HESI Community Health
HESI Community Health
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024
1. The community health nurses is counseling a group of 14 year olds about safe
sexual practices. Which health teaching strategy would be most effective for the
nurse to use with this age group?
A.Encourage group members to describe personal experiences in practicing safe
sex
B. Provide the group with statistical data about behaviors leading to venereal
diseases
C. Tell the group that for aids prevention abstinence is the best safe sex
practice
D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe
sex: D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe
sex
2. A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a
marathon run. He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a
flavored sports drink. What action should the nurse implement first?
,A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink: D. Give the runner another pint
of fluids to drink
3. An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one
week following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home
environment is most important for the home health nurse to implement?
A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
D. Leave motion activated light in the living room: C. Ensure that an elevated
toilet seat is installed
4. The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client
should the nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
A. 30 year old with endometriosis
B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
C. 50 year old perimenopause
D. 20 year old with gonorrhea: D. A 20 year old with gonorrhea
5. The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style
choices. Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
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A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes: A. Completely stop
the use of cigarette and tobacco products
6. The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who
will start kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students
have only received on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which
intervention should the nurse implement?
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should
be administered prior to entering first grade
B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that
MMR vaccine series must be completed
C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is
due at eh start of the school year
D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the
benefits of immunizing their children: B. Send notices home with the children
on the first day of class advising that MMR vaccine series must be completed
7. A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community
clinic. He is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant.
He smokes at least one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which
secondary prevention measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
, A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
C. Smoking cessation
D. Blood pressure and lipid screening: D. Blood pressure and lipid screening 8. A
male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with
normal limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135
pound and his body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the
nurse obtain first?
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
C. Use of performance enhancing drugs
D. Recent exposure to allergens: B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
9. The nurse is planning to implement a health education program on breast
screening for Hispanic women at a community center. Which component of the
teaching plan best provides culturally competent care?
A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish languages
B. Ask a Hispanic breast cancer survivor to present the educational class
C. Include treatment modalities with survival statistics for Hispanic womenD.
Design flyers that target Hispanic women encouraging their attendance: A.
Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish
HESI Community Health
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024
1. The community health nurses is counseling a group of 14 year olds about safe
sexual practices. Which health teaching strategy would be most effective for the
nurse to use with this age group?
A.Encourage group members to describe personal experiences in practicing safe
sex
B. Provide the group with statistical data about behaviors leading to venereal
diseases
C. Tell the group that for aids prevention abstinence is the best safe sex
practice
D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe
sex: D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe
sex
2. A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a
marathon run. He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a
flavored sports drink. What action should the nurse implement first?
,A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink: D. Give the runner another pint
of fluids to drink
3. An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one
week following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home
environment is most important for the home health nurse to implement?
A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
D. Leave motion activated light in the living room: C. Ensure that an elevated
toilet seat is installed
4. The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client
should the nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
A. 30 year old with endometriosis
B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
C. 50 year old perimenopause
D. 20 year old with gonorrhea: D. A 20 year old with gonorrhea
5. The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style
choices. Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
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A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes: A. Completely stop
the use of cigarette and tobacco products
6. The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who
will start kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students
have only received on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which
intervention should the nurse implement?
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should
be administered prior to entering first grade
B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that
MMR vaccine series must be completed
C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is
due at eh start of the school year
D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the
benefits of immunizing their children: B. Send notices home with the children
on the first day of class advising that MMR vaccine series must be completed
7. A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community
clinic. He is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant.
He smokes at least one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which
secondary prevention measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
, A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
C. Smoking cessation
D. Blood pressure and lipid screening: D. Blood pressure and lipid screening 8. A
male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with
normal limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135
pound and his body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the
nurse obtain first?
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
C. Use of performance enhancing drugs
D. Recent exposure to allergens: B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
9. The nurse is planning to implement a health education program on breast
screening for Hispanic women at a community center. Which component of the
teaching plan best provides culturally competent care?
A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish languages
B. Ask a Hispanic breast cancer survivor to present the educational class
C. Include treatment modalities with survival statistics for Hispanic womenD.
Design flyers that target Hispanic women encouraging their attendance: A.
Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish
