HESI Fundamentals Exam Practice
Questions
What does PASS stand for? - ✔✔Pull the pin
Aim for the base of the flames
Squeeze handle
Sweep
What does RACE stand for? - ✔✔Rescue the patient
Activate alarm
Confine or contain
Extinguish
What is another name for fever? - ✔✔Pyrexia
Hyperpyrexia - ✔✔Fever above 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit
Why should you think carefully before giving an antipyretic? - ✔✔Because fever up to a certain
point is beneficial
If a patient is hypothermic, do NOT use ______ or ______. - ✔✔Electric blankets or pulse
oximetry; electric blankets burn vasoconstricted skin easily
Hyperventilation - ✔✔Rapid and deep breathing resulting in excess loss of CO2 (hypocapnia)
Hypoventilation - ✔✔Rate and depth of respirations are decreased and CO2 is retained
(hypercapnia)
, What is another word for arterial compliance? - ✔✔Arterial elasticity
Dorsal recumbent position - ✔✔Supine with knees flexed; used to promote relaxation of
abdominal muscles
Lithotomy position - ✔✔Dorsal recumbent position with feet in stirrups
Sims' position - ✔✔Flexion of the hip and knees in a side-lying position; used to examine the
rectal area and if a female is unable to assume the lithotomy position
Prone position - ✔✔Lying on stomach
Fowler's and semi-Fowler's position - ✔✔Laying on back with head of bed elevated 60 degrees
for Fowler's and 30-45 degrees for semi-Fowler's
Chain of infection (6 links) - ✔✔1) Infectious agent
2) Reservoir
3) Portal of exit
4) Mode of transmission
5) Portal of entry
6) Susceptible host
5 stages of infection - ✔✔Incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, convalescence
Emerging infectious disease - ✔✔Newly identified diseases causes by unrecognized or known
microorganism
Questions
What does PASS stand for? - ✔✔Pull the pin
Aim for the base of the flames
Squeeze handle
Sweep
What does RACE stand for? - ✔✔Rescue the patient
Activate alarm
Confine or contain
Extinguish
What is another name for fever? - ✔✔Pyrexia
Hyperpyrexia - ✔✔Fever above 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit
Why should you think carefully before giving an antipyretic? - ✔✔Because fever up to a certain
point is beneficial
If a patient is hypothermic, do NOT use ______ or ______. - ✔✔Electric blankets or pulse
oximetry; electric blankets burn vasoconstricted skin easily
Hyperventilation - ✔✔Rapid and deep breathing resulting in excess loss of CO2 (hypocapnia)
Hypoventilation - ✔✔Rate and depth of respirations are decreased and CO2 is retained
(hypercapnia)
, What is another word for arterial compliance? - ✔✔Arterial elasticity
Dorsal recumbent position - ✔✔Supine with knees flexed; used to promote relaxation of
abdominal muscles
Lithotomy position - ✔✔Dorsal recumbent position with feet in stirrups
Sims' position - ✔✔Flexion of the hip and knees in a side-lying position; used to examine the
rectal area and if a female is unable to assume the lithotomy position
Prone position - ✔✔Lying on stomach
Fowler's and semi-Fowler's position - ✔✔Laying on back with head of bed elevated 60 degrees
for Fowler's and 30-45 degrees for semi-Fowler's
Chain of infection (6 links) - ✔✔1) Infectious agent
2) Reservoir
3) Portal of exit
4) Mode of transmission
5) Portal of entry
6) Susceptible host
5 stages of infection - ✔✔Incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, convalescence
Emerging infectious disease - ✔✔Newly identified diseases causes by unrecognized or known
microorganism
