HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT NURSING RN V1 100
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ What color ink should be used when documenting on paper.
Answer: Permanent black ink
◉ What is the correct order for vital signs.
Answer: T, P, RR, BP, extremity, pt position, SPO2
◉ What should be at the top of every page of documentation.
Answer: Patient initials and date and time of entry
◉ What should be at the end of every documentation entry.
Answer: Interviewers signature
◉ How do you correct a mistake in documentation.
Answer: 1) Draw a single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
,◉ Documentation tips.
Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
◉ Normal oral temp range.
Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
◉ Febrile.
Answer: With fever
◉ Afebrile.
Answer: Without fever
◉ Hyperthermia symptoms.
Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
◉ Most common and easy method of assessing temperature.
Answer: Oral
,◉ What methods of assessing temperature reflects core
temperature.
Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
◉ What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature.
Answer: axillary
◉ Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature
readings.
Answer: Patients with increased HR
◉ Preferred method of taking infants and small children's
temperatures.
Answer: Rectal
◉ Pulse deficit.
Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
, ◉ Pulse amplitude scale.
Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
◉ Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?.
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
◉ Normal heart rate in resting adult.
Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
◉ Well trained athletes heart rate.
Answer: Heart rate less than 60 bpm
◉ When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm.
Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ What color ink should be used when documenting on paper.
Answer: Permanent black ink
◉ What is the correct order for vital signs.
Answer: T, P, RR, BP, extremity, pt position, SPO2
◉ What should be at the top of every page of documentation.
Answer: Patient initials and date and time of entry
◉ What should be at the end of every documentation entry.
Answer: Interviewers signature
◉ How do you correct a mistake in documentation.
Answer: 1) Draw a single line through the incorrect documentation
2) Write error above the entry
3) Initial and date the crossed out entry
,◉ Documentation tips.
Answer: 1) Avoid complete sentences
2) Do not use A, an, the
3) Do not put opinion in notes
4) Avoid use of normal or within normal limits
◉ Normal oral temp range.
Answer: 96.4 - 99.1 F
◉ Febrile.
Answer: With fever
◉ Afebrile.
Answer: Without fever
◉ Hyperthermia symptoms.
Answer: 1) Cessation of shivering
2) Bradycardia
3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume
◉ Most common and easy method of assessing temperature.
Answer: Oral
,◉ What methods of assessing temperature reflects core
temperature.
Answer: 1) Oral
2) Rectal
3) Tympanic
4) Temporal Artery
◉ What is the least accurate method of assessing temperature.
Answer: axillary
◉ Which patients are contraindicated for rectal temperature
readings.
Answer: Patients with increased HR
◉ Preferred method of taking infants and small children's
temperatures.
Answer: Rectal
◉ Pulse deficit.
Answer: - Difference between apical peripheral pulse
, ◉ Pulse amplitude scale.
Answer: 0 = no pulse
1 = diminished, weak
2 = normal and expected
3 = full or strong
4 = bounding
◉ Which pulses are assessed during a routine physical assessment?.
Answer: 1) Apical
2) Radial
3) Dorsalis pedis
4) Posterior tibialis
◉ Normal heart rate in resting adult.
Answer: 60 to 100 bpm
◉ Well trained athletes heart rate.
Answer: Heart rate less than 60 bpm
◉ When is it normal for someone to have a rapid heart rate over 100
bpm.
Answer: Someone with anxiety and right after exercise
