HESI MID CURRICULAR EXAM
QUESTIONS & COMPLETED
ANSWERS/MID CURRICULAR
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,HESI MID CURRICULAR EXAM QUESTIONS & COMPLETED ANSWERS/MID
CURRICULAR
nursing process
assess
diagnose
outcome/planning
implement
evaluate
techniques of physical assessment
inspection
palpation
percussion
auscultation
start physical assessment with
general survey assess for
-appearance
-behavior
-height/weight/BMI
-nutritional status
-waist circumference which can indicate obesity
,what does RN do after seizure
- check for apnea episodes
pt walking w/ a walk with elbows flexed
this is normal, proceed
pt w/ diabetes, HTN, who has a severe HA and blurred vission what to assess
- asess BP
low K+ [2.5]
- check apical pulse
RN cannot get PMI, what to do
- turn to left side
pt on levothyroxine, has goiter.. what to assess for
- check for hyperthyroidism symptoms [heart palpitations]
medication dosage reduced, reason?
- level is 2.5 [too elevated]
, when assessing the integumentary system you are looking for
erythema - indicating fever/inflammation
cyanosis - indicating O2 loss
jaundice - ^ billiruben
pallor - low on blood
ecchymosis
petechiae
lesions
integumentary assessment
palpate for temperature, moisture, turgor, edema
and inspect
adventitious breath sounds
wheeze - high pitch indicating airway obstruction
crackles - bubbling on in/ex
stridor - harsh high pitch sound on inhale
ronchi - sonourus , coarse low pitch
friction rub
extra heart sounds
s3-normal in children
s4- normal in older adults
QUESTIONS & COMPLETED
ANSWERS/MID CURRICULAR
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,HESI MID CURRICULAR EXAM QUESTIONS & COMPLETED ANSWERS/MID
CURRICULAR
nursing process
assess
diagnose
outcome/planning
implement
evaluate
techniques of physical assessment
inspection
palpation
percussion
auscultation
start physical assessment with
general survey assess for
-appearance
-behavior
-height/weight/BMI
-nutritional status
-waist circumference which can indicate obesity
,what does RN do after seizure
- check for apnea episodes
pt walking w/ a walk with elbows flexed
this is normal, proceed
pt w/ diabetes, HTN, who has a severe HA and blurred vission what to assess
- asess BP
low K+ [2.5]
- check apical pulse
RN cannot get PMI, what to do
- turn to left side
pt on levothyroxine, has goiter.. what to assess for
- check for hyperthyroidism symptoms [heart palpitations]
medication dosage reduced, reason?
- level is 2.5 [too elevated]
, when assessing the integumentary system you are looking for
erythema - indicating fever/inflammation
cyanosis - indicating O2 loss
jaundice - ^ billiruben
pallor - low on blood
ecchymosis
petechiae
lesions
integumentary assessment
palpate for temperature, moisture, turgor, edema
and inspect
adventitious breath sounds
wheeze - high pitch indicating airway obstruction
crackles - bubbling on in/ex
stridor - harsh high pitch sound on inhale
ronchi - sonourus , coarse low pitch
friction rub
extra heart sounds
s3-normal in children
s4- normal in older adults
