HESI RN Health Assessment
Questions HESI RN HEALTH
ASSESSMENT LATEST EXAM
2022-2024/ HEALTH
ASSESSMENT HESI EXIT EXAM
2022-2023 REAL
,A client comes to the clinic with a report of fever and a recent
exposure to someone who was diagnosed with meningitis. Which
nursing assessment should be completed during the initial
examination of this client?
A. Level of consciousness
B. Gait characteristics
C. Presence of trauma
D. Bladder control ability. - ANS-A. Level of consciousness
A client reports feeling increasingly fatigued for several months,
and the nurse observes that the client's lips are pale. Which
additional data should the nurse collect based on this
presentation?
A. Current alcohol and tobacco use
B. A 24-hour dietary recall
C. Use of vitamin and iron supplements
D. Daily pattern of oral hygiene practices - ANS-C. Use of vitamin
and iron supplements
A client is reporting chest pain. What statement made by the client helps the nurse to
understand the client has a naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
A. "My life is really out of balance."
B. "I knew I should have changed my diet."
C. "I should have gone to church last week."
D. "I forgot to take my medicines last night." - ANS-A. "My life is really out of balance."
A nurse is working in a healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What
action(s) by the nurse will allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this
population? (Select all that apply.)
A. Be open to people who are different.
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
, D. Interact with each person in the same way.
E. Request nurses take care of patients with the same ethnicity.
F. Always request an interpreter for people from other countries. - ANS-A. Be open to
people who are different.
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable
B. It is easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs.
C. It is normally felt by rolling the client on the right side and palpating.
D. It is a firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in the upper abdomen. - ANS-A. It
must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable
What is the best place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethoscope?
A. Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostal space
B. Posterior-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space
C. Anterior chest at the level of the 4th intercostal space.
D. Anterior-axillary line at the 5th intercostal space. - ANS-A. Posterior chest below the
3rd intercostal space
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of mitral stenosis. How should the
nurse assess this client with a stethoscope to listen for this condition?
A. Place the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
B. Place the bell on the 2nd intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
C. Put the diaphragm on the 5th intercostal space, left sternal border.
D. Put the diaphragm on the 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border. - ANS-A. Place
the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of aortic regurgitation. Where should
the nurse place the stethoscope diaphragm to listen for this condition?
A. 2nd intercostal space along the right sternal border
B. 2nd intercostal space along the left sternal border.
C. 3rd intercostal space on the right midclavicular line
D. 5th intercostal space on the left midclavicular line - ANS-A. 2nd intercostal space
along the right sternal border
The client is experiencing severe pruritis and small papules and burrows on areas over
one hand and the inner thighs. Which assessment data best explains the condition the
client is experiencing?
A. The client works in a daycare setting that has had a scabies outbreak.
Questions HESI RN HEALTH
ASSESSMENT LATEST EXAM
2022-2024/ HEALTH
ASSESSMENT HESI EXIT EXAM
2022-2023 REAL
,A client comes to the clinic with a report of fever and a recent
exposure to someone who was diagnosed with meningitis. Which
nursing assessment should be completed during the initial
examination of this client?
A. Level of consciousness
B. Gait characteristics
C. Presence of trauma
D. Bladder control ability. - ANS-A. Level of consciousness
A client reports feeling increasingly fatigued for several months,
and the nurse observes that the client's lips are pale. Which
additional data should the nurse collect based on this
presentation?
A. Current alcohol and tobacco use
B. A 24-hour dietary recall
C. Use of vitamin and iron supplements
D. Daily pattern of oral hygiene practices - ANS-C. Use of vitamin
and iron supplements
A client is reporting chest pain. What statement made by the client helps the nurse to
understand the client has a naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
A. "My life is really out of balance."
B. "I knew I should have changed my diet."
C. "I should have gone to church last week."
D. "I forgot to take my medicines last night." - ANS-A. "My life is really out of balance."
A nurse is working in a healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What
action(s) by the nurse will allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this
population? (Select all that apply.)
A. Be open to people who are different.
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
, D. Interact with each person in the same way.
E. Request nurses take care of patients with the same ethnicity.
F. Always request an interpreter for people from other countries. - ANS-A. Be open to
people who are different.
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable
B. It is easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs.
C. It is normally felt by rolling the client on the right side and palpating.
D. It is a firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in the upper abdomen. - ANS-A. It
must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable
What is the best place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethoscope?
A. Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostal space
B. Posterior-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space
C. Anterior chest at the level of the 4th intercostal space.
D. Anterior-axillary line at the 5th intercostal space. - ANS-A. Posterior chest below the
3rd intercostal space
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of mitral stenosis. How should the
nurse assess this client with a stethoscope to listen for this condition?
A. Place the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
B. Place the bell on the 2nd intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
C. Put the diaphragm on the 5th intercostal space, left sternal border.
D. Put the diaphragm on the 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border. - ANS-A. Place
the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line.
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of aortic regurgitation. Where should
the nurse place the stethoscope diaphragm to listen for this condition?
A. 2nd intercostal space along the right sternal border
B. 2nd intercostal space along the left sternal border.
C. 3rd intercostal space on the right midclavicular line
D. 5th intercostal space on the left midclavicular line - ANS-A. 2nd intercostal space
along the right sternal border
The client is experiencing severe pruritis and small papules and burrows on areas over
one hand and the inner thighs. Which assessment data best explains the condition the
client is experiencing?
A. The client works in a daycare setting that has had a scabies outbreak.
