HESI Fundamentals Practice Test/Final 2 (NCLEX),
ULTIMATE HESI STUDY GUIDE 2024 2025 Questions
and Correct Answers Rated A+
An adult is now alert and oriented following abdominal surgery.
What position is most appropriate for the client?
A. Semi-Fowler's
B. Prone
C. Supine
D. Sim's - ✔ANASWER✔-A
This position allows for greater thoracic expansion and puts less
pressure on the suture line
Following a craniotomy, the nurse positioned a client in low
fowler's for which reason?
A. To promote comfort
B. To promote drainage from operation site
,C. To promote thoracic expansion
D. To prevent circulatory overload - ✔ANASWER✔-B
The nurse is caring for a woman who had a CVA and has right-
sided hemiplegia. Which action is least appropriate?
a. Performing ROM exercise when bathing her
b. Changing her position every two hours
c. Suctioning the client supine and pulling the bed sheets tightly
across her feet
d. Placing her in the prone position for one hour three times a day
- ✔ANASWER✔-C
The sheets should not be drawn tightly across the feet as this may
cause foot drop
The nurse is to help their client with right-sided hemiplegia get up
into the wheelchair. How should the nurse place the wheelchair?
a. On the left side of the bed facing the foot of the bed
b. On the right side of the bed facing the head of the bed
c. Perpendicular to the bed on the right side
d. Facing the bed in the left side of the bed - ✔ANASWER✔-A
The client can then stand on the unaffected foot and pivot to sit
down
,When caring for a client in hemorrhagic shock, how should the
nurse position the client?
a. Flat in bed with legs elevated
b. Flat in bed
c. Trendelenburg position
d. Semi-Fowler's position - ✔ANASWER✔-A
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. What is the top
nursing priority?
a. Shave the neck
b. Establish a means of communication
c. Insert a Foley catheter
d. Start an IV - ✔ANASWER✔-B
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. Which nursing
action is essential during tracheal suctioning?
a. Using a lubricant such as petroleum jelly
b. Administering 100% oxygen before and after suctioning
c. Making sure that the suction catheter is open or on during
insertion
, d. Assisting the client to assume a supine position during
suctioning - ✔ANASWER✔-B--To prevent hypoxia
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. Which of the
following actions is most appropriate for the nurse to take when
suctioning the tracheostomy?
a. Use sterile tube each time and suction for 30 seconds
b. Use sterile technique and turn the suction off as the catheter is
introduced
c. Use clean technique and suction for 10 seconds
d. Discard the catheter at the end of every shift - ✔ANASWER✔-B
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. While the nurse
is suctioning a tracheostomy tube, the client starts to cough. What
is the best action for the nurse to take?
a. Suction deeper to pick up secretions
b. Gently withdraw suction tubing to allow suction or coughing
out of mucous
c. Remove the suction as quickly as possible
d. Put the suction in and out several times to pick up secretions -
✔ANASWER✔-D
ULTIMATE HESI STUDY GUIDE 2024 2025 Questions
and Correct Answers Rated A+
An adult is now alert and oriented following abdominal surgery.
What position is most appropriate for the client?
A. Semi-Fowler's
B. Prone
C. Supine
D. Sim's - ✔ANASWER✔-A
This position allows for greater thoracic expansion and puts less
pressure on the suture line
Following a craniotomy, the nurse positioned a client in low
fowler's for which reason?
A. To promote comfort
B. To promote drainage from operation site
,C. To promote thoracic expansion
D. To prevent circulatory overload - ✔ANASWER✔-B
The nurse is caring for a woman who had a CVA and has right-
sided hemiplegia. Which action is least appropriate?
a. Performing ROM exercise when bathing her
b. Changing her position every two hours
c. Suctioning the client supine and pulling the bed sheets tightly
across her feet
d. Placing her in the prone position for one hour three times a day
- ✔ANASWER✔-C
The sheets should not be drawn tightly across the feet as this may
cause foot drop
The nurse is to help their client with right-sided hemiplegia get up
into the wheelchair. How should the nurse place the wheelchair?
a. On the left side of the bed facing the foot of the bed
b. On the right side of the bed facing the head of the bed
c. Perpendicular to the bed on the right side
d. Facing the bed in the left side of the bed - ✔ANASWER✔-A
The client can then stand on the unaffected foot and pivot to sit
down
,When caring for a client in hemorrhagic shock, how should the
nurse position the client?
a. Flat in bed with legs elevated
b. Flat in bed
c. Trendelenburg position
d. Semi-Fowler's position - ✔ANASWER✔-A
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. What is the top
nursing priority?
a. Shave the neck
b. Establish a means of communication
c. Insert a Foley catheter
d. Start an IV - ✔ANASWER✔-B
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. Which nursing
action is essential during tracheal suctioning?
a. Using a lubricant such as petroleum jelly
b. Administering 100% oxygen before and after suctioning
c. Making sure that the suction catheter is open or on during
insertion
, d. Assisting the client to assume a supine position during
suctioning - ✔ANASWER✔-B--To prevent hypoxia
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. Which of the
following actions is most appropriate for the nurse to take when
suctioning the tracheostomy?
a. Use sterile tube each time and suction for 30 seconds
b. Use sterile technique and turn the suction off as the catheter is
introduced
c. Use clean technique and suction for 10 seconds
d. Discard the catheter at the end of every shift - ✔ANASWER✔-B
Mr. Landon is to have a tracheostomy performed. While the nurse
is suctioning a tracheostomy tube, the client starts to cough. What
is the best action for the nurse to take?
a. Suction deeper to pick up secretions
b. Gently withdraw suction tubing to allow suction or coughing
out of mucous
c. Remove the suction as quickly as possible
d. Put the suction in and out several times to pick up secretions -
✔ANASWER✔-D
