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HESI RN EXIT EXAM/ RN HESI EXIT EXAM/ HESI
RN EXIT EXAM V1-V7 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED /
ALREADY GRADED A+ / HESI RN EXIT EXAM
VERSION I – VERSION 7 (ALL VERSION) |
GUARANTEED PASS | HESI RN EXIT EXAM 2025
At 0600 while admitting a woman for a schedule repeat cesarean
section (C-Section), the client tells the nurse that she drank a
cup a coffee at 0400 because she wanted to avoid getting a
headache. Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Ensure preoperative lab results are available
b. Start prescribed IV with lactated Ringer's
c. Inform the anesthesia care provider
d. Contact the client's obstetrician.
Correct Answer - Inform the anesthesia care provider
Rationale: Surgical preoperative instruction includes NPO after midnight the day of surgery to decrease
the risk of aspiration should vomiting occur during anesthesia. While it is possible the C-section will be
done on schedule or rescheduled for later in the day, the anesthesia provider should be notified first.
Which instruction should the nurse provide a pregnant client who is
complaining of heartburn?
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a. Limit fluids between meals to avoid over distension of the stomach
b. Take an antacid at bedtime and whenever symptoms worsen
c. Maintain a sitting position for two hours after eating.
d. Eat small meal throughout the day
to avoid a full stomach. Eat small
meal throughout the day to avoid a
full stomach.
Rationale: Eating small frequent meals throughout the day
decreases stomach fullness and helps decrease heartburn.
Fluids should not be consumed with foods because they further
distend the
stomach, but fluids not be limited between meals (A) because this
puts the client at risk for dehydration.
(B) is not recommended during pregnancy unless prescribed by
the health provider because they place the client at risk for
electrolyte imbalance (sodium), constipation (aluminum, or
diarrhea (magnesium)
(C) is less effective than (D) preventing heartburn.
A client is admitted to the intensive care unit with diabetes
insipidus due to a pituitary gland tumor. Which potential
complication should the nurse monitor closely?
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a. Hypokalemia
b. Ketonuria.
c. Peripheral edema
d. Elevated blood
pressure
Hypokalemia
Rational: pituitary tumors that suppress antidiuretic hormone
(ADH) result in diabetes insipidus, which causes massive
polyuria and serum electrolyte imbalances, including
hypokalemia, which can lead to
lethal arrhythmia
After placing a stethoscope as seen in the picture, the nurse
auscultates S1 and S2 heart sounds. To determine if an S3 heart
sound is present, what action should the nurse take first
a. Side the stethoscope across the sternum.
b. Move the stethoscope to the mitral site
c. Listen with the bell at the same location
d. Observe the cardiac telemetry monitor
Correct Answer - Listen with the bell at the same location
Rationale: The nurse uses the bell of the stethoscope to hear
low-pitched sounds such as S3 and S4. The nurse listens at the
same site using the diaphragm the diaphragm and bell before
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moving systematically to the next sites.
A 66-year-old woman is retiring and will no longer have a health
insurance through her place of
employment. Which agency should the client be referred to by the
employee health nurse for health insurance needs?
a. Woman, Infant, and Children program
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act provision.
Correct Answer - Medicare
Rationale: Title XVII of the social security Act of 1965 created
Medicare Program to provide medical
insurance for person more than 65 years or older, disable or
with permeant kidney failure, WIC provides supplemental
nutrition to meet the needs of pregnant of breastfeeding woman,
infants and children up to age of 6. Medicaid provides financial
assistance to pay for medical services for poor older adults,
blind, disable and families with dependent children. COBRA(D)
health benefit provisions is a limited insurance plan for those
who has been laid off or become unemployed.
Following discharge teaching, a male client with duodenal ulcer
tells the nurse the he will drink plenty of dairy products, such as
milk, to help coat and protect his ulcer. What is the best follow-
up action by the nurse?
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HESI RN EXIT EXAM/ RN HESI EXIT EXAM/ HESI
RN EXIT EXAM V1-V7 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED /
ALREADY GRADED A+ / HESI RN EXIT EXAM
VERSION I – VERSION 7 (ALL VERSION) |
GUARANTEED PASS | HESI RN EXIT EXAM 2025
At 0600 while admitting a woman for a schedule repeat cesarean
section (C-Section), the client tells the nurse that she drank a
cup a coffee at 0400 because she wanted to avoid getting a
headache. Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Ensure preoperative lab results are available
b. Start prescribed IV with lactated Ringer's
c. Inform the anesthesia care provider
d. Contact the client's obstetrician.
Correct Answer - Inform the anesthesia care provider
Rationale: Surgical preoperative instruction includes NPO after midnight the day of surgery to decrease
the risk of aspiration should vomiting occur during anesthesia. While it is possible the C-section will be
done on schedule or rescheduled for later in the day, the anesthesia provider should be notified first.
Which instruction should the nurse provide a pregnant client who is
complaining of heartburn?
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a. Limit fluids between meals to avoid over distension of the stomach
b. Take an antacid at bedtime and whenever symptoms worsen
c. Maintain a sitting position for two hours after eating.
d. Eat small meal throughout the day
to avoid a full stomach. Eat small
meal throughout the day to avoid a
full stomach.
Rationale: Eating small frequent meals throughout the day
decreases stomach fullness and helps decrease heartburn.
Fluids should not be consumed with foods because they further
distend the
stomach, but fluids not be limited between meals (A) because this
puts the client at risk for dehydration.
(B) is not recommended during pregnancy unless prescribed by
the health provider because they place the client at risk for
electrolyte imbalance (sodium), constipation (aluminum, or
diarrhea (magnesium)
(C) is less effective than (D) preventing heartburn.
A client is admitted to the intensive care unit with diabetes
insipidus due to a pituitary gland tumor. Which potential
complication should the nurse monitor closely?
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a. Hypokalemia
b. Ketonuria.
c. Peripheral edema
d. Elevated blood
pressure
Hypokalemia
Rational: pituitary tumors that suppress antidiuretic hormone
(ADH) result in diabetes insipidus, which causes massive
polyuria and serum electrolyte imbalances, including
hypokalemia, which can lead to
lethal arrhythmia
After placing a stethoscope as seen in the picture, the nurse
auscultates S1 and S2 heart sounds. To determine if an S3 heart
sound is present, what action should the nurse take first
a. Side the stethoscope across the sternum.
b. Move the stethoscope to the mitral site
c. Listen with the bell at the same location
d. Observe the cardiac telemetry monitor
Correct Answer - Listen with the bell at the same location
Rationale: The nurse uses the bell of the stethoscope to hear
low-pitched sounds such as S3 and S4. The nurse listens at the
same site using the diaphragm the diaphragm and bell before
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moving systematically to the next sites.
A 66-year-old woman is retiring and will no longer have a health
insurance through her place of
employment. Which agency should the client be referred to by the
employee health nurse for health insurance needs?
a. Woman, Infant, and Children program
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act provision.
Correct Answer - Medicare
Rationale: Title XVII of the social security Act of 1965 created
Medicare Program to provide medical
insurance for person more than 65 years or older, disable or
with permeant kidney failure, WIC provides supplemental
nutrition to meet the needs of pregnant of breastfeeding woman,
infants and children up to age of 6. Medicaid provides financial
assistance to pay for medical services for poor older adults,
blind, disable and families with dependent children. COBRA(D)
health benefit provisions is a limited insurance plan for those
who has been laid off or become unemployed.
Following discharge teaching, a male client with duodenal ulcer
tells the nurse the he will drink plenty of dairy products, such as
milk, to help coat and protect his ulcer. What is the best follow-
up action by the nurse?
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