will most likely be prescribed?
A male client with a history of mitral valve A) Monitor cardiac rhythm via telemetry.
prolapse is admitted because of fever and B) Report changes in pre-existing murmurs.
dyspnea on exertion, and is diagnosed with acute
E) Initiate contact transmission precautions.
infective endocarditis. During the admission
assessment, the nurse observes multiple areas of
petechiae on the client's skin. Which
interventions should the nurse include in the
client's plan of care? (SATA)
The nurse is planning an educational session for C) Position the infant in a supine position while sleeping
new parents on ways to prevent sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS). Which information is
most important to provide parents of newborns
and infants?
A mother runs into the emergency department B) Determine type of chemical exposure
with a toddler in her arms and tells the nurse
that her child got into some cleaning products.
The healthcare provider prescribes A) Hypertension
The child smells of chemicals on hands, face,
methylergonovine maleate for a postpartum
and on the front of the child's clothes. After
client with uterine atony. What finding should
ensuring the airway is patent, what action
indicate to the nurse to withhold the next dose
should the nurse implement first?
of the medication?
The nurse notes that an older client has a moist B) Request a consultant to confirm dysphagia.
Which conditions are most likely to respond to B) Allergic rhinitis cough that increases in severity during and
treatment with antihistamines? select all that after meals. Based on this finding, which action
D) Contact dermatitis
apply. should the nurse take?
An older client's daughter calls the home health A) Ask if the mother is experiencing any pain with urination.
nurse and reports that her mother has become C) Instruct the daughter to check her mother's temperature. A multiparous client who delivered her infant 3 D) Review the use of sitz bath equipment with the client.
forgetful and is very confused at night. The
E) Determine if the mother has recently experienced a fall. hours ago asks the nurse if she can take a warm
daughter states that her mother's behavior
changed suddenly a few days ago and is now sitz bath because it helped reduce perineal pain
getting worse. Which actions should the nurse after her last delivery.
take? select all that apply. What action should the nurse implement?
When the parents of a 6-year-old boy with a B) Assure the parents that a terminal diagnosis was inevitable.
brain tumor are told that his condition is
terminal, the mother shouts at the father, "This
is your fault! It never would have happened if
we had sought treatment sooner!" Which
intervention is BEST for the nurse to implement?
, The wife of a newly-diagnosed client with D) Tell the wife that her husband's neurologist would know more about alternative treatments to cure
Parkinson's disease asks the nurse if alternative Parkinsonism.
or complimentary medical therapies might cure
the disease. Which response should the nurse
provide?
