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HESI Comprehensive Exit Exam 2026 version 2
With Complete Questions With 100% Verified
Answers||Brand New!!
The nurse is caring for a client with clinical depression
who is receiving a MAO inhibitor. When providing
instructions about precautions with this medication, which
action should the nurse stress
to the client as important?
A) Avoid chocolate and cheese
B) Take frequent naps
C) Take the medication with milk
D) Avoid walking without assistance - ANSWER-The
correct answer is A: Avoid chocolate and cheese
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A client who is to have antineoplastic chemotherapy tells
the nurses of a fear of being sick all the time and wishes to
try acupuncture. Which of these beliefs stated by the client
would be incorrect about acupuncture?
A) Some needles go as deep as 3 inches, depending on
where they're placed in the body and what the treatment is
for. The needles usually are left in for 15 to 30 minutes.
B) In traditional Chinese medicine, imbalances in the basic
energetic flow of life — known as qi or chi — are thought
to cause illness.
C) The flow of life is believed to flow through major
pathways or nerve clusters in your body.
D) By inserting extremely fine needles into some of the
over 400 acupuncture points in various combinations it is
believed that energy flow will rebalance to allow the body's
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natural healing mechanisms to take over. - ANSWER-C:
The flow of life is believed to flow through major pathways
or nerve clusters in your body.
The nurse is discussing with a group of students the
disease Kawasaki. What statement made by a student
about Kawasaki disease is incorrect?
A) It also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
because it affects the mucous membranes (inside the
mouth, throat and nose), skin and lymph nodes.
B) In the second phase of the disease, findings include
peeling of the skin on the hands and feet with joint and
abdominal pain
C) Kawasaki disease occurs most often in boys, children
younger than age 5 and children of Hispanic descent
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D) Initially findings are a sudden high fever, usually above
104 degrees Fahrenheit, which lasts 1 to2 weeks -
ANSWER-C: Kawasaki disease occurs most often in boys,
children younger than age 5 and children of Hispanic
descent
A client has viral pneumonia affecting 2/3 of the right lung.
What would be the best position to teach the client to lie in
every other hour during first 12 hours after admission?
A) Side-lying on the left with the head elevated 10 degrees
B) Side-lying on the left with the head elevated 35 degrees
C) Side-lying on the right wil the head elevated 10 degrees
D) Side-lying on the right with the head elevated 35
degrees - ANSWER-A: Side-lying on the left with the head
elevated 10 degrees
HESI Comprehensive Exit Exam 2026 version 2
With Complete Questions With 100% Verified
Answers||Brand New!!
The nurse is caring for a client with clinical depression
who is receiving a MAO inhibitor. When providing
instructions about precautions with this medication, which
action should the nurse stress
to the client as important?
A) Avoid chocolate and cheese
B) Take frequent naps
C) Take the medication with milk
D) Avoid walking without assistance - ANSWER-The
correct answer is A: Avoid chocolate and cheese
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A client who is to have antineoplastic chemotherapy tells
the nurses of a fear of being sick all the time and wishes to
try acupuncture. Which of these beliefs stated by the client
would be incorrect about acupuncture?
A) Some needles go as deep as 3 inches, depending on
where they're placed in the body and what the treatment is
for. The needles usually are left in for 15 to 30 minutes.
B) In traditional Chinese medicine, imbalances in the basic
energetic flow of life — known as qi or chi — are thought
to cause illness.
C) The flow of life is believed to flow through major
pathways or nerve clusters in your body.
D) By inserting extremely fine needles into some of the
over 400 acupuncture points in various combinations it is
believed that energy flow will rebalance to allow the body's
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natural healing mechanisms to take over. - ANSWER-C:
The flow of life is believed to flow through major pathways
or nerve clusters in your body.
The nurse is discussing with a group of students the
disease Kawasaki. What statement made by a student
about Kawasaki disease is incorrect?
A) It also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
because it affects the mucous membranes (inside the
mouth, throat and nose), skin and lymph nodes.
B) In the second phase of the disease, findings include
peeling of the skin on the hands and feet with joint and
abdominal pain
C) Kawasaki disease occurs most often in boys, children
younger than age 5 and children of Hispanic descent
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D) Initially findings are a sudden high fever, usually above
104 degrees Fahrenheit, which lasts 1 to2 weeks -
ANSWER-C: Kawasaki disease occurs most often in boys,
children younger than age 5 and children of Hispanic
descent
A client has viral pneumonia affecting 2/3 of the right lung.
What would be the best position to teach the client to lie in
every other hour during first 12 hours after admission?
A) Side-lying on the left with the head elevated 10 degrees
B) Side-lying on the left with the head elevated 35 degrees
C) Side-lying on the right wil the head elevated 10 degrees
D) Side-lying on the right with the head elevated 35
degrees - ANSWER-A: Side-lying on the left with the head
elevated 10 degrees
