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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT HESI LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Which of the following findings in the child's prenatal history is
relevant when conducting the abdominal assessment?
a. Maternal oligohydramnios
b. Amount of maternal weight gain
c. Perinatal asphyxia
d. Timing of the first meconium stool - ANSWER-a. Maternal
oligohydramnios
The RLQ contains the:
a. Liver (right lobe)
b. Pancreas
c. Ascending colon
d. Cecum - ANSWER-d. Cecum
The provider palpates the child's abdomen slowly and deeply
away from an area of tenderness, then quickly removes the
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palpating hand. The child experiences pain when the palpating
hand is removed quickly. This describes:
a. Light palpation
b. Rebound tenderness
c. Deep palpation
d. Costovertebral tenderness - ANSWER-b. Rebound tenderness
Deep palpation is used to assess:
a. Areas of abdominal tenderness
b. Underlying abdominal structures
c. Areas of abdominal rigidity
d. Abdominal tympany - ANSWER-b. Underlying abdominal
structures
Deep tenderness at McBurney's point is a sign of:
a. Acute appendicitis
b. Peritonitis
c. Peptic ulcer disease
d. Pelvic inflammatory disease - ANSWER-a. Acute appendicitis
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A 10-year-old child presents to the clinic with acute RLQ
abdominal pain and fever. The examiner positions the child
supine, then flexes each leg at the hip and rotates the hip
internally and externally. The child complains of pain when this
maneuver is conducted on the right leg. This is an elicitation of:
a. The iliopsoas sign
b. The obturator sign
c. Murphy's sign
d. Rebound tenderness - ANSWER-b. The obturator sign
Which of the following terms defines movement away from the
midline?
a. Abduction
b. Adduction
c. Flexion
d. Extension - ANSWER-a. Abduction
Physical findings associated with talipes equinovarus are:
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a. Medial deviation of the forefoot that is flexible and can be
abducted beyond the midline
b. Laxity of ligaments supporting the foot's longitudinal arch,
causing the feet to be positioned in abduction
c. Internal rotation of the foot with forefoot adduction involving
muscles, tendons and bone
d. Marked inward deviation of the hand and an extremely short
forearm - ANSWER-c. Internal rotation of the foot with forefoot
adduction involving muscles, tendons and bone
Assessment findings in an infant with developmental dysplasia of
the hip can include:
a. Negative Ortolani sign
b. Positive Galeazzi sign
c. Positive Trendelenburg sign
d. Negative Barlow sign - ANSWER-b. Positive Galeazzi sign
Sustained clonus that extends beyond six to eight beats or clonus
that continues past the neonatal period may indicate:
a. Cerebral palsy
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT HESI LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Which of the following findings in the child's prenatal history is
relevant when conducting the abdominal assessment?
a. Maternal oligohydramnios
b. Amount of maternal weight gain
c. Perinatal asphyxia
d. Timing of the first meconium stool - ANSWER-a. Maternal
oligohydramnios
The RLQ contains the:
a. Liver (right lobe)
b. Pancreas
c. Ascending colon
d. Cecum - ANSWER-d. Cecum
The provider palpates the child's abdomen slowly and deeply
away from an area of tenderness, then quickly removes the
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palpating hand. The child experiences pain when the palpating
hand is removed quickly. This describes:
a. Light palpation
b. Rebound tenderness
c. Deep palpation
d. Costovertebral tenderness - ANSWER-b. Rebound tenderness
Deep palpation is used to assess:
a. Areas of abdominal tenderness
b. Underlying abdominal structures
c. Areas of abdominal rigidity
d. Abdominal tympany - ANSWER-b. Underlying abdominal
structures
Deep tenderness at McBurney's point is a sign of:
a. Acute appendicitis
b. Peritonitis
c. Peptic ulcer disease
d. Pelvic inflammatory disease - ANSWER-a. Acute appendicitis
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A 10-year-old child presents to the clinic with acute RLQ
abdominal pain and fever. The examiner positions the child
supine, then flexes each leg at the hip and rotates the hip
internally and externally. The child complains of pain when this
maneuver is conducted on the right leg. This is an elicitation of:
a. The iliopsoas sign
b. The obturator sign
c. Murphy's sign
d. Rebound tenderness - ANSWER-b. The obturator sign
Which of the following terms defines movement away from the
midline?
a. Abduction
b. Adduction
c. Flexion
d. Extension - ANSWER-a. Abduction
Physical findings associated with talipes equinovarus are:
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a. Medial deviation of the forefoot that is flexible and can be
abducted beyond the midline
b. Laxity of ligaments supporting the foot's longitudinal arch,
causing the feet to be positioned in abduction
c. Internal rotation of the foot with forefoot adduction involving
muscles, tendons and bone
d. Marked inward deviation of the hand and an extremely short
forearm - ANSWER-c. Internal rotation of the foot with forefoot
adduction involving muscles, tendons and bone
Assessment findings in an infant with developmental dysplasia of
the hip can include:
a. Negative Ortolani sign
b. Positive Galeazzi sign
c. Positive Trendelenburg sign
d. Negative Barlow sign - ANSWER-b. Positive Galeazzi sign
Sustained clonus that extends beyond six to eight beats or clonus
that continues past the neonatal period may indicate:
a. Cerebral palsy
