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HESI FUNDAMENTALS EXIT EXAM 2025/2026/ EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Which area of the hands requires special attention before you begin a surgical
hand scrub?
A) The area under each fingernail
B) The back of the hands
C) The area between each finger
D) The palm of each hand - (answers)B
When opening a sterile pack, which of the following actions would compromise
the sterility of the instruments and supplies inside the pack?
A) Opening the sterile pack just prior to the procedure
B) Allowing movement of team members around the field
C) Keeping sterile items away from the edge of the table
D) Holding the sterile pack below waist or table level - (answers)D
The goal of surgical asepsis is to:
A) create and maintain a micro-organism-free environment
B) reduce the presence of pathogenic organisms in the environment
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C) kill all micro-organisms on all instruments involved in a procedure
D) minimize exposure to the patient's blood during an invasive procedure -
(answers)A
When donning sterile gloves using the open-glove method, it is important to
remember to:
A) grasp only the inside of the glove with your ungloved hand.
B) ask another team member to assist with donning gloves.
C) grasp only the underside of the cuff with your ungloved hand.
D) choose a pair of gloves at least one size smaller than usual. - (answers)A
The preferred site for IM injection?
A) Anterolateral quadricep
B) Deltoid
C) Ventrogluteal
D) Abdomen - (answers)C
Most recommended site for administration of Heparin? - (answers)Abdomen
If you can only grab 1 inch of fatty tissue on the abdomen for a SQ injection, what
needle size should be used?
HESI FUNDAMENTALS EXIT EXAM 2025/2026/ EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Which area of the hands requires special attention before you begin a surgical
hand scrub?
A) The area under each fingernail
B) The back of the hands
C) The area between each finger
D) The palm of each hand - (answers)B
When opening a sterile pack, which of the following actions would compromise
the sterility of the instruments and supplies inside the pack?
A) Opening the sterile pack just prior to the procedure
B) Allowing movement of team members around the field
C) Keeping sterile items away from the edge of the table
D) Holding the sterile pack below waist or table level - (answers)D
The goal of surgical asepsis is to:
A) create and maintain a micro-organism-free environment
B) reduce the presence of pathogenic organisms in the environment
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C) kill all micro-organisms on all instruments involved in a procedure
D) minimize exposure to the patient's blood during an invasive procedure -
(answers)A
When donning sterile gloves using the open-glove method, it is important to
remember to:
A) grasp only the inside of the glove with your ungloved hand.
B) ask another team member to assist with donning gloves.
C) grasp only the underside of the cuff with your ungloved hand.
D) choose a pair of gloves at least one size smaller than usual. - (answers)A
The preferred site for IM injection?
A) Anterolateral quadricep
B) Deltoid
C) Ventrogluteal
D) Abdomen - (answers)C
Most recommended site for administration of Heparin? - (answers)Abdomen
If you can only grab 1 inch of fatty tissue on the abdomen for a SQ injection, what
needle size should be used?
