HESI Med Surg Version 3| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| 2023/ 2024 Update

HESI Med Surg Version 3| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| 2023/ 2024 Update Q: What information should the nurse include in the teaching plan of a client diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)? Answer: minimize symptoms by wearing loose, comfortable clothing. Q: The nurse is caring for a client with a lower left lobe pulmonary abscess. Which position should the nurse instruct the client to maintain? Answer: Left Lateral. Q: A client with cholelithiasis has a gallstone lodged in the common bile duct and is unable to eat or drink without becoming nauseated and vomiting. Which finding should the nurse report to the healthcare provider? Answer: Yellow Sclera Q: While caring for a client with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the nurse performs a neurological assessment every four hours. Which assessment finding warrants immediate intervention by the nurse? C. Weakened cough effort Q: The nurse is providing preoperative education for a Jewish client scheduled to receive a xenograft to promote burn healing. Which information should the nurse provide this client? Answer: The xenograft is taken from nonhuman sources Q: male client who had colon surgery 3 days ago is anxious and request assistance to reposition. The wound dehiscences and eviscerates. The nurse moistens an available sterile dressing and palaces it over the wound. Which intervention should the nurse implement next? Answer: prepare the client to return to the operating room. Q: A client with carcinoma of the lung is complaining of weakness and has a serum sodium level of 117 mEq/L. Which nursing problem should the nurse include in this client's plan of care? Answer: fluid volume excess Q: female client enters the clinic and insists on being seen. She is weak, nervous, and reports a racing heart beat and recent weight loss of 15 pounds. After ruling out substance withdrawal, the healthcare provider suspects hyperthyroidism. Which action should the nurse implement? Answer: space the client's care to provide periods of rest Q: The nurse is teaching a client with glomerulonephritis about self‐care. Which dietary recommendations should the nurse encourage the client to follow? Answer: restrict intake by limiting meats and other high‐protein foods.