Health Assessment Hesi Practice Exam 2026 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Guaranteed

Health Assessment Hesi Practice Exam
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A nurse conducting a physical assessment is observing the client's balance and

performing tests to determine the client's sense of equilibrium. Which cranial nerve

is the nurse assessing?




1. Cranial nerve II

2. Cranial nerve IX

3. Cranial nerve VII

4. Cranial nerve VIII - Correct answer-4. Cranial nerve VIII




Cranial nerve VIII is the acoustic nerve. Hearing tests are performed to assess the

cochlear portion of this nerve. Tests to assess equilibrium, such as observation of




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,the client's balance when the client is walking or standing, involve the vestibular

portion.

A nurse performing a neurological assessment of a client who has sustained a

stroke (brain attack) is preparing to check for stereognosis. Which action should

the nurse take to perform this assessment?




1. Placing an object in the client's hand and asking the client to identify it

2. Tracing a number on the client's hand and asking the client to identify it

3. Moving the client's finger up and down and asking the client which way it is

being moved

4. Making two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin and asking the client to

distinguish them - Correct answer-1. Placing an object in the client's hand and

asking the client to identify it




Stereognosis is the client's ability to recognize objects placed in his or her hand.

A nurse performing an abdominal assessment of a client is preparing to auscultate

for bowel sounds. In which part of the abdomen should the nurse place the

stethoscope first?
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,1. Left upper quadrant

2. Left lower quadrant

3. Right upper quadrant

4. Right lower quadrant - Correct answer-4. Right lower quadrant




To auscultate for bowel sounds, the nurse places the diaphragm endpiece of the

stethoscope lightly against the skin, then begins to auscultate in the right lower

abdominal quadrant, in the area of the ileocecal valve, because bowel sounds are

always present there normally.

A nurse performing a physical assessment of a client is checking the client's mouth

and throat. As part of the assessment, the nurse plans to assess the function of

cranial nerve XII. What should the nurse ask the client to do as a means of

assessing this nerve?




1. Frown

2. Show the teeth


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, 3. Stick out the tongue

4. Say "ah" as the tongue is depressed with a tongue blade - Correct answer-3.

Stick out the tongue




To assess the function of cranial nerve XII (the hypoglossal nerve), the nurse asks

the client to stick out the tongue. The nurse then notes the forward thrust in the

midline as the client protrudes the tongue. The nurse also asks the client to

verbalize certain words and then listen for clear, distinct speech.

Discontinuous high-pitched crackling sounds heard during inspiration that do not

clear with coughing - Correct answer-Fine Crackles

Loud, low-pitched bubbling and gurgling sounds heard on inspiration (may be

present on expiration); may decrease with coughing or suctioning but reappear -

Correct answer-Coarse Crackles

High-pitched, continuous musical sounds heard during inspiration or expiration -

Correct answer-Wheezing

Loud, low-pitched, coarse rumbling sounds heard during inspiration or expiration;

may be cleared by coughing - Correct answer-Rhonchi




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