HESI LPN-ADN HESI ENTRANCE EXAM (2025/2026) MOBILITY EXAMS (GRADE A+
ASSURED)
The LPN/LVN is preparing to ambulate a postoperative client after cardiac surgery. The nurse plans to do
which to enable the client to best tolerate the ambulation?
1. Provide the client with a walker.
2. Remove the telemetry equipment.
3. Encourage the client to cough and deep breathe.
4. Premedicate the client with an analgesic before ambulating.
ANS>>4. Premedicate the client with an analgesic before ambulating.
A client is wearing a continuous cardiac monitor, which begins to alarm at the nurse's station. The nurse
sees no electrocardiographic complexes on the screen. The nurse should do which first?
1. Call a code blue.
2. Call the health care provider.
3. Check the client status and lead placement.
4. Press the recorder button on the ECG console.
ANS>>3. Check the client status and lead placement.
The LPN/LVN in a medical unit is caring for a client with heart failure. The client suddenly develops
extreme dyspnea, tachycardia, and lung crackles, and the nurse suspects pulmonary edema. The nurse
immediately notifies the registered nurse and expects which
interventions to be prescribed? Select all that apply.
1. Administering oxygen
2. Inserting a Foley catheter
3. Administering furosemide (Lasix)
,4. Administering morphine sulfate intravenously
5. Transporting the client to the coronary care unit
6. Placing the client in a low-Fowler's side-lying position
Correct Answer:
1. Administering oxygen
2. Inserting a Foley catheter
3. Administering furosemide (Lasix)
The nurse is monitoring a client following cardioversion. Which observations should be of highest
priority to the nurse?
1. Blood pressure
2. Status of airway
3. Oxygen flow rate
4. Level of consciousness
ANS>>2. Status of airway
The nurse is assisting in caring for the client immediately after insertion of a permanent demand
pacemaker via the right subclavian vein. The nurse prevents dislodgement of the pacing catheter by
implementing which intervention?
1. Limiting movement and abduction of the left arm
2. Limiting movement and abduction of the right arm
3. Assisting the client to get out of bed and ambulate with a walker
4. Having the physical therapist do active range of motion to the right arm
ANS>>2. Limiting movement and abduction of the right arm
,A client diagnosed with thrombophlebitis 1 day ago suddenly complains of chest pain and shortness of
breath, and the client is visibly anxious. The LPN/LVN understands that a life-threatening complication of
this condition is which?
1. Pneumonia
2. Pulmonary edema
3. Pulmonary embolism
4. Myocardial infarction
ANS>>3. Pulmonary embolism
7) A 24-year-old man seeks medical attention for complaints of claudication in the arch of the foot. The
nurse also notes superficial thrombophlebitis of the lower leg. The nurse should check the client for
which next?
1. Smoking history
2. Recent exposure to allergens
3. History of recent insect bites
4. Familial tendency toward peripheral vascular disease
ANS>>1. Smoking history
The nurse has reinforced instructions to the client with Raynaud's disease about self-management of the
disease process. The nurse determines that the client needs further teaching if the client states which?
1. "Smoking cessation is very important."
, 2. "Moving to a warmer climate should help."
3. "Sources of caffeine should be eliminated from the diet."
4. "Taking nifedipine (Procardia) as prescribed will decrease vessel spasm."
ANS>>2. "Moving to a warmer climate should help."
A client with myocardial infarction suddenly becomes tachycardic, shows signs of air hunger, and begins
coughing frothy, pink-tinged sputum. The nurse listens to breath sounds, expecting to hear which breath
sounds bilaterally?
1. Rhonchi
2. Crackles
3. Wheezes
4. Diminished breath sounds
ANS>>2. Crackles
The LPN/LVN is collecting data on a client with a diagnosis of right sided heart failure. The nurse should
expect to note which specific characteristic of this condition?
1. Dyspnea
2. Hacking cough
3. Dependent edema
4. Crackles on lung auscultation
ANS>>3. Dependent edema
The LPN/LVN is checking the neurovascular status of a client who returned to the surgical nursing unit 4
hours ago after undergoing an aortoiliac bypass graft. The affected leg is warm, and the nurse notes
redness and edema. The pedal pulse is palpable and unchanged from admission. The nurse interprets
that the neurovascular status is which?
