BSN 246 HESI Health Assessment Exam
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5. The nurse is interviewing a patient who has a hearing impairment.
What techniques would be most beneficial in communicating with this
patient?
A) Determine the communication method he prefers.
B) Avoid using facial and hand gestures because most hearing-impaired
people find this degrading.
C) Request a sign language interpreter before meeting with him to help
facilitate the communication.
D) Speak loudly and with exaggerated facial movement when talking
with him because this helps with lip reading. - ANSWER
A) Determine the communication method he prefers.
Pages: 40-41 The nurse should ask the deaf person the preferred way to
communicate—by signing, lip reading, or writing. If the person prefers
lip reading, then the nurse should be sure to face him or her squarely and
have good lighting on the nurse's face. The nurse should not exaggerate
lip movements because this distorts words. Similarly, shouting distorts
the reception of a hearing aid the person may wear. The nurse should
speak slowly and should supplement his or her voice with appropriate
hand gestures or pantomime.
,7. A female patient does not speak English well, and the nurse needs to
choose an interpreter. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate choice?
A) A trained interpreter
B) A male family member
C) A female family member
D) A volunteer college student from the foreign language studies
department - ANSWER A) A trained interpreter
Page: 46 whenever possible, the nurse should use a trained interpreter,
preferably one who knows medical terminology. In general, an older,
more mature interpreter is preferred to a younger, less experienced one,
and the same gender is preferred when possible.
11. In the majority culture of America, coughing, sweating, and diarrhea
are symptoms of an illness. For some individuals of Mexican-American
origin, however, these symptoms are a normal part of living. The nurse
recognizes that this is true, probably because Mexican-Americans:
A) have less efficient immune systems and are often ill.
B) consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not symptoms of ill
health.
C) come from Mexico and coughing is normal and healthy there.
D) are usually in a lower socioeconomic group and are more likely to be
sick. - ANSWER B) consider these symptoms a part of
normal living, not symptoms of ill health.
Page: 27 The nurse needs to identify the meaning of health to the
patient, remembering that concepts are derived, in part, from the way in
which members of the cultural group define health.
,12. Among many Asians there is a belief in the yin/yang theory, rooted
in the ancient Chinese philosophy of Tao. The nurse recognizes which
statement that most accurately reflects "health" in an Asian with this
belief?
A) A person is able to work and produce.
B) A person is happy, stable, and feels good.
C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
D) A person is able to care for others and function socially. -
ANSWER C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
Page: 21 Many Asians believe in the yin/yang theory, in which health is
believed to exist when all aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
The other statements do not describe this theory.
14. If an American Indian has come to the clinic to seek help with
regulating her diabetes, the nurse can expect that she:
A) will comply with the treatment prescribed.
B) has obviously given up her beliefs in naturalistic causes of disease.
C) may also be seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
D) will need extra help in dealing with her illness and may be
experiencing a crisis of faith. - ANSWER C) may also be
seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
Page: 23 When self-treatment is unsuccessful, the individual may turn to
the lay or folk healing systems, to spiritual or religious healing, or to
scientific biomedicine. In addition to seeking help from a biomedical or
scientific health care provider, patients may also seek help from folk or
religious healers.
, 15. An elderly Mexican-American woman with traditional beliefs has
been admitted to an inpatient care unit. A culturally-sensitive nurse
would:
A) contact the hospital administrator about the best course of action.
B) automatically get a curandero for her because it is not culturally
appropriate for her to request one.
C) further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and offer the patient
assistance in contacting a curandero or priest if she desires.
D) ask the family what they would like to do because Mexican-
Americans traditionally give control of decisions to their families. -
ANSWER C) further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and
offer the patient assistance in contacting a curandero or priest if she
desires.
Pages: 22-23 In addition to seeking help from the biomedical/scientific
health care provider, patients may also seek help from folk or religious
healers. Some people, such as those of Mexican-American or American
Indian origins, may believe that the cure is incomplete unless the body,
mind, and spirit are also healed (although the division of the person into
parts is a Western concept).
16. The nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which
statement is true regarding pain?
A) All patients will behave the same way when in pain.
B) Just as patients vary in their perceptions of pain, so will they vary in
their expressions of pain.
C) Cultural norms have very little to do with pain tolerance, because
pain tolerance is always biologically determined.
