HESI Exit Exam 4 Graded A+ 2025

HESI Exit Exam 4 Graded A+ 2025 1. The practical nurse enters a male client's room to administer routine morning medications, and the client is on the phone. Which action is best for the PN to take? Wait for the client to excuse himself from the telephone conversation and observe the client taking the medication. 2. A client is admitted to the postoperative surgical unit with two test tubes after a left lobectomy. The ON observed that the chambers are set at the prescribed suction of 20 cm water pressure and tidying occurs with respirations and bubbling. What action should the PN implement? Maintain system integrity to promote lung expansion. 3. The mother of a 9-month-child who was diagnosed with respiratory syncytial virus yesterday calls the clinic to inquire if it will be all right to take her infant to the first birthday party of a friend's child for the following day. Which response should the PN provide the mother? Do not expose other children as the virus is very contagious even without direct contact. 4. The practical nurse is assisting the nurse with the admission of a young adult female Korean exchange student with acute abdominal pain. Although the client has been able to easily answer questions, when asked about sexual activity, she looks away. What action should the PN take? Watch the client's response when asked a different question. 5. During immediate postoperative period following a total hip placement, which intervention is most important for the PN to implement? Keep client's hip aligned with knees abducted. 6. A client confides to the PN that the client has been substituting herbal supplements for high blood pressure instead of the prescribed medication. How should the PN respond first? Ask the client's reason for choosing to take herbs instead of prescribed drugs. 7. The PN is assigned to administer medications in a long-term care facility. A disoriented resident has no identification band or picture. What is the best nursing action for the PN to take prior administering the medications this resident? term-14 Confirm the room and bed numbers with those on the medication record. 8. An adult client who weighs 150 pounds has partial-thickness and full-thickness burns over 40% of the body from a house fire. After admission, which observation is most important for the practical nurse to report immediately? Urinary Output of 20ml/hr. 9. A 12-year-old child is receiving a blood transfusion per infusion pump and begins to complain of "itchy" skin 15 minutes after the unit of blood is started. The child appears flushed. What action should the practical nurse take first? Stop the transfusion. 10. A PN is competing a focused assessment of an older adult's skin. The PN notes a crusted 0.7 cm lesion on the client's forehead. Which action should the PN take in response to this finding? Apply a warm compress to remove the crusted area.