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EVOLVE HESI FUNDAMENTALS EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND100% CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND GRADED A+|BRAND NEW!)
43.The nurse is digitally removing a fecal impaction for a
client. The nurse should stop the procedure and take
corrective action if which client reaction is noted?
A. Temperature increases from 98.8° to 99.0° F.
B. Pulse rate decreases from 78 to 52 beats/min.
C. Respiratory rate increases from 16 to 24 breaths/min.
D. Blood pressure increases from 110/84 to 118/88
mm/Hg. - ANSWER-Parasympathetic reaction can occur
as a result of digital stimulation of the anal sphincter,
which should be stopped if the client experiences a vagal
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response, such as bradycardia (B). (A, C, and D) do not
warrant stopping the procedure.
Correct Answer: B
60.A male client with venous incompetence stands up and
his blood pressure subsequently drops. Which finding
should the nurse identify as a compensatory response?
A. Bradycardia.
B. Increase in pulse rate.
C. Peripheral vasodilation.
D. Increase in cardiac output. - ANSWER-When postural
hypotension occurs, the body attempts to restore arterial
pressure by stimulating the baro-receptors to increase the
heart rate (B), not decrease it (A). Peripheral
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vasoconstriction, not dilation (C), of the veins and
arterioles occurs with venous incompetence through the
baro-receptor reflex. A decrease in cardiac output, not an
increase (D), occurs when orthostatic hypotension occurs.
Correct Answer: B
61.The daughter of an older woman who became
depressed following the death of her husband asks, "My
mother was always well-adjusted until my father died. Will
she tend to be sick from now on?" Which response is best
for the nurse to provide?
A. She is almost sure to be less able to adapt than before.
B. It's highly likely that she will recover and return to her
pre-illness state.
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C. If you can interest her in something besides religion, it
will help her stay well.
D. Cultural strains contribute to each woman's tendencies
for recurrences of depression. - ANSWER-Analysis of
behavior patterns using Erikson's framework can identify
age-appropriate or arrested development of normal
interpersonal skills. Erikson describes the successful
resolution of a developmental crisis in the later years
(older than 65-years) to include the achievement of a
sense of integrity and fulfillment, wisdom, and a
willingness to face one's own mortality and accept the
death of others (B). Depression is a component of normal
grieving, and (A) does not represent susceptible
adaptation to the developmental crisis of an older adult,
EVOLVE HESI FUNDAMENTALS EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND100% CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND GRADED A+|BRAND NEW!)
43.The nurse is digitally removing a fecal impaction for a
client. The nurse should stop the procedure and take
corrective action if which client reaction is noted?
A. Temperature increases from 98.8° to 99.0° F.
B. Pulse rate decreases from 78 to 52 beats/min.
C. Respiratory rate increases from 16 to 24 breaths/min.
D. Blood pressure increases from 110/84 to 118/88
mm/Hg. - ANSWER-Parasympathetic reaction can occur
as a result of digital stimulation of the anal sphincter,
which should be stopped if the client experiences a vagal
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response, such as bradycardia (B). (A, C, and D) do not
warrant stopping the procedure.
Correct Answer: B
60.A male client with venous incompetence stands up and
his blood pressure subsequently drops. Which finding
should the nurse identify as a compensatory response?
A. Bradycardia.
B. Increase in pulse rate.
C. Peripheral vasodilation.
D. Increase in cardiac output. - ANSWER-When postural
hypotension occurs, the body attempts to restore arterial
pressure by stimulating the baro-receptors to increase the
heart rate (B), not decrease it (A). Peripheral
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vasoconstriction, not dilation (C), of the veins and
arterioles occurs with venous incompetence through the
baro-receptor reflex. A decrease in cardiac output, not an
increase (D), occurs when orthostatic hypotension occurs.
Correct Answer: B
61.The daughter of an older woman who became
depressed following the death of her husband asks, "My
mother was always well-adjusted until my father died. Will
she tend to be sick from now on?" Which response is best
for the nurse to provide?
A. She is almost sure to be less able to adapt than before.
B. It's highly likely that she will recover and return to her
pre-illness state.
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C. If you can interest her in something besides religion, it
will help her stay well.
D. Cultural strains contribute to each woman's tendencies
for recurrences of depression. - ANSWER-Analysis of
behavior patterns using Erikson's framework can identify
age-appropriate or arrested development of normal
interpersonal skills. Erikson describes the successful
resolution of a developmental crisis in the later years
(older than 65-years) to include the achievement of a
sense of integrity and fulfillment, wisdom, and a
willingness to face one's own mortality and accept the
death of others (B). Depression is a component of normal
grieving, and (A) does not represent susceptible
adaptation to the developmental crisis of an older adult,
