HESI RN COMPASS EXIT STUDY SHEET
2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED
◉20. The nurse is about to assess a 6 month-old child with
nonorganic failure-to thrive (NOFTT). Upon entering the room, the
nurse would expect the baby to be
A) Irritable and "colicky" with no attempts to pull to standing
B) Alert, laughing and playing with a rattle, sitting with support
C)Skin color dusky with poor skin turgor over abdomen
D) Pale, thin arms and legs, uninterested in surroundings. Answer:
The correct answer is D: Pale, thin arms and legs, uninterested in
surroundings
◉21. As the nurse is speaking with a group of teens which of these
side effects of
chemotherapy for cancer would the nurse expect this group to be
more interested in during the discussion?
A) Mouth sores
B) Fatigue
C) Diarrhea
D) Hair loss. Answer: The correct answer is D: Hair loss
,◉22. While caring for a client who was admitted with myocardial
infarction (MI) 2 days ago, the nurse notes today's temperature is
101.1 degrees Fahrenheit (38.5 degrees Celsius). The appropriate
nursing intervention is to
A) Call the health care provider immediately
B) Administer acetaminophen as ordered as this is normal at this
time
C) Send blood, urine and sputum for culture
D) Increase the client's fluid intake. Answer: The correct answer is
B: Administer acetaminophen as ordered as this is normal at this
time
◉23. A client is admitted for first and second degree burns on the
face, neck, anterior chest and hands. The nurse's priority should be
A) Cover the areas with dry sterile dressings
B) Assess for dyspnea or stridor
C) Initiate intravenous therapy
D) Administer pain medication. Answer: The correct answer is B:
Assess for dyspnea or stridor
◉24. Which of these clients who call the community health clinic
would the nurse ask to come in that day to be seen by the health care
provider?
,A) I started my period and now my urine has turned bright red.
B) I am an diabetic and today I have been going to the bathroom
every hour.
C) I was started on medicine yesterday for a urine infection. Now my
lower belly hurts
when I go to the bathroom.
D) I went to the bathroom and my urine looked very red and it didn't
hurt when I went.. Answer: The correct answer is D: I went to the
bathroom and my urine looked very red and it
didn't hurt when I went.
◉25. A middle aged woman talks to the nurse in the health care
provider's office about
uterine fibroids also called leiomyomas or myomas. What statement
by the woman
indicates more education is needed?
A) I am one out of every 4 women that get fibroids, and of women
my age - between the 30s or 40s, fibroids occurs more frequently.
B) My fibroids are noncancerous tumors that grow slowly.
C) My associated problems I have had are pelvic pressure and pain,
urinary incontinence, frequent urination or urine retention and
constipation.
D) Fibroids that cause no problems still need to be taken out..
Answer: The correct answer is D: Fibroids that cause no problems
still need to be taken out.
, ◉26. An elderly client admitted after a fall begins to seize and loses
consciousness. What
action by the nurse is appropriate to do next?
A) Stay with client and observe for airway obstruction
B) Collect pillows and pad the side rails of the bed
C) Place an oral airway in the mouth and suction
D) Announce a cardiac arrest, and assist with intubation. Answer:
The correct answer is A: Stay with client and observe for airway
obstruction
◉27. A nurse is providing care to a primigravida whose membranes
spontaneously ruptured (ROM) 4 hours ago. Labor is to be induced.
At the time of the ROM the vital signs were T-99.8 degrees F, P-84, R-
20, BP-130/78, and fetal heart tones (FHT) 148 beats/min. Which
assessment findings taken now may be an early indication that the
client is developing a complication of labor?
A) FHT 168 beats/min
B) Temperature 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
C) Cervical dilation of 4
D) BP 138/88. Answer: The correct answer is A: FHT 168 beats/min
◉28. A client with pneumococcal pneumonia had been started on
antibiotics 16 hours ago.
2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED
◉20. The nurse is about to assess a 6 month-old child with
nonorganic failure-to thrive (NOFTT). Upon entering the room, the
nurse would expect the baby to be
A) Irritable and "colicky" with no attempts to pull to standing
B) Alert, laughing and playing with a rattle, sitting with support
C)Skin color dusky with poor skin turgor over abdomen
D) Pale, thin arms and legs, uninterested in surroundings. Answer:
The correct answer is D: Pale, thin arms and legs, uninterested in
surroundings
◉21. As the nurse is speaking with a group of teens which of these
side effects of
chemotherapy for cancer would the nurse expect this group to be
more interested in during the discussion?
A) Mouth sores
B) Fatigue
C) Diarrhea
D) Hair loss. Answer: The correct answer is D: Hair loss
,◉22. While caring for a client who was admitted with myocardial
infarction (MI) 2 days ago, the nurse notes today's temperature is
101.1 degrees Fahrenheit (38.5 degrees Celsius). The appropriate
nursing intervention is to
A) Call the health care provider immediately
B) Administer acetaminophen as ordered as this is normal at this
time
C) Send blood, urine and sputum for culture
D) Increase the client's fluid intake. Answer: The correct answer is
B: Administer acetaminophen as ordered as this is normal at this
time
◉23. A client is admitted for first and second degree burns on the
face, neck, anterior chest and hands. The nurse's priority should be
A) Cover the areas with dry sterile dressings
B) Assess for dyspnea or stridor
C) Initiate intravenous therapy
D) Administer pain medication. Answer: The correct answer is B:
Assess for dyspnea or stridor
◉24. Which of these clients who call the community health clinic
would the nurse ask to come in that day to be seen by the health care
provider?
,A) I started my period and now my urine has turned bright red.
B) I am an diabetic and today I have been going to the bathroom
every hour.
C) I was started on medicine yesterday for a urine infection. Now my
lower belly hurts
when I go to the bathroom.
D) I went to the bathroom and my urine looked very red and it didn't
hurt when I went.. Answer: The correct answer is D: I went to the
bathroom and my urine looked very red and it
didn't hurt when I went.
◉25. A middle aged woman talks to the nurse in the health care
provider's office about
uterine fibroids also called leiomyomas or myomas. What statement
by the woman
indicates more education is needed?
A) I am one out of every 4 women that get fibroids, and of women
my age - between the 30s or 40s, fibroids occurs more frequently.
B) My fibroids are noncancerous tumors that grow slowly.
C) My associated problems I have had are pelvic pressure and pain,
urinary incontinence, frequent urination or urine retention and
constipation.
D) Fibroids that cause no problems still need to be taken out..
Answer: The correct answer is D: Fibroids that cause no problems
still need to be taken out.
, ◉26. An elderly client admitted after a fall begins to seize and loses
consciousness. What
action by the nurse is appropriate to do next?
A) Stay with client and observe for airway obstruction
B) Collect pillows and pad the side rails of the bed
C) Place an oral airway in the mouth and suction
D) Announce a cardiac arrest, and assist with intubation. Answer:
The correct answer is A: Stay with client and observe for airway
obstruction
◉27. A nurse is providing care to a primigravida whose membranes
spontaneously ruptured (ROM) 4 hours ago. Labor is to be induced.
At the time of the ROM the vital signs were T-99.8 degrees F, P-84, R-
20, BP-130/78, and fetal heart tones (FHT) 148 beats/min. Which
assessment findings taken now may be an early indication that the
client is developing a complication of labor?
A) FHT 168 beats/min
B) Temperature 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
C) Cervical dilation of 4
D) BP 138/88. Answer: The correct answer is A: FHT 168 beats/min
◉28. A client with pneumococcal pneumonia had been started on
antibiotics 16 hours ago.
