HESI Prep - Health Assessment Practice Questions
2024
5. The nurse is interviewing a patient who has a hearing impairment. What
techniques would be most beneficial in communicating with this patient?
A) Determine the communication method he prefers.
B) Avoid using facial and hand gestures because most hearing-impaired people
find this degrading.
C) Request a sign language interpreter before meeting with him to help facilitate
the communication.
D) Speak loudly and with exaggerated facial movement when talking with him
because this helps with lip reading. - ANSWER A) Determine
the communication method he prefers.
Pages: 40-41 The nurse should ask the deaf person the preferred way to
communicate—by signing, lip reading, or writing. If the person prefers lip reading,
then the nurse should be sure to face him or her squarely and have good lighting
on the nurse's face. The nurse should not exaggerate lip movements because this
distorts words. Similarly, shouting distorts the reception of a hearing aid the
person may wear. The nurse should speak slowly and should supplement his or
her voice with appropriate hand gestures or pantomime.
,7. A female patient does not speak English well, and the nurse needs to choose an
interpreter. Which of the following would be the most appropriate choice?
A) A trained interpreter
B) A male family member
C) A female family member
D) A volunteer college student from the foreign language studies department -
ANSWER A) A trained interpreter
Page: 46 whenever possible, the nurse should use a trained interpreter, preferably
one who knows medical terminology. In general, an older, more mature
interpreter is preferred to a younger, less experienced one, and the same gender
is preferred when possible.
11. In the majority culture of America, coughing, sweating, and diarrhea are
symptoms of an illness. For some individuals of Mexican-American origin,
however, these symptoms are a normal part of living. The nurse recognizes that
this is true, probably because Mexican-Americans:
A) have less efficient immune systems and are often ill.
B) consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not symptoms of ill health.
C) come from Mexico and coughing is normal and healthy there.
,D) are usually in a lower socioeconomic group and are more likely to be sick. -
ANSWER B) consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not
symptoms of ill health.
Page: 27 The nurse needs to identify the meaning of health to the patient,
remembering that concepts are derived, in part, from the way in which members
of the cultural group define health.
12. Among many Asians there is a belief in the yin/yang theory, rooted in the
ancient Chinese philosophy of Tao. The nurse recognizes which statement that
most accurately reflects "health" in an Asian with this belief?
A) A person is able to work and produce.
B) A person is happy, stable, and feels good.
C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
D) A person is able to care for others and function socially. - ANSWER
C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
Page: 21 Many Asians believe in the yin/yang theory, in which health is believed to
exist when all aspects of the person are in perfect balance. The other statements
do not describe this theory.
, 14. If an American Indian has come to the clinic to seek help with regulating her
diabetes, the nurse can expect that she:
A) will comply with the treatment prescribed.
B) has obviously given up her beliefs in naturalistic causes of disease.
C) may also be seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
D) will need extra help in dealing with her illness and may be experiencing a crisis
of faith. - ANSWER C) may also be seeking the assistance of a
shaman or medicine man.
Page: 23 When self-treatment is unsuccessful, the individual may turn to the lay or
folk healing systems, to spiritual or religious healing, or to scientific biomedicine.
In addition to seeking help from a biomedical or scientific health care provider,
patients may also seek help from folk or religious healers.
15. An elderly Mexican-American woman with traditional beliefs has been
admitted to an inpatient care unit. A culturally-sensitive nurse would:
A) contact the hospital administrator about the best course of action.
B) automatically get a curandero for her because it is not culturally appropriate for
her to request one.
C) further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and offer the patient assistance in
contacting a curandero or priest if she desires.
2024
5. The nurse is interviewing a patient who has a hearing impairment. What
techniques would be most beneficial in communicating with this patient?
A) Determine the communication method he prefers.
B) Avoid using facial and hand gestures because most hearing-impaired people
find this degrading.
C) Request a sign language interpreter before meeting with him to help facilitate
the communication.
D) Speak loudly and with exaggerated facial movement when talking with him
because this helps with lip reading. - ANSWER A) Determine
the communication method he prefers.
Pages: 40-41 The nurse should ask the deaf person the preferred way to
communicate—by signing, lip reading, or writing. If the person prefers lip reading,
then the nurse should be sure to face him or her squarely and have good lighting
on the nurse's face. The nurse should not exaggerate lip movements because this
distorts words. Similarly, shouting distorts the reception of a hearing aid the
person may wear. The nurse should speak slowly and should supplement his or
her voice with appropriate hand gestures or pantomime.
,7. A female patient does not speak English well, and the nurse needs to choose an
interpreter. Which of the following would be the most appropriate choice?
A) A trained interpreter
B) A male family member
C) A female family member
D) A volunteer college student from the foreign language studies department -
ANSWER A) A trained interpreter
Page: 46 whenever possible, the nurse should use a trained interpreter, preferably
one who knows medical terminology. In general, an older, more mature
interpreter is preferred to a younger, less experienced one, and the same gender
is preferred when possible.
11. In the majority culture of America, coughing, sweating, and diarrhea are
symptoms of an illness. For some individuals of Mexican-American origin,
however, these symptoms are a normal part of living. The nurse recognizes that
this is true, probably because Mexican-Americans:
A) have less efficient immune systems and are often ill.
B) consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not symptoms of ill health.
C) come from Mexico and coughing is normal and healthy there.
,D) are usually in a lower socioeconomic group and are more likely to be sick. -
ANSWER B) consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not
symptoms of ill health.
Page: 27 The nurse needs to identify the meaning of health to the patient,
remembering that concepts are derived, in part, from the way in which members
of the cultural group define health.
12. Among many Asians there is a belief in the yin/yang theory, rooted in the
ancient Chinese philosophy of Tao. The nurse recognizes which statement that
most accurately reflects "health" in an Asian with this belief?
A) A person is able to work and produce.
B) A person is happy, stable, and feels good.
C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
D) A person is able to care for others and function socially. - ANSWER
C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
Page: 21 Many Asians believe in the yin/yang theory, in which health is believed to
exist when all aspects of the person are in perfect balance. The other statements
do not describe this theory.
, 14. If an American Indian has come to the clinic to seek help with regulating her
diabetes, the nurse can expect that she:
A) will comply with the treatment prescribed.
B) has obviously given up her beliefs in naturalistic causes of disease.
C) may also be seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
D) will need extra help in dealing with her illness and may be experiencing a crisis
of faith. - ANSWER C) may also be seeking the assistance of a
shaman or medicine man.
Page: 23 When self-treatment is unsuccessful, the individual may turn to the lay or
folk healing systems, to spiritual or religious healing, or to scientific biomedicine.
In addition to seeking help from a biomedical or scientific health care provider,
patients may also seek help from folk or religious healers.
15. An elderly Mexican-American woman with traditional beliefs has been
admitted to an inpatient care unit. A culturally-sensitive nurse would:
A) contact the hospital administrator about the best course of action.
B) automatically get a curandero for her because it is not culturally appropriate for
her to request one.
C) further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and offer the patient assistance in
contacting a curandero or priest if she desires.
