Hesi PN Practice Exam and Questions with ans 2025
The nurse is planning care for the a client who has A. Encourage the client to eat foods high in protein
fourth degree midline laceration that occurred during B. Assess the client with daily range of motion exercise
vaginal delivery of an 8 pound 10 ounce infant. What C. Teach the family how to perform sterile wound care
intervention has the highest priority? D.Ensure the IV fluids are administered as prescribed
A. Administer Prescribed stool softner
B. Administer prescribed PRN sleep medications.
C. Encourage breastfeeding to promote uterine
involution
D.Encourage use of prescribed analgesic perineal
sprays.
The nurse is palpating the right upper hypochondriac
region of the abdomen of a client. What organ lies
underneath this area.
A. Duodenum
B. Gastric Pylorus
C. Liver
D.Spleen
A client comes to the antepartal clinic and tells the
nurse that she is 6 weeks pregnant. Which sign is she
most likely to report?
A. Decreased sexual libido
B. Amenorrhea
C. Quickening
D.Nocturia
A client's daughter phones the charge nurse to report
that the night nurse did not provide good care for her
mother. What re- sponse should the nurse make?
A. Ask for a description of what happened during the
night
B.Tell the daughter to talk to the unit's nurse manager
C. Reassure the daughter that the mother will get
better care.
D.Explain that all the staff are doing the best they can.
A hosptitalized toddler who is recovering from a sickle
cell crisis holds a toy and say's "mine". According to
Erikson's theory of psy- chosocial development, this
child's behavior is a demonstration of which
developmental stage?
A. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt.
B. Industry vs. Inferiority
C. intiative vs. Guilt
D.Trust vs. Mistrust
Which action should the nurse implement in caring for
a client following an electroencephalogram (EEG)?
A. Monitor the client's vital signs q4h
B. Assess for sensation in the client's lower extremities
C. Instruct the client to maintain bed rest for eight
hours
D.Wash any paste from the client's hair and scalp
The nurse is caring for a 75- year-old male client who is
beginning to form a decubitus ulcer at the coccyx.
Which intervention will be most helpfull in preventing
further development of the decubitus?
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A. Ask for a description of what happened during the
night
A. Administer Prescribed stool softner
A. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt.
C. Liver
D. Wash any paste from the client's hair and scalp
B Amenorrhea
A. Encourage the client to eat foods high in protein
What is the homeostatic cellular transport mechanism
that moves water from a hypotonic to a hypertonic fluid
space?
C. Osmosis
A. Filtration
B. Diffusion
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C. Osmosis C. Observe a client rotate the subcutaneous site for an
D. Active transport insulin pump
D.Monitor a continous narcotic epidural for a
The nurse is taking blood presure of a client admitted
postoperative client
with a possible myocardial infarction. When taking the
client's BP at the brachial artery, the nurse should place
the client's arm in which position?
A. Slightly above the level of the heart
B. At the level of the heart
C. At the level of comfort for the client
D.Below the level of the heart
What are the final parameters that produce blood
pressure? (se- lect all that apply)
A. Heart rate
B. Stroke volume
C. Peripheral resistance
D.Neuroendocring hormones
E. Muscle tone
A client begins an antidepressant drug during the
second day of hospitalization. Which assessment is most
important for the nurse to include in this client's plan of
care while the client is taking the antidepressant?
A. Appetite
B. Mood
C. Withdrawl
D.Energy level
Based on the documentation in the medical record,
which action should the nurse implement next?
A. Give the rubella vaccine subcutaneously
B. Observe the mother breastfeeding her infant
C. Call the nursery for the infant's blodd type result
D.Administer Vicodin one tablet for pain
A client is adminitted to the hosptial with a diagnosis of
Pneu- monia. Which intervetion should the nurse
implement to prevent complications associated with
Pneumonia?
A. Enourage mobilization and ambulation
B. Encourage energy conservation with complete bed
rest
C. Provide humidified oxygen per nasal cannula
D.Restrict PO and intravenous fluids
The practical nurse is preparing to administer a
prescription for cefazolin (kefzol) 600 mg IM every 6
hours. The available vial is labeled, "Cefazolin (Kefzol)
1 gram and the instrutions for re-
consittution, "For IM use add 2ml sterile water for
injection. Total volume after reconstruction = 2.5 ml.
"when reconstituded, how many milligrams are in each
mil of solutions (Enter numeric value only)
Which nursing activity is within the scope of practice for
the practical nurse?
A. Complete an admission assessment in the normal
newborn nursery.
