MED SURG HESI-STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE CORRECT ANSWERED
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MED SURG HESI-STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE CORRECT
ANSWERED QUESTIONS )A+ ASSURANCE
The nurse is completing an admission interview for a client with Parkinson disease.
Which question will provide additional information about manifestations the client is
likely to experience?
Correct Answer ✅: "Have you ever been 'frozen' in one spot, unable to move?
A female client who received a nephrotoxic drug is admitted with acute renal failure and
asks the nurse if she will need dialysis for the rest of her life. The nurse should explain
which pathophysiologic consequence that supports the need for temporary dialysis until
acute tubular necrosis subsides?
Correct Answer ✅:Oliguria
In assessing a client for complications of total parenteral nutrition, it is most important
for the nurse to monitor which lab value regularly?
Correct Answer ✅:Glucose
An 81-year-old male client has emphysema. He lives at home with his cat and manages
self-care with no difficulty. When making a home visit, the nurse notices that this client's
tongue is somewhat cracked and his eyeballs appear sunken into his head. What nursing
intervention is indicated?
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Correct Answer ✅:Help the client to determine ways to increase his fluid intake.
In caring for a client with acute diverticulitis, which assessment data warrant immediate
nursing intervention?
Correct Answer ✅: The client has a rigid hard abdomen and elevated white blood cell
count (WBC).
A family member was taught to suction a client's tracheostomy prior to the client's
discharge from the hospital. Which observation by the nurse indicates that the family
member is capable of correctly performing the suctioning technique?
Correct Answer ✅:Inserts the catheter until resistance or coughing occurs
After attending a class on reducing cancer risk factors, a client selects bran flakes with
2% milk and orange slices from a breakfast menu. In evaluating the client's learning, the
nurse affirms that the client has made good choices, and makes what additional
recommendation?
Correct Answer ✅:Switch to skim milk.
An older female client with dementia is transferred from a long-term care unit to an acute
care unit. The client's children express concern that their mother's confusion is
worsening. How should the nurse respond?
Correct Answer ✅:
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Correct Answer ✅:"Confusion in an older person often follows relocation to new
surroundings."
The nurse observes ventricular fibrillation on telemetry and upon entering the client's
bathroom finds the client unconscious on the floor. What intervention should the nurse
implement first? Correct Answer ✅:
Correct Answer ✅:Start cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The nurse plans to help an 18-year-old developmentally disabled female client ambulate
on the first postoperative day. When the nurse tells her it is time to get out of bed, the
client becomes angry and yells at the nurse, "Get out of here! I'll get up when I'm ready."
Which response should the nurse provide?
Correct Answer ✅:
"I'll be back in 30 minutes to help you get out of bed and walk around the room." During
report, the nurse learns that a client with tumor lysis syndrome is receiving an IV infusion
containing insulin. Which assessment should the nurse complete first?
Correct Answer ✅:
Monitor the client's serum potassium and blood glucose.
Twelve hours after chest tube insertion for hemothorax, the nurse notes that the client's
drainage has decreased from 50 ml/hr to 5 ml/hr. What is the best initial action for the
nurse to take? Correct Answer ✅:
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QUESTIONS )A+ ASSURANCE
MED SURG HESI-STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE CORRECT
ANSWERED QUESTIONS )A+ ASSURANCE
The nurse is completing an admission interview for a client with Parkinson disease.
Which question will provide additional information about manifestations the client is
likely to experience?
Correct Answer ✅: "Have you ever been 'frozen' in one spot, unable to move?
A female client who received a nephrotoxic drug is admitted with acute renal failure and
asks the nurse if she will need dialysis for the rest of her life. The nurse should explain
which pathophysiologic consequence that supports the need for temporary dialysis until
acute tubular necrosis subsides?
Correct Answer ✅:Oliguria
In assessing a client for complications of total parenteral nutrition, it is most important
for the nurse to monitor which lab value regularly?
Correct Answer ✅:Glucose
An 81-year-old male client has emphysema. He lives at home with his cat and manages
self-care with no difficulty. When making a home visit, the nurse notices that this client's
tongue is somewhat cracked and his eyeballs appear sunken into his head. What nursing
intervention is indicated?
pg. 1
, MED SURG HESI-STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE CORRECT ANSWERED
QUESTIONS )A+ ASSURANCE
Correct Answer ✅:Help the client to determine ways to increase his fluid intake.
In caring for a client with acute diverticulitis, which assessment data warrant immediate
nursing intervention?
Correct Answer ✅: The client has a rigid hard abdomen and elevated white blood cell
count (WBC).
A family member was taught to suction a client's tracheostomy prior to the client's
discharge from the hospital. Which observation by the nurse indicates that the family
member is capable of correctly performing the suctioning technique?
Correct Answer ✅:Inserts the catheter until resistance or coughing occurs
After attending a class on reducing cancer risk factors, a client selects bran flakes with
2% milk and orange slices from a breakfast menu. In evaluating the client's learning, the
nurse affirms that the client has made good choices, and makes what additional
recommendation?
Correct Answer ✅:Switch to skim milk.
An older female client with dementia is transferred from a long-term care unit to an acute
care unit. The client's children express concern that their mother's confusion is
worsening. How should the nurse respond?
Correct Answer ✅:
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, MED SURG HESI-STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE CORRECT ANSWERED
QUESTIONS )A+ ASSURANCE
Correct Answer ✅:"Confusion in an older person often follows relocation to new
surroundings."
The nurse observes ventricular fibrillation on telemetry and upon entering the client's
bathroom finds the client unconscious on the floor. What intervention should the nurse
implement first? Correct Answer ✅:
Correct Answer ✅:Start cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The nurse plans to help an 18-year-old developmentally disabled female client ambulate
on the first postoperative day. When the nurse tells her it is time to get out of bed, the
client becomes angry and yells at the nurse, "Get out of here! I'll get up when I'm ready."
Which response should the nurse provide?
Correct Answer ✅:
"I'll be back in 30 minutes to help you get out of bed and walk around the room." During
report, the nurse learns that a client with tumor lysis syndrome is receiving an IV infusion
containing insulin. Which assessment should the nurse complete first?
Correct Answer ✅:
Monitor the client's serum potassium and blood glucose.
Twelve hours after chest tube insertion for hemothorax, the nurse notes that the client's
drainage has decreased from 50 ml/hr to 5 ml/hr. What is the best initial action for the
nurse to take? Correct Answer ✅:
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