LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT HESI QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Rn is planning assignments for 5 clients on the nursing unit. the team
includes a LPN and a nursing assistant. which clients should the nurse assign
to the LPN? ANS >> 1. a client w/ a colostomy who requires reinforcement
regarding the procedure for irrigation
2. a pt w/ DM who requires the administration or regular insulin in accordance w/ a
sliding dosage scale every 4 hrs
2. A client scheduled for surgery tells the nurse that he signed an informed
consent for the surgical procedure but was never told about the risks of the
surgery. The nurse serves as the client's advocate by ANS >> calling surgeon
and asking that the risks be explained to the client
3. A nurse is preparing the client assignments for the day. One of the nurses
on the team has just learned that she is pregnant. Which client does the nurse
refrain from assigning to the pregnant team member? ANS >> a client w/ a solid
sealed cervical radiation implant
4. A RN is supervising a nursing assistant ambulating a client with right-sided
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, weakness. The RN would conclude that the nursing assistant is performing
the procedure incorrectly after observing that the nursing assistant ANS >>
stands behind the client
5. A RN is watching as a new LPN administer an IM injection in a client's deltoid
muscle. the RN determines that the LPN is performing the procedure correctly
if the LPN ANS >> administers the injection 2 in below the acromion process
6. The nurse is preparing client assignments for the day. Which client should
the nurse assign to a nursing assistant? ANS >> unconscious pt who requires
oral care
7. A RN who has a LPN and a nursing assistant on the nursing team is planning
client assignments for the day. Which client should the RN assign to the
LPN? ANS >> a pt receiving oxygen who requires frequent pulse oximetry
monitoring and resp treatments
8. A nurse has delegated several nursing tasks to staff members. The nurse's
primary responsibility after the delegation of the tasks is to ANS >> follow up
with each staff member regarding the performance of the task and the outcomes
r/t implementation of the task
9. A nurse is planning the client assignments for the shift. Which of the
following clients should the nurse assign to the nursing assistant? ANS >> a
client who needs frequent ambulation with a walker
10. A nurse employed at a hospital is asked by a nurse manager to review the
organizational chart. The nurse reviews the chart so that he will ANS >> be
familiar with the organizations line of authority
11. A nurse leader in a med-surg unit overhears the nursing staff openly
discussing a client and stating that the client is "uncooperative and a real
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1. Rn is planning assignments for 5 clients on the nursing unit. the team
includes a LPN and a nursing assistant. which clients should the nurse assign
to the LPN? ANS >> 1. a client w/ a colostomy who requires reinforcement
regarding the procedure for irrigation
2. a pt w/ DM who requires the administration or regular insulin in accordance w/ a
sliding dosage scale every 4 hrs
2. A client scheduled for surgery tells the nurse that he signed an informed
consent for the surgical procedure but was never told about the risks of the
surgery. The nurse serves as the client's advocate by ANS >> calling surgeon
and asking that the risks be explained to the client
3. A nurse is preparing the client assignments for the day. One of the nurses
on the team has just learned that she is pregnant. Which client does the nurse
refrain from assigning to the pregnant team member? ANS >> a client w/ a solid
sealed cervical radiation implant
4. A RN is supervising a nursing assistant ambulating a client with right-sided
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, weakness. The RN would conclude that the nursing assistant is performing
the procedure incorrectly after observing that the nursing assistant ANS >>
stands behind the client
5. A RN is watching as a new LPN administer an IM injection in a client's deltoid
muscle. the RN determines that the LPN is performing the procedure correctly
if the LPN ANS >> administers the injection 2 in below the acromion process
6. The nurse is preparing client assignments for the day. Which client should
the nurse assign to a nursing assistant? ANS >> unconscious pt who requires
oral care
7. A RN who has a LPN and a nursing assistant on the nursing team is planning
client assignments for the day. Which client should the RN assign to the
LPN? ANS >> a pt receiving oxygen who requires frequent pulse oximetry
monitoring and resp treatments
8. A nurse has delegated several nursing tasks to staff members. The nurse's
primary responsibility after the delegation of the tasks is to ANS >> follow up
with each staff member regarding the performance of the task and the outcomes
r/t implementation of the task
9. A nurse is planning the client assignments for the shift. Which of the
following clients should the nurse assign to the nursing assistant? ANS >> a
client who needs frequent ambulation with a walker
10. A nurse employed at a hospital is asked by a nurse manager to review the
organizational chart. The nurse reviews the chart so that he will ANS >> be
familiar with the organizations line of authority
11. A nurse leader in a med-surg unit overhears the nursing staff openly
discussing a client and stating that the client is "uncooperative and a real
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