HESI Comprehensive Exam / HESI
Comprehensive Exam | 2025 Updated |
Practice Questions & Detailed Rationales
The nurse is monitoring neurological vital signs for a male client who lost
consciousness after falling and hitting his head. Which assessment finding is the
earliest and most sensitive indication of altered cerebral function?
a. Unequal pupils.
b. Loss of central reflexes.
c. Inability to open the eyes.
d. Change in level of consciousness. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----D
A nurse is planning to teach self-care measures to a female client about
prevention of yeast infections. Which instructions should the nurse provide?
a. Use a douche preparation no more than once a month.
b. Increase daily intake of fiber and leafy green vegetables.
c. Select nylon underwear that is loose-fitting, white, and comfortable.
,d. Avoid tight-fitting clothing and do not use bubble-bath or bath salts. - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----D
A client who has active tuberculosis (TB) is admitted to the medical unit. What
action is most important for the nurse to implement?
a. Place an isolation cart in the hallway.
b. Fit the client with a respirator mask.
c. Don a clean gown for client care.
d. Assign the client to a negative air-flow room. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----D
The nurse is planning to conduct nutritional assessments and diet teaching to
clients at a family health clinic. Which individual has the greatest nutritional and
energy demands?
a. A pregnant woman.
b. A teenager beginning puberty.
c. A 3-month-old infant.
d. A school-aged child. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
What nursing delivery of care provides the nurse to plan and direct care of a group
of clients over a 24-hour period?
a. Team nursing.
b. Primary nursing.
,c. Case management.
d. Functional nursing. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----B
Which approach should the nurse use when preparing a toddler for a procedure?
a. Demonstrate the procedure using a doll.
b. Avoid asking the child to make choices.
c. Plan a teaching session to last about 20 minutes.
d. Show equipment but prevent child from handling it. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-
---A
The nurse is caring for a client who is the daughter of a local politician. When the
nurse approaches a man who is reading the names on the hall doors, he identifies
himself as a reporter for the local newspaper and requests information about the
client's status. Which standard of nursing practice should the nurse use to
respond?
a. Caring.
b. Veracity.
c. Advocacy.
d. Confidentiality. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----D
A male client diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder is morbidly obese and
is placed on a low fat, low calorie diet. At dinner the nurse notes that he is trying
, to get other clients on the unit to give him part of their meals. What intervention
should the nurse implement?
a. Remove the client from the table and have him sit alone.
b. Send the client back to his room and do not allow him to eat.
c. Report the behavior to the on-call psychologist immediately.
d. Confront the client about the consequences of the behavior. - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----D
Which information should the nurse give a client with chronic kidney disease
(CKD)?
a. Restrict calcium-rich foods.
b. Obtain monthly B12 injections.
c. Avoid salt substitutes.
d. Increase daily intake of fiber. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----C
The nurse is assessing a client who complains of weight loss, racing heart rate, and
difficulty sleeping. The nurse determines the client has moist skin with fine hair,
prominent eyes, lid retraction, and a staring expression. These findings are
consistent with which disorder?
a. Grave's disease.
b. Cushing syndrome.
c. Multiple sclerosis.
d. Addison's disease. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
Comprehensive Exam | 2025 Updated |
Practice Questions & Detailed Rationales
The nurse is monitoring neurological vital signs for a male client who lost
consciousness after falling and hitting his head. Which assessment finding is the
earliest and most sensitive indication of altered cerebral function?
a. Unequal pupils.
b. Loss of central reflexes.
c. Inability to open the eyes.
d. Change in level of consciousness. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----D
A nurse is planning to teach self-care measures to a female client about
prevention of yeast infections. Which instructions should the nurse provide?
a. Use a douche preparation no more than once a month.
b. Increase daily intake of fiber and leafy green vegetables.
c. Select nylon underwear that is loose-fitting, white, and comfortable.
,d. Avoid tight-fitting clothing and do not use bubble-bath or bath salts. - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----D
A client who has active tuberculosis (TB) is admitted to the medical unit. What
action is most important for the nurse to implement?
a. Place an isolation cart in the hallway.
b. Fit the client with a respirator mask.
c. Don a clean gown for client care.
d. Assign the client to a negative air-flow room. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----D
The nurse is planning to conduct nutritional assessments and diet teaching to
clients at a family health clinic. Which individual has the greatest nutritional and
energy demands?
a. A pregnant woman.
b. A teenager beginning puberty.
c. A 3-month-old infant.
d. A school-aged child. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
What nursing delivery of care provides the nurse to plan and direct care of a group
of clients over a 24-hour period?
a. Team nursing.
b. Primary nursing.
,c. Case management.
d. Functional nursing. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----B
Which approach should the nurse use when preparing a toddler for a procedure?
a. Demonstrate the procedure using a doll.
b. Avoid asking the child to make choices.
c. Plan a teaching session to last about 20 minutes.
d. Show equipment but prevent child from handling it. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-
---A
The nurse is caring for a client who is the daughter of a local politician. When the
nurse approaches a man who is reading the names on the hall doors, he identifies
himself as a reporter for the local newspaper and requests information about the
client's status. Which standard of nursing practice should the nurse use to
respond?
a. Caring.
b. Veracity.
c. Advocacy.
d. Confidentiality. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----D
A male client diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder is morbidly obese and
is placed on a low fat, low calorie diet. At dinner the nurse notes that he is trying
, to get other clients on the unit to give him part of their meals. What intervention
should the nurse implement?
a. Remove the client from the table and have him sit alone.
b. Send the client back to his room and do not allow him to eat.
c. Report the behavior to the on-call psychologist immediately.
d. Confront the client about the consequences of the behavior. - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----D
Which information should the nurse give a client with chronic kidney disease
(CKD)?
a. Restrict calcium-rich foods.
b. Obtain monthly B12 injections.
c. Avoid salt substitutes.
d. Increase daily intake of fiber. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----C
The nurse is assessing a client who complains of weight loss, racing heart rate, and
difficulty sleeping. The nurse determines the client has moist skin with fine hair,
prominent eyes, lid retraction, and a staring expression. These findings are
consistent with which disorder?
a. Grave's disease.
b. Cushing syndrome.
c. Multiple sclerosis.
d. Addison's disease. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A
