Hesi 1 and 2 Remediation Packages
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the best indicator that a patient’s pain management plan is effective?
✔✔The patient reports a reduction in pain intensity.
How should a nurse verify the correct placement of a nasogastric tube before feeding?
✔✔Check gastric pH aspirate and confirm with institutional policy.
What is the most reliable method for identifying a patient before administering medication?
✔✔Ask the patient to state their full name and date of birth while checking their ID band.
What dietary teaching should be given to a patient on warfarin therapy?
✔✔Maintain consistent intake of foods containing vitamin K.
What should a nurse do if an IV infusion infiltrates?
✔✔Stop the infusion, remove the catheter, and elevate the affected extremity.
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,What is the priority nursing intervention for a patient with hypoglycemia?
✔✔Administer a rapid-acting carbohydrate source.
How does a nurse reduce the risk of infection when inserting a urinary catheter?
✔✔Use strict sterile technique throughout the procedure.
What is the most important nursing intervention when caring for a patient with a seizure
disorder?
✔✔Ensure airway patency and protect the patient from injury during a seizure.
What finding would indicate that a patient receiving diuretics requires further evaluation?
✔✔Muscle weakness and irregular heart rhythm due to possible hypokalemia.
What position is recommended for a patient receiving an enema?
✔✔Left Sims’ position to allow gravity flow into the rectum.
What should the nurse assess first in a patient with shortness of breath and restlessness?
✔✔Oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry.
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, What teaching is appropriate for a patient with heart failure about daily self-monitoring?
✔✔Weigh themselves at the same time each morning and report sudden weight gain.
What intervention reduces the risk of pressure injury in an immobile patient?
✔✔Reposition the patient at least every two hours.
What is the nurse’s immediate action when a patient receiving blood develops chills and fever?
✔✔Stop the transfusion and notify the healthcare provider.
How should the nurse safely administer ear drops to an adult?
✔✔Pull the pinna upward and back before instilling the drops.
What is the best time to administer a proton pump inhibitor?
✔✔Administer 30 minutes before a meal.
What is a priority nursing action when caring for a patient with suspected meningitis?
✔✔Implement droplet precautions immediately.
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the best indicator that a patient’s pain management plan is effective?
✔✔The patient reports a reduction in pain intensity.
How should a nurse verify the correct placement of a nasogastric tube before feeding?
✔✔Check gastric pH aspirate and confirm with institutional policy.
What is the most reliable method for identifying a patient before administering medication?
✔✔Ask the patient to state their full name and date of birth while checking their ID band.
What dietary teaching should be given to a patient on warfarin therapy?
✔✔Maintain consistent intake of foods containing vitamin K.
What should a nurse do if an IV infusion infiltrates?
✔✔Stop the infusion, remove the catheter, and elevate the affected extremity.
1
,What is the priority nursing intervention for a patient with hypoglycemia?
✔✔Administer a rapid-acting carbohydrate source.
How does a nurse reduce the risk of infection when inserting a urinary catheter?
✔✔Use strict sterile technique throughout the procedure.
What is the most important nursing intervention when caring for a patient with a seizure
disorder?
✔✔Ensure airway patency and protect the patient from injury during a seizure.
What finding would indicate that a patient receiving diuretics requires further evaluation?
✔✔Muscle weakness and irregular heart rhythm due to possible hypokalemia.
What position is recommended for a patient receiving an enema?
✔✔Left Sims’ position to allow gravity flow into the rectum.
What should the nurse assess first in a patient with shortness of breath and restlessness?
✔✔Oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry.
2
, What teaching is appropriate for a patient with heart failure about daily self-monitoring?
✔✔Weigh themselves at the same time each morning and report sudden weight gain.
What intervention reduces the risk of pressure injury in an immobile patient?
✔✔Reposition the patient at least every two hours.
What is the nurse’s immediate action when a patient receiving blood develops chills and fever?
✔✔Stop the transfusion and notify the healthcare provider.
How should the nurse safely administer ear drops to an adult?
✔✔Pull the pinna upward and back before instilling the drops.
What is the best time to administer a proton pump inhibitor?
✔✔Administer 30 minutes before a meal.
What is a priority nursing action when caring for a patient with suspected meningitis?
✔✔Implement droplet precautions immediately.
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