NGN HESI RN Critical Care Exam V2 (2025) – Verified Actual Exam | Graded A+ with Correct Questions and Expert Answers

NGN HESI RN Critical Care Exam V2 (2025) – Verified
Actual Exam | Graded A+ with Correct Questions and
Expert Answers.

A 28-year-old client is exhibiting signs and symptoms of confusion, severe muscle weakness, tachycardia
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and hypotension and episodic of vomiting and constipation. The client has asthma and has been
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prescribed prednisone (Rayos, Winpred) and albuterol inhaler for the past year. Their vital signs are T-
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97.8° F (36.6° C); P- 90; B/P 86/48 with lab values of sodium 130mmol/L; potassium 5.9mmol/L and
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calcium 10.3mg/dL. Which condition is the client most likely experiencing?
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a. What have you eaten in the last 24 hours?
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b. How often do you have to use your albuterol inhaler?
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c. Are you currently taken any SSRI's or MAOIs medication?
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d. When was the last time you took the prednisone medication? - ANSW -d
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A 28-year-old client is exhibiting signs and symptoms of confusion, severe muscle weakness, tachycardia
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and hypotension and episodic of vomiting and constipation. The client has asthma and has been
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prescribed prednisone (Rayos, Winpred) and albuterol inhaler for the past year. Their vital signs are T-
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97.8° F (36.6° C); P- 90; B/P 86/48 with lab values of sodium 130mmol/L; potassium 5.9mmol/L and
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calcium 10.3mg/dL. Which condition is the client most likely experiencing?
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a. What have you eaten in the last 24 hours?
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b. How often do you have to use your albuterol inhaler?
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c. Are you currently taken any SSRI's or MAOIs medication?
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d. When was the last time you took the prednisone medication? - ANSW -d
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A 28-year-old client is exhibiting signs and symptoms of confusion, severe muscle weakness, tachycardia
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and hypotension and episodic of vomiting and constipation. The client has asthma and has been
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prescribed prednisone (Rayos, Winpred) and albuterol inhaler for the past year. Their vital signs are T-
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97.8° F (36.6° C); P- 90; B/P 86/48 with lab values of sodium 130mmol/L; potassium 5.9mmol/L and
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calcium 10.3mg/dL. Which condition is the client most likely experiencing?
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c. Are you currently taken any SSRI's or MAOIs medication?
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d. When was the last time you took the prednisone medication? - ANSW -d
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A client comes to the emergency department with severe and gnawing epigastric pain. The client reports
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accidently doubling the warfarin sodium dose for the last three days. What should the nurse expect to
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find upon assessment?
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a. Melena.
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b. Ascites.
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c. Jaundice.
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d. Vascular spiders. - ANSW -a
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A client has just been diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Which assessment finding should
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the nurse interpret as a sign of electrolyte imbalance?
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a. Nocturia.
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b. Poor skin turgor.
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c. Increased thirst.
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d. Leg cramps. - ANSW -d
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A client is admitted to the coronary intensive care unit with a diagnosed acute heart failure (HF) and
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myocardial infarction (MI). Which medication would the nurse anticipate the healthcare provider to
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prescribed to the client to decrease the preload and afterload, slow down their respirations, and reduce
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their anxiety and pain due to the MI?
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a. Enalapril (Vasotec).
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b. Morphine sulfate (Contin, MSIR).
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c. Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ, Urozide).
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d. Diazepam (Valium, Diastat, Diazemuls). - ANSW -b
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A client with hydrocephalus has been admitted to the critical care unit. Which assessment finding should
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the nurse report to the physician?
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a. Oxygen level of 95%.
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b. Temperature of 98.9.
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c. Pulse of 42.
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d. Blood pressure of 126/82. - ANSW -c
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A client with increased intracranial pressure has not had a bowel movement in three days. Which should
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the nurse anticipate will be administered to the client?
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a. Vegetables.
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b. Milk of magnesia.
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c. Prune juice.
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d. Docusate sodium. - ANSW -d
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A client with pneumonia is brought to the emergency department with a history of not taking their
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medication for hypothyroidism and is suspected to have myxedema coma. Which expected outcome
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should the nurse expect to find during assessment?
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a. Diarrhea.
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b. Poor memory.
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c. Heat intolerance.
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d. Manic behavior. - ANSW -b
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