B. Discontinue a central venous catheter that has
become dis- lodged
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B. At the level of the heart
A. Heart rate
B. Stroke volume
C. Peripheral resistance
B. Mood
A. Give the rubella vaccine subcutaneously
A. Enourage mobilization and ambulation
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C. Observe a client rotate the subcutaneous site for
an insulin pump
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The nurse is planning care for the a client who has A. Encourage the client to eat foods high in protein
fourth degree midline laceration that occurred during B. Assess the client with daily range of motion exercise
vaginal delivery of an 8 pound 10 ounce infant. What C. Teach the family how to perform sterile wound care
intervention has the highest priority? D.Ensure the IV fluids are administered as prescribed
A. Administer Prescribed stool softner
B. Administer prescribed PRN sleep medications.
C. Encourage breastfeeding to promote uterine
involution
D.Encourage use of prescribed analgesic perineal
sprays.
The nurse is palpating the right upper hypochondriac
region of the abdomen of a client. What organ lies
underneath this area.
A. Duodenum
B. Gastric Pylorus
C. Liver
D.Spleen
A client comes to the antepartal clinic and tells the
nurse that she is 6 weeks pregnant. Which sign is she
most likely to report?
A. Decreased sexual libido
B. Amenorrhea
C. Quickening
D.Nocturia
A client's daughter phones the charge nurse to report
that the night nurse did not provide good care for her
mother. What re- sponse should the nurse make?
A. Ask for a description of what happened during the
night
B.Tell the daughter to talk to the unit's nurse manager
C. Reassure the daughter that the mother will get
better care.
D.Explain that all the staff are doing the best they can.
A hosptitalized toddler who is recovering from a sickle
cell crisis holds a toy and say's "mine". According to
Erikson's theory of psy- chosocial development, this
child's behavior is a demonstration of which
developmental stage?
A. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt.
B. Industry vs. Inferiority
C. intiative vs. Guilt
D.Trust vs. Mistrust
Which action should the nurse implement in caring for
a client following an electroencephalogram (EEG)?
A. Monitor the client's vital signs q4h
B. Assess for sensation in the client's lower extremities
C. Instruct the client to maintain bed rest for eight
hours
D.Wash any paste from the client's hair and scalp
The nurse is caring for a 75- year-old male client who is
beginning to form a decubitus ulcer at the coccyx.
Which intervention will be most helpfull in preventing
further development of the decubitus?
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, Hesi PN Practice Exam and Questions with ans 2025
A. Ask for a description of what happened during the
night
A. Administer Prescribed stool softner
A. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt.
C. Liver
D. Wash any paste from the client's hair and scalp
B Amenorrhea
A. Encourage the client to eat foods high in protein
What is the homeostatic cellular transport mechanism
that moves water from a hypotonic to a hypertonic fluid
space?
C. Osmosis
A. Filtration
B. Diffusion
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C. Osmosis C. Observe a client rotate the subcutaneous site for an
D. Active transport insulin pump
D.Monitor a continous narcotic epidural for a
The nurse is taking blood presure of a client admitted
postoperative client
with a possible myocardial infarction. When taking the
client's BP at the brachial artery, the nurse should place
the client's arm in which position?
A. Slightly above the level of the heart
B. At the level of the heart
C. At the level of comfort for the client
D.Below the level of the heart
What are the final parameters that produce blood
pressure? (se- lect all that apply)
A. Heart rate
B. Stroke volume
C. Peripheral resistance
D.Neuroendocring hormones
E. Muscle tone
A client begins an antidepressant drug during the
second day of hospitalization. Which assessment is most
important for the nurse to include in this client's plan of
care while the client is taking the antidepressant?
A. Appetite
B. Mood
C. Withdrawl
D.Energy level
Based on the documentation in the medical record,
which action should the nurse implement next?
A. Give the rubella vaccine subcutaneously
B. Observe the mother breastfeeding her infant
C. Call the nursery for the infant's blodd type result
D.Administer Vicodin one tablet for pain
A client is adminitted to the hosptial with a diagnosis of
Pneu- monia. Which intervetion should the nurse
implement to prevent complications associated with
Pneumonia?
A. Enourage mobilization and ambulation
B. Encourage energy conservation with complete bed
rest
C. Provide humidified oxygen per nasal cannula
D.Restrict PO and intravenous fluids
The practical nurse is preparing to administer a
prescription for cefazolin (kefzol) 600 mg IM every 6
hours. The available vial is labeled, "Cefazolin (Kefzol)
1 gram and the instrutions for re-
consittution, "For IM use add 2ml sterile water for
injection. Total volume after reconstruction = 2.5 ml.
"when reconstituded, how many milligrams are in each
mil of solutions (Enter numeric value only)
Which nursing activity is within the scope of practice for
the practical nurse?
A. Complete an admission assessment in the normal
newborn nursery.
B. Discontinue a central venous catheter that has
become dis- lodged
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B. At the level of the heart
A. Heart rate
B. Stroke volume
C. Peripheral resistance
B. Mood
A. Give the rubella vaccine subcutaneously
A. Enourage mobilization and ambulation
15
C. Observe a client rotate the subcutaneous site for
an insulin pump
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