D) A patient's expression of pain is largely dependent on the amount of
tissue injury associated with the pain. - ANSWER B) Just
(Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Questions and
Verified Answers |100% Correct| Grade A-
Nightingale
5. The nurse is interviewing a patient who has a hearing impairment.
What techniques would be most beneficial in communicating with this
patient?
A) Determine the communication method he prefers.
B) Avoid using facial and hand gestures because most hearing-impaired
people find this degrading.
C) Request a sign language interpreter before meeting with him to help
facilitate the communication.
D) Speak loudly and with exaggerated facial movement when talking
with him because this helps with lip reading. - ANSWER
A) Determine the communication method he prefers.
Pages: 40-41 The nurse should ask the deaf person the preferred way to
communicate—by signing, lip reading, or writing. If the person prefers
lip reading, then the nurse should be sure to face him or her squarely and
have good lighting on the nurse's face. The nurse should not exaggerate
lip movements because this distorts words. Similarly, shouting distorts
the reception of a hearing aid the person may wear. The nurse should
speak slowly and should supplement his or her voice with appropriate
hand gestures or pantomime.
,7. A female patient does not speak English well, and the nurse needs to
choose an interpreter. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate choice?
A) A trained interpreter
B) A male family member
C) A female family member
D) A volunteer college student from the foreign language studies
department - ANSWER A) A trained interpreter
Page: 46 whenever possible, the nurse should use a trained interpreter,
preferably one who knows medical terminology. In general, an older,
more mature interpreter is preferred to a younger, less experienced one,
and the same gender is preferred when possible.
11. In the majority culture of America, coughing, sweating, and diarrhea
are symptoms of an illness. For some individuals of Mexican-American
origin, however, these symptoms are a normal part of living. The nurse
recognizes that this is true, probably because Mexican-Americans:
A) have less efficient immune systems and are often ill.
B) consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not symptoms of ill
health.
C) come from Mexico and coughing is normal and healthy there.
D) are usually in a lower socioeconomic group and are more likely to be
sick. - ANSWER B) consider these symptoms a part of
normal living, not symptoms of ill health.
Page: 27 The nurse needs to identify the meaning of health to the
patient, remembering that concepts are derived, in part, from the way in
which members of the cultural group define health.
,12. Among many Asians there is a belief in the yin/yang theory, rooted
in the ancient Chinese philosophy of Tao. The nurse recognizes which
statement that most accurately reflects "health" in an Asian with this
belief?
A) A person is able to work and produce.
B) A person is happy, stable, and feels good.
C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
D) A person is able to care for others and function socially. -
ANSWER C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
Page: 21 Many Asians believe in the yin/yang theory, in which health is
believed to exist when all aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
The other statements do not describe this theory.
14. If an American Indian has come to the clinic to seek help with
regulating her diabetes, the nurse can expect that she:
A) will comply with the treatment prescribed.
B) has obviously given up her beliefs in naturalistic causes of disease.
C) may also be seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
D) will need extra help in dealing with her illness and may be
experiencing a crisis of faith. - ANSWER C) may also be
seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
Page: 23 When self-treatment is unsuccessful, the individual may turn to
the lay or folk healing systems, to spiritual or religious healing, or to
scientific biomedicine. In addition to seeking help from a biomedical or
scientific health care provider, patients may also seek help from folk or
religious healers.
, 15. An elderly Mexican-American woman with traditional beliefs has
been admitted to an inpatient care unit. A culturally-sensitive nurse
would:
A) contact the hospital administrator about the best course of action.
B) automatically get a curandero for her because it is not culturally
appropriate for her to request one.
C) further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and offer the patient
assistance in contacting a curandero or priest if she desires.
D) ask the family what they would like to do because Mexican-
Americans traditionally give control of decisions to their families. -
ANSWER C) further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and
offer the patient assistance in contacting a curandero or priest if she
desires.
Pages: 22-23 In addition to seeking help from the biomedical/scientific
health care provider, patients may also seek help from folk or religious
healers. Some people, such as those of Mexican-American or American
Indian origins, may believe that the cure is incomplete unless the body,
mind, and spirit are also healed (although the division of the person into
parts is a Western concept).
16. The nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which
statement is true regarding pain?
A) All patients will behave the same way when in pain.
B) Just as patients vary in their perceptions of pain, so will they vary in
their expressions of pain.
C) Cultural norms have very little to do with pain tolerance, because
pain tolerance is always biologically determined.
D) A patient's expression of pain is largely dependent on the amount of
tissue injury associated with the pain. - ANSWER B) Just
