HESI EXIT RN EXAM COMPLETE NEW
VERSION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS A GRADE 100% PASS
1.
A nurse observes a patient rising from a chair slowly by
pushing on the chair arms. Which type of tension and
contraction did the nurseobserve?
Eccentric tension and isotonic contraction
a. Eccentric tension and isometric contraction
b. Concentric tension and isotonic contraction
c. Concentric tension and isometric contraction
ANS: A
This movement causes eccentric tension and isotonic contraction. Eccentric
tension helps control the speed and direction of movement. For example,
when using an overhead trapeze, the patient slowly lowers himself to the bed.
The lowering is controlled when the antagonistic muscles lengthen. By
pushing on the chair arms and rising eccentric tension and isotonic
contraction occurred. In concentric tension, increased muscle contraction
causes muscle shortening, resulting in movement such as when a patient uses
an overhead trapeze to pull up in bed. Concentric and eccentric muscle
actions are necessary for active movement and therefore are referred to as
dynamic or isotonic contraction. Isometric contraction (static contraction)
causes an increase in muscle tension or muscle work but no shortening or
active movement of the muscle (e.g., instructing the patient to tighten and
relax a muscle group, as in quadriceps set exercises or pelvic floor exercises).
2. A nurse notices that a patient has a structural curvature of the spine
associated with vertebral rotation. Which condition will the nurse most
likelyfind documented in the patient’s medical record?
,a. Scoliosis
b. Arthritis
c. Osteomalacia
d. Osteogen
esis ANS: A
, Scoliosis is a structural curvature of the spine associated with vertebral
rotation. Osteogenesis imperfecta is an inherited disorder that makes
bonesporous, short, bowed, and deformed.
Osteomalacia is an uncommon metabolic disease characterized by
inadequate and delayed mineralization,resulting in compact and spongy
bone. Arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease characterized by
inflammation or destruction of the synovial membrane and articular
cartilage and by systemic signs of inflammation.
3. A nurse is caring for a patient who has some immobility from
noninflammatory joint degeneration. The nurse is teaching the
patient
about this process. Which information will the nurse include in theteaching session?
a. This will affect synovial fluid.
b. This will affect the body systemically.
c. This involves mostly non–weight-bearing joints.
d. This involves overgrowth of bone at the articular ends.
ANS: D
Joint degeneration, which can occur with inflammatory and noninflammatory
disease, is marked by changes in articular cartilage combined with overgrowthof
bone at the articular ends. Degenerative changes commonly affect weight-
bearing joints. Synovial fluid is normal in noninflammatory diseases.
Inflammatory joint disease (e.g., arthritis) is characterized by inflammation
ordestruction of the synovial membrane and articular cartilage and by
systemic signs of inflammation.
4. The nurse is providing care to a patient who is bedridden. The nurse
raises the height of the bed. What is the rationale for the nurse’s action?
a. Narrows the nurse’s base of support.
b. Allows the nurse to bring feet closer together.
c. Prevents a shift in the nurse’s base of support.
Shifts the nurse’s center of gravity farther away from the base of
VERSION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS A GRADE 100% PASS
1.
A nurse observes a patient rising from a chair slowly by
pushing on the chair arms. Which type of tension and
contraction did the nurseobserve?
Eccentric tension and isotonic contraction
a. Eccentric tension and isometric contraction
b. Concentric tension and isotonic contraction
c. Concentric tension and isometric contraction
ANS: A
This movement causes eccentric tension and isotonic contraction. Eccentric
tension helps control the speed and direction of movement. For example,
when using an overhead trapeze, the patient slowly lowers himself to the bed.
The lowering is controlled when the antagonistic muscles lengthen. By
pushing on the chair arms and rising eccentric tension and isotonic
contraction occurred. In concentric tension, increased muscle contraction
causes muscle shortening, resulting in movement such as when a patient uses
an overhead trapeze to pull up in bed. Concentric and eccentric muscle
actions are necessary for active movement and therefore are referred to as
dynamic or isotonic contraction. Isometric contraction (static contraction)
causes an increase in muscle tension or muscle work but no shortening or
active movement of the muscle (e.g., instructing the patient to tighten and
relax a muscle group, as in quadriceps set exercises or pelvic floor exercises).
2. A nurse notices that a patient has a structural curvature of the spine
associated with vertebral rotation. Which condition will the nurse most
likelyfind documented in the patient’s medical record?
,a. Scoliosis
b. Arthritis
c. Osteomalacia
d. Osteogen
esis ANS: A
, Scoliosis is a structural curvature of the spine associated with vertebral
rotation. Osteogenesis imperfecta is an inherited disorder that makes
bonesporous, short, bowed, and deformed.
Osteomalacia is an uncommon metabolic disease characterized by
inadequate and delayed mineralization,resulting in compact and spongy
bone. Arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease characterized by
inflammation or destruction of the synovial membrane and articular
cartilage and by systemic signs of inflammation.
3. A nurse is caring for a patient who has some immobility from
noninflammatory joint degeneration. The nurse is teaching the
patient
about this process. Which information will the nurse include in theteaching session?
a. This will affect synovial fluid.
b. This will affect the body systemically.
c. This involves mostly non–weight-bearing joints.
d. This involves overgrowth of bone at the articular ends.
ANS: D
Joint degeneration, which can occur with inflammatory and noninflammatory
disease, is marked by changes in articular cartilage combined with overgrowthof
bone at the articular ends. Degenerative changes commonly affect weight-
bearing joints. Synovial fluid is normal in noninflammatory diseases.
Inflammatory joint disease (e.g., arthritis) is characterized by inflammation
ordestruction of the synovial membrane and articular cartilage and by
systemic signs of inflammation.
4. The nurse is providing care to a patient who is bedridden. The nurse
raises the height of the bed. What is the rationale for the nurse’s action?
a. Narrows the nurse’s base of support.
b. Allows the nurse to bring feet closer together.
c. Prevents a shift in the nurse’s base of support.
Shifts the nurse’s center of gravity farther away from the base of
