COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
SAUNDERS HESI BASED QUESTIONS
& VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
100%
The nurse is caring for a 45-year-old client. The client has 3 healthy children, all born via
spontaneous vaginal birth. The client has been diagnosed with mild uterine prolapse and asks
the nurse what she can do to prevent further prolapse. The nurse would include which
instructions in the teaching plan? Select all that apply. - correct answer ✔✔Lose weight.
Eat a diet high in fiber.
Perform Kegel exercises.
Take a stool softener daily as needed.
A primary health care provider's prescription reads "ketorolac 30 mg intramuscular every 6
hours as needed." The medication label reads "ketorolac 15 mg/mL." The nurse prepares to
administer how many milliliters to the client? Fill in the blank. - correct answer ✔✔2
The client arrives at the health care clinic and states to the nurse that they were just bitten by a
tick and would like to be tested for Lyme disease. The client tells the nurse that they removed
the tick and flushed it down the toilet. Which nursing action is appropriate? - correct answer
✔✔Instruct the client to return in 4 to 6 weeks to be tested, because testing before this time is
not reliable.
The nurse determines that the client diagnosed with Ménière's disease understands the
reinforced dietary instructions when the client states that which food will be avoided in the
diet? - correct answer ✔✔Hot dogs
, The nurse is preparing a client for a right below-the-knee amputation. The nurse anticipates
that the client is likely to experience which psychosocial problems in the perioperative period?
Select all that apply. - correct answer ✔✔Pain
Anger
The client, diagnosed with Lyme disease stage 2, asks the nurse "what is indicative of stage 2?"
The nurse explains to the client that which sign or symptom is assessed in stage 2? - correct
answer ✔✔Arthralgias
Joint enlargement
Erythematous rash
While the nurse is involved in preparing a client for a cardiac catheterization, the client says, "I
don't want to talk with you. You're only the nurse. I want my doctor." Which response by the
nurse would be therapeutic? - correct answer ✔✔"Your doctor expects me to prepare you for
this procedure."
"That's fine, if that's what you want. I'll call your primary health care provider.
""So you're saying that you want to talk to your primary health care provider?"
The nurse suspects the client has a urinary tract infection (UTI). Which signs/symptoms suggest
a UTI? Select all that apply. - correct answer ✔✔Polydipsia
A client with a fractured femur is placed in skeletal traction. The nurse would do which to
monitor for nerve injury? - correct answer ✔✔Check the blood pressure.
Check the pin sites for drainage.
Check the neurovascular status of the affected extremity.
Monitor the client's ability to perform active range of motion to the affected extremity.
The nurse is instructing a group of assistive personnel (AP) in the principles of body mechanics.
The nurse determines that an AP is using the principles appropriately if the nurse observes the
AP doing which action? - correct answer ✔✔Leaning forward when turning a client in bed
SAUNDERS HESI BASED QUESTIONS
& VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
100%
The nurse is caring for a 45-year-old client. The client has 3 healthy children, all born via
spontaneous vaginal birth. The client has been diagnosed with mild uterine prolapse and asks
the nurse what she can do to prevent further prolapse. The nurse would include which
instructions in the teaching plan? Select all that apply. - correct answer ✔✔Lose weight.
Eat a diet high in fiber.
Perform Kegel exercises.
Take a stool softener daily as needed.
A primary health care provider's prescription reads "ketorolac 30 mg intramuscular every 6
hours as needed." The medication label reads "ketorolac 15 mg/mL." The nurse prepares to
administer how many milliliters to the client? Fill in the blank. - correct answer ✔✔2
The client arrives at the health care clinic and states to the nurse that they were just bitten by a
tick and would like to be tested for Lyme disease. The client tells the nurse that they removed
the tick and flushed it down the toilet. Which nursing action is appropriate? - correct answer
✔✔Instruct the client to return in 4 to 6 weeks to be tested, because testing before this time is
not reliable.
The nurse determines that the client diagnosed with Ménière's disease understands the
reinforced dietary instructions when the client states that which food will be avoided in the
diet? - correct answer ✔✔Hot dogs
, The nurse is preparing a client for a right below-the-knee amputation. The nurse anticipates
that the client is likely to experience which psychosocial problems in the perioperative period?
Select all that apply. - correct answer ✔✔Pain
Anger
The client, diagnosed with Lyme disease stage 2, asks the nurse "what is indicative of stage 2?"
The nurse explains to the client that which sign or symptom is assessed in stage 2? - correct
answer ✔✔Arthralgias
Joint enlargement
Erythematous rash
While the nurse is involved in preparing a client for a cardiac catheterization, the client says, "I
don't want to talk with you. You're only the nurse. I want my doctor." Which response by the
nurse would be therapeutic? - correct answer ✔✔"Your doctor expects me to prepare you for
this procedure."
"That's fine, if that's what you want. I'll call your primary health care provider.
""So you're saying that you want to talk to your primary health care provider?"
The nurse suspects the client has a urinary tract infection (UTI). Which signs/symptoms suggest
a UTI? Select all that apply. - correct answer ✔✔Polydipsia
A client with a fractured femur is placed in skeletal traction. The nurse would do which to
monitor for nerve injury? - correct answer ✔✔Check the blood pressure.
Check the pin sites for drainage.
Check the neurovascular status of the affected extremity.
Monitor the client's ability to perform active range of motion to the affected extremity.
The nurse is instructing a group of assistive personnel (AP) in the principles of body mechanics.
The nurse determines that an AP is using the principles appropriately if the nurse observes the
AP doing which action? - correct answer ✔✔Leaning forward when turning a client in bed
