NSG 122 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
HESI FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
Evidence Based Practice correct answers >> Evidence-based
practice (EBP) in nursing is a problem-solving approach to making
clinical decisions, using the best evidence available (considered
"best" because it is collected from sources such as published
research, national standards and guidelines, and reviews of
targeted literature).
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Older Adults correct answers >>
Integrity vs. Despair
People in late adulthood reflect on their lives and feel either a
sense of satisfaction or a sense of failure. People who feel proud
of their accomplishments feel a sense of integrity, and they can
look back on their lives with few regrets.
Droplet Precautions correct answers >> Droplet Precautions:
Use a private room, if available. Door may remain open.
Wear PPE upon entry into the room for all interactions that may
involve contact with the patient and potentially contaminated
areas in the patient's environment.
Transport patient out of room only when necessary and place a
surgical mask on the patient if possible.
Keep visitors 3 ft from the infected person.
Why are masks beneficial with droplet precautions? correct
answers >> Masks help prevent the wearer from inhaling large-
, particle aerosols, which usually travel short distances (about 3 ft),
and small-particle droplet nuclei, which can remain suspended in
the air and travel longer distances. Masks also protect the patient
from the respiratory secretions of the health care worker. Masks
discourage the wearer from touching the eyes, nose, and mouth,
thus limiting contact of organisms with mucous membranes.
Cough Etiquette correct answers >> Any patients, family
members, and visitors with undiagnosed, transmissible
respiratory infections require education to cover their mouth and
nose with a tissue when coughing and promptly dispose of the
tissue. During periods of increased occurrence of respiratory
infections, offer a surgical mask to coughing patients and other
symptomatic people upon entry to the health care facility or
office. Encourage the coughing patient to maintain more than a 3-
ft separation from other people in the health care facility or office.
Factors Affecting Risk for Infection correct answers >>
Factors affecting the risk for infection include: integrity of mucous
membranes, pH levels of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary
tracts, immune response, age, sex, race, heredity, level of
fatigue, nutritional status, stress level, use of invasive or
indwelling medical devices and immunizations (natural or
acquired)
Abnormal Wound Drainage correct answers >> Purulent
drainage is made up of white blood cells, liquefied dead tissue
debris, and both dead and live bacteria. Purulent drainage is
thick, often has a musty or foul odor, and varies in color (such as
dark yellow or green), depending on the causative organism.
Pressure Ulcer Stage 1 correct answers >> A stage 1
pressure injury is a defined, localized area of intact skin with
HESI FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
Evidence Based Practice correct answers >> Evidence-based
practice (EBP) in nursing is a problem-solving approach to making
clinical decisions, using the best evidence available (considered
"best" because it is collected from sources such as published
research, national standards and guidelines, and reviews of
targeted literature).
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Older Adults correct answers >>
Integrity vs. Despair
People in late adulthood reflect on their lives and feel either a
sense of satisfaction or a sense of failure. People who feel proud
of their accomplishments feel a sense of integrity, and they can
look back on their lives with few regrets.
Droplet Precautions correct answers >> Droplet Precautions:
Use a private room, if available. Door may remain open.
Wear PPE upon entry into the room for all interactions that may
involve contact with the patient and potentially contaminated
areas in the patient's environment.
Transport patient out of room only when necessary and place a
surgical mask on the patient if possible.
Keep visitors 3 ft from the infected person.
Why are masks beneficial with droplet precautions? correct
answers >> Masks help prevent the wearer from inhaling large-
, particle aerosols, which usually travel short distances (about 3 ft),
and small-particle droplet nuclei, which can remain suspended in
the air and travel longer distances. Masks also protect the patient
from the respiratory secretions of the health care worker. Masks
discourage the wearer from touching the eyes, nose, and mouth,
thus limiting contact of organisms with mucous membranes.
Cough Etiquette correct answers >> Any patients, family
members, and visitors with undiagnosed, transmissible
respiratory infections require education to cover their mouth and
nose with a tissue when coughing and promptly dispose of the
tissue. During periods of increased occurrence of respiratory
infections, offer a surgical mask to coughing patients and other
symptomatic people upon entry to the health care facility or
office. Encourage the coughing patient to maintain more than a 3-
ft separation from other people in the health care facility or office.
Factors Affecting Risk for Infection correct answers >>
Factors affecting the risk for infection include: integrity of mucous
membranes, pH levels of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary
tracts, immune response, age, sex, race, heredity, level of
fatigue, nutritional status, stress level, use of invasive or
indwelling medical devices and immunizations (natural or
acquired)
Abnormal Wound Drainage correct answers >> Purulent
drainage is made up of white blood cells, liquefied dead tissue
debris, and both dead and live bacteria. Purulent drainage is
thick, often has a musty or foul odor, and varies in color (such as
dark yellow or green), depending on the causative organism.
Pressure Ulcer Stage 1 correct answers >> A stage 1
pressure injury is a defined, localized area of intact skin with
