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ADULT HEALTH HESI TEST BANK V1-V5 /HESI ADULT HEALTH
2026/2027 TEST BANK ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+.
Breast Cancer Mass Symptoms - Correct Answers - - Usually unilateral mass
- Irregular shape
- Poorly delineated from surrounding tissues
- Limited mobility, fixed to surrounding tissues
- Usually nontender
- Hard consistency
- Edema (peau d'orange)
- Skin erythemic, dimpling, retraction, ulceration
- Axillary lymphadenopathy
- Nipple discharge: bloody, clear
Breast Lymphatic Drainage - Correct Answers - - Breast has extensive lymphatic drainage
- More than 75%, drains into ipsilateral axillary nodes
Breast Self-Exam - Correct Answers - Timing
7 to 10 days after LMP date
Pregnant and postmenopausal women should choose specific date
Technique
Multiple positions
Look in mirror, while moving arms
Entire breast tissue examined
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Use pads of fingers
Folder towel under shoulder
Bronchial Sounds - Correct Answers - Heard over breathing airways, not tissue
Bronchovesicular sounds - Correct Answers - Where airway meets tissue
Bronchitis - Correct Answers - - Wheezing
- Coarse crackles because of mucous
Bulla - Correct Answers - A raised, circumscribed lesion greater than 0.5 cm that contains
serous fluid.
CAGE questionnaire - Correct Answers - Cutting down
Annoyance
Guilty feeling
Eye-openers
- Helps diagnose alcoholism
Cataract - Correct Answers - - Clouding of the lens
- Can affect one or both eyes
- Occurs with age
Cervical Cancer Risk Factors - Correct Answers - - Human papilloma virus (HPV)
- Never or rarely screened for cervical cancer
- Early age of 1st intercourse
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- Multiple lifetime partners/ partners with multiple partners
- Smoking
- Low SES
- FH
- DES exposure
- Long-term use OCPs
- More than 3 term pregnancies
- Diet low in fruits/veggies
Cervical Cancer Signs and Symptoms - Correct Answers - - Abnormal vaginal bleeding/
discharge
- Lesion on cervix
- Post-coital bleeding
- Dyspareunia
- Pelvic pain
Chadwick's sign - Correct Answers - A bluish discoloration of the cervix, vagina, and labia
resulting from increased blood flow.
- It can be observed as early as 6 to 8 weeks after conception, and its presence is an early
sign of pregnancy.
Cheyne-Stokes - Correct Answers - - Not good at all
- If brain damage or patient overdose
- Not compatible with long term of life
- Changing rates and depths with periods of apnea
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Children developmental considerations of skin - Correct Answers - - Epidermis thickens,
darkens, and becomes lubricated
- Hair growth accelerates
Chloasma - Correct Answers - Discoloration changes on face representing the "mask of
pregnancy"
Chronic pain - Correct Answers - - pain lasting longer than 6 months
- Hard to treat
Colostrum - Correct Answers - - This thick yellow fluid is precursor for milk, containing
same amount of protein and lactose, but practically no fat
- Breasts produce colostrum for first few days after delivery
- It is rich with antibodies that protect newborn against infection, so breastfeeding is
important
Complete history - Correct Answers - Most often recorded the first time you see the patient
Conductive hearing loss - Correct Answers - - Involves a mechanical dysfunction of
external or middle ear
- Partial loss because person can hear if sound amplitude is increased enough to reach
normal nerve elements in inner ear
- May be caused by impacted cerumen, foreign bodies, a perforated TM, pus or serum in
middle ear, and otosclerosis, which is a decrease in mobility of ossicles
Condyloma acuminatum - Correct Answers - - HPV/ Genital warts
- Single or multiple
- Soft, painless, flesh-color, cauliflower
ADULT HEALTH HESI TEST BANK V1-V5 /HESI ADULT HEALTH
2026/2027 TEST BANK ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+.
Breast Cancer Mass Symptoms - Correct Answers - - Usually unilateral mass
- Irregular shape
- Poorly delineated from surrounding tissues
- Limited mobility, fixed to surrounding tissues
- Usually nontender
- Hard consistency
- Edema (peau d'orange)
- Skin erythemic, dimpling, retraction, ulceration
- Axillary lymphadenopathy
- Nipple discharge: bloody, clear
Breast Lymphatic Drainage - Correct Answers - - Breast has extensive lymphatic drainage
- More than 75%, drains into ipsilateral axillary nodes
Breast Self-Exam - Correct Answers - Timing
7 to 10 days after LMP date
Pregnant and postmenopausal women should choose specific date
Technique
Multiple positions
Look in mirror, while moving arms
Entire breast tissue examined
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Use pads of fingers
Folder towel under shoulder
Bronchial Sounds - Correct Answers - Heard over breathing airways, not tissue
Bronchovesicular sounds - Correct Answers - Where airway meets tissue
Bronchitis - Correct Answers - - Wheezing
- Coarse crackles because of mucous
Bulla - Correct Answers - A raised, circumscribed lesion greater than 0.5 cm that contains
serous fluid.
CAGE questionnaire - Correct Answers - Cutting down
Annoyance
Guilty feeling
Eye-openers
- Helps diagnose alcoholism
Cataract - Correct Answers - - Clouding of the lens
- Can affect one or both eyes
- Occurs with age
Cervical Cancer Risk Factors - Correct Answers - - Human papilloma virus (HPV)
- Never or rarely screened for cervical cancer
- Early age of 1st intercourse
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- Multiple lifetime partners/ partners with multiple partners
- Smoking
- Low SES
- FH
- DES exposure
- Long-term use OCPs
- More than 3 term pregnancies
- Diet low in fruits/veggies
Cervical Cancer Signs and Symptoms - Correct Answers - - Abnormal vaginal bleeding/
discharge
- Lesion on cervix
- Post-coital bleeding
- Dyspareunia
- Pelvic pain
Chadwick's sign - Correct Answers - A bluish discoloration of the cervix, vagina, and labia
resulting from increased blood flow.
- It can be observed as early as 6 to 8 weeks after conception, and its presence is an early
sign of pregnancy.
Cheyne-Stokes - Correct Answers - - Not good at all
- If brain damage or patient overdose
- Not compatible with long term of life
- Changing rates and depths with periods of apnea
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Children developmental considerations of skin - Correct Answers - - Epidermis thickens,
darkens, and becomes lubricated
- Hair growth accelerates
Chloasma - Correct Answers - Discoloration changes on face representing the "mask of
pregnancy"
Chronic pain - Correct Answers - - pain lasting longer than 6 months
- Hard to treat
Colostrum - Correct Answers - - This thick yellow fluid is precursor for milk, containing
same amount of protein and lactose, but practically no fat
- Breasts produce colostrum for first few days after delivery
- It is rich with antibodies that protect newborn against infection, so breastfeeding is
important
Complete history - Correct Answers - Most often recorded the first time you see the patient
Conductive hearing loss - Correct Answers - - Involves a mechanical dysfunction of
external or middle ear
- Partial loss because person can hear if sound amplitude is increased enough to reach
normal nerve elements in inner ear
- May be caused by impacted cerumen, foreign bodies, a perforated TM, pus or serum in
middle ear, and otosclerosis, which is a decrease in mobility of ossicles
Condyloma acuminatum - Correct Answers - - HPV/ Genital warts
- Single or multiple
- Soft, painless, flesh-color, cauliflower
