HESI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM |
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) |
2026 LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
The community health nurses is counseling a group of 14 year olds about safe sexual
practices. Which health teaching strategy would be most effective for the nurse to use
with this age group?
A.Encorage group members to describe personal experiences in practicing safe sex
B.Provide the group with statistical data about behaviors leading to venereal diseases
C.Tell the group that for aids prevention abstinence is the best safe sex practice
D.Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe sex
Correct Answer: D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for
practicing safe sex
A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a marathon run.
He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a flavored sports drink.
What action should the nurse implement first?
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,A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink
Correct Answer: D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink
An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one week
following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home environment is most
important for the home health nurse to implement?
A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
D. Leave motion activated light in the living room
Correct Answer: C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client should the
nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
A. 30 year old with endometriosis
B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
C. 50 year old perimenopause
D. 20 year old with gonorrhea
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,Correct Answer: D. A 20 year old with gonorrhea
The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style choices.
Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes
Correct Answer: A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who will start
kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students have only received
on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which intervention should the nurse
implement?
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should be
administered prior to entering first grade
B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that MMR
vaccine series must be completed
C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is due at
eh start of the school year
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, D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the benefits of
immunizing their children
Correct Answer: B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class
advising that MMR vaccine series must be completed
A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community clinic. He
is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant. He smokes at least
one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which secondary prevention
measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
C. Smoking cessation
D. Blood pressure and lipid screening
Correct Answer: D. Blood pressure and lipid screening
A male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with normal
limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135 pound and his
body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the nurse obtain first?
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) |
2026 LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
The community health nurses is counseling a group of 14 year olds about safe sexual
practices. Which health teaching strategy would be most effective for the nurse to use
with this age group?
A.Encorage group members to describe personal experiences in practicing safe sex
B.Provide the group with statistical data about behaviors leading to venereal diseases
C.Tell the group that for aids prevention abstinence is the best safe sex practice
D.Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe sex
Correct Answer: D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for
practicing safe sex
A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a marathon run.
He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a flavored sports drink.
What action should the nurse implement first?
1
,A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink
Correct Answer: D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink
An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one week
following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home environment is most
important for the home health nurse to implement?
A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
D. Leave motion activated light in the living room
Correct Answer: C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client should the
nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
A. 30 year old with endometriosis
B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
C. 50 year old perimenopause
D. 20 year old with gonorrhea
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,Correct Answer: D. A 20 year old with gonorrhea
The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style choices.
Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes
Correct Answer: A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who will start
kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students have only received
on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which intervention should the nurse
implement?
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should be
administered prior to entering first grade
B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that MMR
vaccine series must be completed
C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is due at
eh start of the school year
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, D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the benefits of
immunizing their children
Correct Answer: B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class
advising that MMR vaccine series must be completed
A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community clinic. He
is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant. He smokes at least
one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which secondary prevention
measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
C. Smoking cessation
D. Blood pressure and lipid screening
Correct Answer: D. Blood pressure and lipid screening
A male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with normal
limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135 pound and his
body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the nurse obtain first?
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
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