HESI PN Exit Exam
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PN Exit Exam
The practical nurse (PN) is observing a newly hired PN who is preparing to administer a liquid
medication via a client's feeding tube system using the wrong procedure. What action should
the PN take?
A. Demonstrate how to administer medication via a feeding tube.
B. Confirm that the medication is only administered once daily.
C. Determine if the medication is compatible with the solution.
D. Offer to assist in calculating the rate of flow for the mixture.
A. Demonstrate how to administer medication via a feeding tube.
Which intervention should the practical nurse (PN) reinforce for a client with pruritus?
A. Encourage a warm sleeping environment.
B. Keep fingernails trimmed short.
C. Discourage use of skin lubricants.
D. Do not take any type of tub bath.
B. Keep fingernails trimmed short.
The practical nurse (PN) is reinforcing teaching to a group of evacuees in a mass casualty center
after a natural flooding disaster. Which information should the PN include in the review? (Select
all that apply.)
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A. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea.
B. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions.
C. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
D. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions.
A. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea.
B. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions.
C. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
D. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions.
A female client with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is transferred to a long-term care
facility for physical rehabilitation. To prevent injury, which action is most important for the
practical nurse to implement?
A. Ensure the client has minimal clutter in the room.
B. Monitor the client's blood cell laboratory values.
C. Assess the client for nerve pain or paralysis.
D. Evaluate client's neurological status after exercising.
A. Ensure the client has minimal clutter in the room.
An older male client who fell down several stairs 4-hours ago is scheduled for magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). What information should the practical nurse (PN) obtain from the
client?
A. Last time food was consumed.
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B. Presence of a metal implant.
C. History of previous myelogram.
D. Allergy to iodine-based dyes.
B. Presence of a metal implant.
What factors are important in determining the level of hypoxemia that the child may have
experienced during the submersion? Select all that apply.
A. Oxygen concentration of the ambient air.
B. Whether or not anyone witnessed the fall into the pool.
C. Temperature of water.
D. The amount of time the child was submerged.
A. Oxygen concentration of the ambient air.
C. Temperature of water.
D. The amount of time the child was submerged.
The practical nurse (PN) overhears a female client with Cushing's syndrome telling her family in
a very loud and angry voice to leave her room and not to come back. The response by the PN is
based on recognizing which common manifestation of the syndrome.
A. Mood alterations.
B. Hearing loss.
C. Impaired cognition.
D. Memory loss.
A. Mood alterations.