HESI LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ A connection exists between conduct and the resulting injury,
referred to as proximate cause or remoteness of damage
Answer: Causation
◉ Damages/ Injury
Answer: Failure to meet the standard of nursing care, which causes
actual injury or damage to the client (physical injury). Neither
emotional nor mental injury is enough to prove malpractice, either
physical or mental.
◉ Duty
Answer: Obligation to use due care (what a reasonable, prudent
nurse would do); failure to care for and/or to protect others against
unreasonable risk. The nurse must anticipate foreseeable risks.
Example: If a floor has water on it, the nurse is responsible for
anticipating the risk of a client fall.
,◉ HESI HINT: Nurses can avoid negligence an malpractice by
following their organization's ______ and ______.
Answer: policies
procedures
◉ HESI HINT: ______________ of each state govern policies related to
making assignments.
Answer: The Nurse Practice Acts
◉ _____________ alert the administration to possible liability claims
and the need for investigation; they do not protect against legal
action being taken for negligence or malpractice.
Answer: Incidents reports
◉ Burning a client with a heating pad
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Leaving sponges or instruments in a client's body after surgery.
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Performing incompetent assignments
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
, ◉ Failing to heed warning signs of shock or impending myocardial
infarction
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Ignoring signs and symptoms of bleeding
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Forgetting to give mediation or giving the wrong medication
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Mental or physical threat (e.g., forcing [without touching] a client
to take a medication or treatment)
Answer: Assault
◉ Actual and intentional touching of one another, with or without
the intent to do harm (e.g., hitting or striking a client). If a mentally
competent adult is forced to have a treatment he or she has refused,
battery occurs.
Answer: Battery
◉ Intentional torts
Answer: Assault
Battery
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ A connection exists between conduct and the resulting injury,
referred to as proximate cause or remoteness of damage
Answer: Causation
◉ Damages/ Injury
Answer: Failure to meet the standard of nursing care, which causes
actual injury or damage to the client (physical injury). Neither
emotional nor mental injury is enough to prove malpractice, either
physical or mental.
◉ Duty
Answer: Obligation to use due care (what a reasonable, prudent
nurse would do); failure to care for and/or to protect others against
unreasonable risk. The nurse must anticipate foreseeable risks.
Example: If a floor has water on it, the nurse is responsible for
anticipating the risk of a client fall.
,◉ HESI HINT: Nurses can avoid negligence an malpractice by
following their organization's ______ and ______.
Answer: policies
procedures
◉ HESI HINT: ______________ of each state govern policies related to
making assignments.
Answer: The Nurse Practice Acts
◉ _____________ alert the administration to possible liability claims
and the need for investigation; they do not protect against legal
action being taken for negligence or malpractice.
Answer: Incidents reports
◉ Burning a client with a heating pad
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Leaving sponges or instruments in a client's body after surgery.
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Performing incompetent assignments
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
, ◉ Failing to heed warning signs of shock or impending myocardial
infarction
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Ignoring signs and symptoms of bleeding
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Forgetting to give mediation or giving the wrong medication
Answer: Negligence or Malpractice
◉ Mental or physical threat (e.g., forcing [without touching] a client
to take a medication or treatment)
Answer: Assault
◉ Actual and intentional touching of one another, with or without
the intent to do harm (e.g., hitting or striking a client). If a mentally
competent adult is forced to have a treatment he or she has refused,
battery occurs.
Answer: Battery
◉ Intentional torts
Answer: Assault
Battery
