HESI RN -HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM |ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Client is reporting chest pain, what statement helps the nurse understand pt has a
naturalistic belief
a. my life is really out of balance
b. i knew i should have changed my diet
c.I should have gone to church last week
d. i forgot to take my medicine last night
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 2
Working in a diverse population, what actions allow the nurse to empathize and
understand this population? SATA
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people
C. Become culturally competent
D. Interact with each person in the same way
E. Request nurses take pt with same ethnicity
F. Always request an interpreter
CORRECT ANSWER
ABC
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,Question 3
What statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. must be enlarged at least 3x normal size for it to be palpable
B. Easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs
C. Normally felt by rolling client on right side and palpating
D. Firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in upper abdomen
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Not normally palpable, must be enlarged to be felt
Question 4
Bet place for nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethescope
A.Posterior chest below 3rd ICS
B. Posterior-axillary line at 4th ICS
C. Anterior chest at 4th ICS
D. Anterior-axillary line at 5th ICS
CORRECT ANSWER
A
This space is occupied entirely by the lower lobes
Question 5
Assessing a client with Hx of mitral stenosis, where would you listen with stethescope?
A. Bell- 5th ICS, L MCL
B. Bell- 2nd ICS, L MCL
C.diaphragm- 5th ICS, L sternal border
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, D.diaphragm-2nd ICS, L sternal border
CORRECT ANSWER
A
best way to listen to low pitch mitral heart sounds
Question 6
Nurse assessing client with Hx of aortic regurgitation. Where should nurse place steth
diaphragm to listen?
A. 2nd ICS R sternal border
B. 2nd ICS L sternal border
C.3rd ICS R MCL
D. 5th ICS- L MCL
CORRECT ANSWER
A
best way to listen for high pitch aortic heart sounds
Question 7
Client experiencing severe pruritus and small papules and burrows on areas over one hand
and inner thighs. What best explains condition?
A.Client works in daycare setting with scabies outbreak
B.Client using stripping agent for home remodeling
C. Client has Hx or psoriasis in both parents and sibling
D.Client works with clay and paint
CORRECT ANSWER
A.
scabies is highly contagious condition that causes pruritis papules vesicles and burrows
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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Client is reporting chest pain, what statement helps the nurse understand pt has a
naturalistic belief
a. my life is really out of balance
b. i knew i should have changed my diet
c.I should have gone to church last week
d. i forgot to take my medicine last night
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 2
Working in a diverse population, what actions allow the nurse to empathize and
understand this population? SATA
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people
C. Become culturally competent
D. Interact with each person in the same way
E. Request nurses take pt with same ethnicity
F. Always request an interpreter
CORRECT ANSWER
ABC
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,Question 3
What statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. must be enlarged at least 3x normal size for it to be palpable
B. Easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs
C. Normally felt by rolling client on right side and palpating
D. Firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in upper abdomen
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Not normally palpable, must be enlarged to be felt
Question 4
Bet place for nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethescope
A.Posterior chest below 3rd ICS
B. Posterior-axillary line at 4th ICS
C. Anterior chest at 4th ICS
D. Anterior-axillary line at 5th ICS
CORRECT ANSWER
A
This space is occupied entirely by the lower lobes
Question 5
Assessing a client with Hx of mitral stenosis, where would you listen with stethescope?
A. Bell- 5th ICS, L MCL
B. Bell- 2nd ICS, L MCL
C.diaphragm- 5th ICS, L sternal border
2
, D.diaphragm-2nd ICS, L sternal border
CORRECT ANSWER
A
best way to listen to low pitch mitral heart sounds
Question 6
Nurse assessing client with Hx of aortic regurgitation. Where should nurse place steth
diaphragm to listen?
A. 2nd ICS R sternal border
B. 2nd ICS L sternal border
C.3rd ICS R MCL
D. 5th ICS- L MCL
CORRECT ANSWER
A
best way to listen for high pitch aortic heart sounds
Question 7
Client experiencing severe pruritus and small papules and burrows on areas over one hand
and inner thighs. What best explains condition?
A.Client works in daycare setting with scabies outbreak
B.Client using stripping agent for home remodeling
C. Client has Hx or psoriasis in both parents and sibling
D.Client works with clay and paint
CORRECT ANSWER
A.
scabies is highly contagious condition that causes pruritis papules vesicles and burrows
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