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BSN 366
BSN 366 HESI RN EXIT EXAM (2025/ 2026
UPDATE) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. The nurse is teaching staff in a long-term facility home the
principles of caring for clients with essential hypertension. Which
comment should the nurse include in the in service presentation
about the care of clients with hypertension?: "Frequent blood
pressure checks, including readings taken by automated machines,
are recommended."
2. The nurse is planning to conduct nutritional assessments
and diet teaching to clients at a family health clinic. Which
individual has the greatest nutritional and energy demands?: A
pregnant woman.
3. Which nurse follows a client from admission through
discharge or resolution of illness and coordinates the client's
care between healthcare providers?: Case manager.
BSN 366
,4. A dyspneic male client refuses to wear an oxygen face mask
because he states it is "smothering" him. What oxygen delivery
system is best for this client?: Nasal cannula.
5. What nursing delivery of care provides the nurse to plan and
direct care of a group of clients over a 24-hour period?: Primary
nursing.
6. A nurse is answering questions about breast cancer at a
hospital-sponsored community health fair. A woman asks the
nurse to explain the use of tamoxifen (Nolvadex). Which response
should the nurse provide?: This anti-estrogen drug inhibits
malignancy growth.
7. The clinic nurse identifies an elevation in the results of the
triple marker screening test for a client who is in the first
trimester of pregnancy. Which action should the nurse prepare
the client for?: Counseling about possible fetal defects.
Securing permission for pregnancy termination.
Counselling about
, 8. Prenatal diagnostic testing is recommended for a couple
expecting their first child who have a family history of congenital
disorders. The couple tells the nurse that they are opposed to
abortion for religious reasons. Which concept should the nurse
consider when responding to this couple?: Diagnostic testing may
indicate a fetal problem that could be treated prior to delivery.
9. The school nurse is reviewing health risks associated with
extracurricular activities of grade-school children. Regular
participation in which activity places the child at highest risk for
developing external otitis?: Swimming lessons in an indoor pool.
10. A low potassium diet is prescribed for a client. What foods
should the nurse teach this client to avoid?: Dried prunes.
11. Prior to the discharge of a healthy 4-day-old newborn, the
nurse is collecting the blood specimens to screen for
phenylketonuria (PKU), the Guthrie inhibition assay blood test.
What action should the nurse implement to ensure the validity of
the test?: Assess the newborn's feeding patterns of formula or breast
milk which has "come in."
BSN 366
BSN 366 HESI RN EXIT EXAM (2025/ 2026
UPDATE) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. The nurse is teaching staff in a long-term facility home the
principles of caring for clients with essential hypertension. Which
comment should the nurse include in the in service presentation
about the care of clients with hypertension?: "Frequent blood
pressure checks, including readings taken by automated machines,
are recommended."
2. The nurse is planning to conduct nutritional assessments
and diet teaching to clients at a family health clinic. Which
individual has the greatest nutritional and energy demands?: A
pregnant woman.
3. Which nurse follows a client from admission through
discharge or resolution of illness and coordinates the client's
care between healthcare providers?: Case manager.
BSN 366
,4. A dyspneic male client refuses to wear an oxygen face mask
because he states it is "smothering" him. What oxygen delivery
system is best for this client?: Nasal cannula.
5. What nursing delivery of care provides the nurse to plan and
direct care of a group of clients over a 24-hour period?: Primary
nursing.
6. A nurse is answering questions about breast cancer at a
hospital-sponsored community health fair. A woman asks the
nurse to explain the use of tamoxifen (Nolvadex). Which response
should the nurse provide?: This anti-estrogen drug inhibits
malignancy growth.
7. The clinic nurse identifies an elevation in the results of the
triple marker screening test for a client who is in the first
trimester of pregnancy. Which action should the nurse prepare
the client for?: Counseling about possible fetal defects.
Securing permission for pregnancy termination.
Counselling about
, 8. Prenatal diagnostic testing is recommended for a couple
expecting their first child who have a family history of congenital
disorders. The couple tells the nurse that they are opposed to
abortion for religious reasons. Which concept should the nurse
consider when responding to this couple?: Diagnostic testing may
indicate a fetal problem that could be treated prior to delivery.
9. The school nurse is reviewing health risks associated with
extracurricular activities of grade-school children. Regular
participation in which activity places the child at highest risk for
developing external otitis?: Swimming lessons in an indoor pool.
10. A low potassium diet is prescribed for a client. What foods
should the nurse teach this client to avoid?: Dried prunes.
11. Prior to the discharge of a healthy 4-day-old newborn, the
nurse is collecting the blood specimens to screen for
phenylketonuria (PKU), the Guthrie inhibition assay blood test.
What action should the nurse implement to ensure the validity of
the test?: Assess the newborn's feeding patterns of formula or breast
milk which has "come in."
