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Prepare effectively for the BSN 225 HESI assessment with this comprehensive exam prep resource. Includes key nursing concepts, HESI-style practice questions, clinical judgment scenarios, exam-focused review notes, and detailed rationales designed to strengthen nursing knowledge and improve test-taking performance.

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BSN 225 Hesi Prep
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1. Which health pattern in Gordon's A. Value-belief pattern
model describes the patient's spiri-
tual attitude? According to Gordon's model, there are 11 health pat-
A. Value-belief pattern terns. Each pattern describes a particular characteristic.
B. Role-relationship pattern The value-belief pattern describes a patient's spiritual
C. Cognitive-perceptual pattern attitude, the values and beliefs that guide the choices
D. Self-perception-- self-concept or decisions of the patient. The role-relationship pat-
pattern tern describes a patient's pattern of role engagements
and relationships. The cognitive=perceptual pattern de-
scribes memory, decision-making ability, language ad-
equacy, and sensory-perceptual patterns/ A patient's
concept of self or perception of self is described by the
self-perception--self-concept pattern

2. Which standard of practive is the C. Implementation
nurse performing when applying The nurse is delivering care to the patient; therefore
a cold compress to a patient's the standard practived by the nurse is implementation.
sprained ankle and instructing the Developing a nuring diagnosis involves analyzing the
patient to elevate the leg? assessed data. Evaluation refers to determining the ef-
A. Diagnosis fectiveness of the implemented patient care in meeting
B. Evaluation the patient goals. Assessment is the process of collect-
C. Assessment ing data related to the health and illness of the patient
D. Implementation

3. which standard of practive is being D. implementation
performed when a nurse adminis-
ters the prescribed medicated neb- implementation phase is where the nurse follows
ulizer treatment to a patient who through on the decided plan of action. Once the patient
has developed wheezing and short- and the nurse on the diagnosis, a plan of action can
ness of breath in the emergency be developed. Each problem is assigned a clear, mea-
department? surable goal for the expected outcome. Once all nusing
A. planning intervention actions have taken place, the nurse com-



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B. evaluation pletes an evaluation to determine if the patient goals
C. assessment have been met. The first step of the nursing process is
D. implementation assessment. During this phase, the nurse gathers in-
formation about a patient's psychological, physiologic,
sociologic, and spiritual status.

4. Which trait of critical thinking is the D. creativity
nurse exhibiting when instructing
the parents of a malnourished child Nurses require various traits such as creativity, fairness,
to make the child's food colorful risk taking, curiousity, discipline, and perseverance. In
and attractive? this case the nurseis trying to stimulate the appetite of
A. fairness the child by instructing the parents to make the food
B. curiosity colorful and attractive. This shows that the nurse is using
C. discipline the trait of creativity. Fairness is the trait of a nurse who
D. creativity avoids personal bias while caring for a patient/ Curiosity
is the trait of a critical thinking nurse who always tries
to ask "why?" A disciplined nurse follows a systemativ
approach to plan and achieve goals.

5. Which Quality and Safety in the B. safety
Education of Nurses (QSEN) com-
petency is the nurse exhibiting by Helping patients understand the consequences and
working with a couple to determine complications of multiple health care providers and
what they know about their med- multiple medications helps ensure patient safety. In-
ications and helping them decide formatics is a multidisciplinary field that uses health
on one care provider rather than inforamtion technology to improve health care via any
two when caring for an older-adult combination of high quality, higher efficiency, and new
couple in a community-based as- opportunities. Patient-centered care focuses on direct
sisted living facility? care rendered to patients. Teamwork and collaboration
A. safety seeks information or help from other health care pro-
B. informatics fessions and disciplines




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C. patient-centered care
D. teamwork and collaboration

6. A 40-year-old patient is experienc- C. Current medical conditions of chronic diabetes w/
ing poorly controlled hypertension. hypertension
The dietitian recommends sever-
al dietary modifications to the pa- When using SBAR communication protocol, the nurse
tient. The patient tries to explain should first identify the patient's situation. In this case,
the reason for her poor dietary that means the nurse should convey that the patient is
compliance; she says she works ex- suffering from chronic diabetes and hypertension. The
tra hours and does not have the nurse then should further address the breakdown of
time to cook. The patient further the situation and ask the dietitian to consider revising
adds that she has diabetes. The pa- the diet. Following the dietary assessment and consult,
tient expresses that it is difficult for the recommendations for dietary changes-- including
her to choos a diet that is low in low-salt and low-sugar meals--should be made.
sugar and low in salt and carbo-
hydrates. The nurse communicates
this to the dietitian using SBAR
technique. Which patient informa-
tion would be addressed first?
A. the need for a diet revision
b. the desire for a dietary consult
c. current medical conditions of
chronic diabtese w/ hypertension
d. the need for the patient to eat
low-salt, low-sugar meals

7. Which body mass index (BMI) A. 12.5 kg/m2
would require hospitalization?
A. 12.5 kg/m2 Patients whose BMI is less than 13 kg/m2 are consid-
B 18.9 kg/m2 ered severely malnourished and require highly skilled
nursing care w/ hospitalization. A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9

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