ASSURED)
The LPN/LVN is preparing to ambulate a postoperative client after cardiac surgery. The nurse plans to do
which to enable the client to best tolerate the ambulation?
1. Provide the client with a walker.
2. Remove the telemetry equipment.
3. Encourage the client to cough and deep breathe.
4. Premedicate the client with an analgesic before ambulating.
ANS>>4. Premedicate the client with an analgesic before ambulating.
A client is wearing a continuous cardiac monitor, which begins to alarm at the nurse's station. The nurse
sees no electrocardiographic complexes on the screen. The nurse should do which first?
1. Call a code blue.
2. Call the health care provider.
3. Check the client status and lead placement.
4. Press the recorder button on the ECG console.
ANS>>3. Check the client status and lead placement.
The LPN/LVN in a medical unit is caring for a client with heart failure. The client suddenly develops
extreme dyspnea, tachycardia, and lung crackles, and the nurse suspects pulmonary edema. The nurse
immediately notifies the registered nurse and expects which
interventions to be prescribed? Select all that apply.
1. Administering oxygen
2. Inserting a Foley catheter
3. Administering furosemide (Lasix)
,4. Administering morphine sulfate intravenously
5. Transporting the client to the coronary care unit
6. Placing the client in a low-Fowler's side-lying position
Correct Answer:
1. Administering oxygen
2. Inserting a Foley catheter
3. Administering furosemide (Lasix)
The nurse is monitoring a client following cardioversion. Which observations should be of highest
priority to the nurse?
1. Blood pressure
2. Status of airway
3. Oxygen flow rate
4. Level of consciousness
ANS>>2. Status of airway
The nurse is assisting in caring for the client immediately after insertion of a permanent demand
pacemaker via the right subclavian vein. The nurse prevents dislodgement of the pacing catheter by
implementing which intervention?
1. Limiting movement and abduction of the left arm
2. Limiting movement and abduction of the right arm
3. Assisting the client to get out of bed and ambulate with a walker
4. Having the physical therapist do active range of motion to the right arm
ANS>>2. Limiting movement and abduction of the right arm
,A client diagnosed with thrombophlebitis 1 day ago suddenly complains of chest pain and shortness of
breath, and the client is visibly anxious. The LPN/LVN understands that a life-threatening complication of
this condition is which?
1. Pneumonia
2. Pulmonary edema
3. Pulmonary embolism
4. Myocardial infarction
ANS>>3. Pulmonary embolism
7) A 24-year-old man seeks medical attention for complaints of claudication in the arch of the foot. The
nurse also notes superficial thrombophlebitis of the lower leg. The nurse should check the client for
which next?
1. Smoking history
2. Recent exposure to allergens
3. History of recent insect bites
4. Familial tendency toward peripheral vascular disease
ANS>>1. Smoking history
The nurse has reinforced instructions to the client with Raynaud's disease about self-management of the
disease process. The nurse determines that the client needs further teaching if the client states which?
1. "Smoking cessation is very important."
, 2. "Moving to a warmer climate should help."
3. "Sources of caffeine should be eliminated from the diet."
4. "Taking nifedipine (Procardia) as prescribed will decrease vessel spasm."
ANS>>2. "Moving to a warmer climate should help."
A client with myocardial infarction suddenly becomes tachycardic, shows signs of air hunger, and begins
coughing frothy, pink-tinged sputum. The nurse listens to breath sounds, expecting to hear which breath
sounds bilaterally?
1. Rhonchi
2. Crackles
3. Wheezes
4. Diminished breath sounds
ANS>>2. Crackles
The LPN/LVN is collecting data on a client with a diagnosis of right sided heart failure. The nurse should
expect to note which specific characteristic of this condition?
1. Dyspnea
2. Hacking cough
3. Dependent edema
4. Crackles on lung auscultation
ANS>>3. Dependent edema
The LPN/LVN is checking the neurovascular status of a client who returned to the surgical nursing unit 4
hours ago after undergoing an aortoiliac bypass graft. The affected leg is warm, and the nurse notes
redness and edema. The pedal pulse is palpable and unchanged from admission. The nurse interprets
that the neurovascular status is which?
