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HESI Prep Health Assessment Practice EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATED VERSION THIS YEAR
Question: 23. A 5-year-old boy is being admitted to the hospital to have his tonsils removed.
Which information should the nurse collect before this procedure?
A. The child's birth weight
B. The age at which he crawled
C. Whether he has had the measles
D. Reactions to previous hospitalizations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. Reactions to previous
hospitalizations
Assess how the child reacted to hospitalization and any complications. If the child reacted
poorly, he or she may be afraid now and will need special preparation for the examination that
is to follow. The other items are not significant for the procedure.
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Question: 24. The nurse is preparing to do a functional assessment. Which statement best
describes the purpose of a functional assessment?
A. It assesses how the individual is coping with life at home.
B. It determines how children are meeting developmental milestones.
C. It can identify any problems with memory the individual may be experiencing.
D. It helps to determine how a person is managing day-to-day activities. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔D. It helps to determine how a person is managing day-to-day activities.
Page: 67. The functional assessment measures how a person manages day-to-day activities. The
other answers do not reflect the purpose of a functional assessment.
Question: 25. The nurse is performing a functional assessment on an 82-year-old patient who
recently had a stroke. Which of these questions would be most important to ask?
A. "Do you wear glasses?"
B. "Are you able to dress yourself?"
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C. "Do you have any thyroid problems?"
D. "How many times a day do you have a bowel movement?" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. "Are
you able to dress yourself?"
Page: 67. Functional assessment measures how a person manages day-to-day activities. For the
older person, the meaning of health becomes those activities that they can or cannot do. The
other responses do not relate to functional assessment.
Question: 26. The nurse is conducting a developmental history on a 5-year-old child. Which
questions are appropriate to ask the parents for this part of the assessment? Select all that
apply.
A. "How much junk food does your child eat?"
B. "How many teeth has he lost, and when did he lose them?"
C. "Is he able to tie his shoelaces?"
D. "Does he take a children's vitamin?"
E. "Can he tell time?"
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F. "Does he have any food allergies?" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. "How many teeth has he lost,
and when did he lose them?"
C. "Is he able to tie his shoelaces?"
E. "Can he tell time?"
Page: 61. Questions about tooth loss, ability to tell time, and ability to tie shoelaces are
appropriate questions for a developmental assessment. Questions about junk food intake and
vitamins are part of a nutritional history. Questions about food allergies are not part of a
developmental history.
Question: 27. During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
A) Examining the patient's electroencephalogram
B) Observing the patient as he or she performs an IQ test
C) Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
D) Examining the patient's response to a specific set of questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C)
Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
HESI Prep Health Assessment Practice EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATED VERSION THIS YEAR
Question: 23. A 5-year-old boy is being admitted to the hospital to have his tonsils removed.
Which information should the nurse collect before this procedure?
A. The child's birth weight
B. The age at which he crawled
C. Whether he has had the measles
D. Reactions to previous hospitalizations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. Reactions to previous
hospitalizations
Assess how the child reacted to hospitalization and any complications. If the child reacted
poorly, he or she may be afraid now and will need special preparation for the examination that
is to follow. The other items are not significant for the procedure.
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Question: 24. The nurse is preparing to do a functional assessment. Which statement best
describes the purpose of a functional assessment?
A. It assesses how the individual is coping with life at home.
B. It determines how children are meeting developmental milestones.
C. It can identify any problems with memory the individual may be experiencing.
D. It helps to determine how a person is managing day-to-day activities. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔D. It helps to determine how a person is managing day-to-day activities.
Page: 67. The functional assessment measures how a person manages day-to-day activities. The
other answers do not reflect the purpose of a functional assessment.
Question: 25. The nurse is performing a functional assessment on an 82-year-old patient who
recently had a stroke. Which of these questions would be most important to ask?
A. "Do you wear glasses?"
B. "Are you able to dress yourself?"
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C. "Do you have any thyroid problems?"
D. "How many times a day do you have a bowel movement?" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. "Are
you able to dress yourself?"
Page: 67. Functional assessment measures how a person manages day-to-day activities. For the
older person, the meaning of health becomes those activities that they can or cannot do. The
other responses do not relate to functional assessment.
Question: 26. The nurse is conducting a developmental history on a 5-year-old child. Which
questions are appropriate to ask the parents for this part of the assessment? Select all that
apply.
A. "How much junk food does your child eat?"
B. "How many teeth has he lost, and when did he lose them?"
C. "Is he able to tie his shoelaces?"
D. "Does he take a children's vitamin?"
E. "Can he tell time?"
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F. "Does he have any food allergies?" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. "How many teeth has he lost,
and when did he lose them?"
C. "Is he able to tie his shoelaces?"
E. "Can he tell time?"
Page: 61. Questions about tooth loss, ability to tell time, and ability to tie shoelaces are
appropriate questions for a developmental assessment. Questions about junk food intake and
vitamins are part of a nutritional history. Questions about food allergies are not part of a
developmental history.
Question: 27. During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
A) Examining the patient's electroencephalogram
B) Observing the patient as he or she performs an IQ test
C) Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
D) Examining the patient's response to a specific set of questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C)
Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
