B 2024-2025 /HESI EXIT RN NEXT GENERATION
EXAM ALL 160 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
,When preparing to B) Withhold the medication until the dosage can be confirmed.
administer a prescribed
medication to a homeless
client at a community
psychiatric clinic. The client
tells the nurse that the usual
dosage taken is different
from the dose the nurse is
giving. Which action should
the nurse take?
A) Inform the client that
he may refuse the
medication and document
whether or not the client
takes it.
B) Withhold the
medication until the dosage
can be confirmed. C) Explain
to the client that the dosage
has been changed.
D) Tell the client to take the
medication, then verify the
dosage at the next healthcare
team meeting.
,The charge nurse is assigning B) Viral meningitis whose temperature changed from 101°F to
one practical nurse and 102°F.
three registered nurses to
care for neurologically
compromised clients. Which
client with which change in
status is best to assign to the
PN?
A) Subdural
hematomawhose blood
pressure changed from
150/80 to 170/60.
B) Viral meningitis
whose temperature
changes from
101 S to 102F.
C) Diabetic ketoacidosis,
whose Glasgow coma scale
score changed from
10 to 7.
D) Myxedema, whose
blood pressure changed
from 80/50 to 70/40.
, The nurse is caring for a A) Maintain strict intake and output.
client with pneumonia who
now develops initial signs of
septic shock and multi-organ
failure. The healthcare
provider prescribes a sepsis
protocol. Which intervention
is most important for the
nurse to include in the plan
of care?
A) Maintain strict intake
and output.
B) Keep the head of the
bed raised 45°.
C) Excess warmth of
extremities.
D) Monitor blood
glucose level.