HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS/RN FUNDAMENTAL EXAM 2 VERSION WITH 70 Q & A 2019 VERSION/A+ GRADE

HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS/RN FUNDAMENTAL EXAM 2 VERSION WITH 70 Q & A 2019 VERSION/A+ GRADE 1. The nurse is discharging an adult woman who was hospitalized for 5 days for treatment of pneumonia. While the nurse is reviewing the prescribed medications, the client appears anxious. What action is most important for the nurse to implement? Provide written instructions that are easy to follow. 2. Which assessment finding is mostsignificant in determining the level of assistance a client needs with personal care? Disorientation to time, place, and person 3. Eight hours after the removal of an indwelling catheter, a male client reports low abdominal pain, and palpation of the bladder indicates that it is distended and dull percussion. Even after assistingthe client to a standing position, he is unable to void. What action should the nurse take? Prepare to reinsert the urinary catheter. 4. The nurse notices a male client grimacing as he moves from the bed to a chair, but when asked about his pain he denies having any pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement first? Askthe client what is making him grimace. 5. The nurse notesthat a client has cyanosis of the toes and fingertips. Which vital sign should the nurse obtain first? Respiratory rate 6. The charge nurse observes a new graduate nurse demonstrate the administration of two differentliquid medications through a gastrostomy tube used for continuous feeding, as seen in the video. What actions should the nurse take? (SATA) Confirm that the nurse determined the amount of gastric residualAdd the liquid volumes when documenting fluid intake Instruct the nurse to administer each mediation separately 7. The nurse inserts a catheter for nasotracheal suctioning as seen in the picture. What action shouldthe nurse take nest? Apply intermittent suction 8. A client who is 2 days postoperative for thoracic surgery is complaining of incisional pain 2 hours after receiving his pain medication. He rates his pain as 5 on a pain scale of 1 to 10. After placing a call to the healthcare provider, what action should the nurse implement? Instruct the client to use guided imagery and slow rhythmic breathing. 9. Am unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is assigned to help a female client with her bath who has viral hepatitis A and hepatic encephalopathy. What information should the nurse reinforce with the UAP? Wear gloves while giving a bath 10. The nurse educator is conducting a class for unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which action indicates that a UAP understands gloving procedures? Puts on new gloves when entering a client’s room. 11. The nurse is planning care for a group of clients during the night shift on a medical unit. Which clientshould be assessed regularly during the night forsleep apnea? An older male with multiple problems, including obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. 12. It is most important for the nurse to recalculate the Braden scale for a client who has developed HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS/RN FUNDAMENTAL EXAM 2 VERSION WITH 70 Q & A 2019 VERSION/A+ GRADE which problem? Urinary incontinence HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS/RN FUNDAMENTAL EXAM 2 VERSION WITH 70 Q & A 2019 VERSION/A+ GRADE 13. A male client with a sprained ankle is seen at the clinic and is given a pair of crutches. When the client stands with the aid of the crutches, the nurse notes a space of three finger-widths betweenthe top of the crutch and the client’s axilla. What action should the nurse take? Proceed with teaching the client how to walk with the crutches. 14. After experiencing symptoms caused by an abnormal heart rhythm, a client is placed on a temporary pacemaker. When the client expresses concern and fear of the pacemaker, how shouldthe nurse respond? Encourage discussion about the concern and fears. 15. Prior to initiating digital removal of a fecal impaction, it isimportant for the nurse to perform which client assessment? Vital signs 16. The mother of a child with Tetrology of Fallot ask the nurse, “ Why did this happen to my baby? What did I do wrong?” Which response is most helpful? “This must be a very difficult time for you.” 17. The healthcare provider prescribes bladder irrigation to maintain patency of a client’s indwelling urinary catheter. Which intervention should the nurse implement? Use sterile syringe to irrigate the normal saline 20 ml 18. Two nurses assess a client for a pulse deficit and count an apical pulse for 72 beats/minute and a radial pulse of 88 beats/minute. What action should the nurses take? Obtain a second pulse deficit reading 19. A female who is 1 day post mastectomy is crying when the nurse enters the room. What action should the nurse take? Stay with the client in silence while touching her forearm 20. A 24-hour urine collection is in progress. The client tells the nurse that the last voiding was accidentally flushed instead of saving in the container. What intervention should the nurse initiate? Discard the urine and start another 24-hour period 21. A confused elderly male client is having trouble sleeping at night and is sometimes found wandering the hallway. What nursing intervention should the nurse implement first? Provide a back rub at bedtime 22. A young male client with testicular cancer has a living will that describes his desire that no extraordinarymeasures be taken to save hislife. The healthcare provider knowsthe client has agood prognosis and refuses to write a “do not resuscitate” (DNR) prescription. What action should the nurse take? Initiate an ethics committee review of the case 23. The nurse is preparing to feed a newly admitted elderly male client who is debilitated, but is ableto respond to most commands. Before starting to feed the client, which information is most important for the nurse to obtain? Client's ability to chew and swallow 24. The nurse enters the room of a client with a Clostridium difficile infection to administer an intravenous antibiotic. The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is in the room cleaning the client’sbuttocks and states the client has been incontinent with diarrhea. The UAP is wearing gloves but not a gown. What action should the nurse implement first? Tell UAP put a gown on HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS/RN FUNDAMENTAL EXAM 2 VERSION WITH 70 Q & A 2019 VERSION/A+ GRADE 25. The computer documentation system shuts down while the nurse is entering the client’s physical assessment data. What should the nurse do first? Wait for notification services department of the situation 26. In assessing a client who has a nursing diagnosis ofspiritual distress, which action should thenurse take first? Assist and support the client in establishing short-term goals. HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS/RN FUNDAMENTAL EXAM 2 VERSION WITH 70 Q & A 2019 VERSION/A+ GRADE 27. During transfer to the medical unit, a client who experienced an acute change in level of consciousness became increasingly confused and combative, justifying soft wrist restraints for the client’s upper and lower extremities. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement on admission? Determine baseline neuro status 28. (PICTURE OF EAR AND EAR DROPS) The nurse prepares to administer ear drops to an adolescent client as seen in the picture. What should the nurse do next? Pull ear auricle downward 29. The nurse measures the client’s blood pressure (BP) and notesthat it is significantly higher than the previous reading. What should the nurse do next? (Select all that apply)Retake the pt's Bp in opposite arm** Determine the pt's activity and feelings prior to bp measurement 30. A male client with limited mobility is discharged with home health services. When the home health nurse arrives, the client asks what he can do for the swelling in his leg. Which actin should the nurse implement? Instruct pt to flex both of his feet several times a day 31. Which information is most important for the nurse to consider when preparing to transfer a client from the bed to a chair? The pt's ability to bear weight on lower extremities 32. The nurse is assessing a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The pulse oximeter alarm is flashing without displaying a percentage of oxygen. Which action should the nurse implement? exchange pulse ox for another monitor 33. Two days after surgery a male client experiences incisional pain while dangling his feet at the bedside and he refuses to ambulate as prescribed. The nurse establishes a problem of, “Activity intolerance related to pain.” Based in this problem, which outcome statement is best for the nurse to include in the client’s plan of care? The client will Ambulate without discomfort 34. After assessing a client, the nurse identifies three nursing problems. When developing the client’s plan of care, which action should the nurse take next? Prioritize the identified nursing diagnoses 35. After reviewing the admission assessment of a client with chronic pain, which interventions should the nurse include in this client’s plan of care? (Select all that apply) Provide comfort measures such as topical warm application and tactile massageImplement a 24h schedule of routine administration of prescribed analgesic Determine client's subjective measure of pain using a numerical pain scale