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EVOLVE HESI MED SURG ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST EXAM 2025
A 20-year-old female client calls the nurse to report a lump she found in her
breast. Which response is the best for the nurse to provide?
A) Check it again in one month, and if it is still there schedule an appointment.
B) Most lumps are benign, but it is always best to come in for an examination.
C) Try not to worry too much about it, because usually, most lumps are benign.
D) If you are in your menstrual period it is not a good time to check for lumps. -
(answer)B) Most lumps are benign, but it is always best to come in for an
examination.
(B) provides the best response because it addresses the client's anxiety most
effectively and encourages prompt and immediate action for a potential problem.
(A) postpones treatment if the lump is malignant, and does not relieve the client's
anxiety. (C and D) provide false reassurance and do not help relieve anxiety.
The nurse should be correct in withholding a dose of digoxin in a client with
congestive heart failure without specific instruction from the healthcare provider
if the client's
A) serum digoxin level is 1.5.
B) blood pressure is 104/68.
C) serum potassium level is 3.
D) apical pulse is 68/min. - (answer)C) serum potassium level is 3.
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Hypokalemia (C) can precipitate digitalis toxicity in persons receiving digoxin
which will increase the chance of dangerous dysrhythmias (normal potassium
level is 3.5 to 5.5 mEq/L). The therapeutic range for digoxin is 0.8 to 2 ng/ml (toxic
levels= >2 ng/ml); (A) is within this range. (B) would not warrant the nurse
withholding the digoxin. The nurse should withhold the digoxin if the apical pulse
is less than 60/min (D).
In assessing a client diagnosed with primary hyperaldosteronism, the nurse
expects the laboratory test results to indicate a decreased serum level of which
substance?
A) Sodium.
B) Antidiuretic hormone.
C) Potassium.
D) Glucose. - (answer)C) Potassium.
Clients with primary aldosteronism exhibit a profound decline in the serum levels
of potassium (C) (hypokalemia)--hypertension is the most prominent and
universal sign. (A) is normal or elevated, depending on the amount of water
reabsorbed with the sodium. (B) is decreased with diabetes insipidus. (D) is not
affected by primary aldosteronism.
Based on the analysis of the client's atrial fibrillation, the nurse should prepare
the client for which treatment protocol?
A) Diuretic therapy.
B) Pacemaker implantation.
C) Anticoagulation therapy.
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D) Cardiac catheterization. - (answer)C) Anticoagulation therapy.
The client is experiencing atrial fibrillation, and the nurse should prepare the
client for anticoagulation therapy (C) which should be prescribed before rhythm
control therapies to prevent cardioembolic events which result from blood
pooling in the fibrillating atria. (A, B, and D) are not indicated.
Which information about mammograms is most important to provide a post-
menopausal female client?
A) Breast self-examinations are not needed if annual mammograms are obtained.
B) Radiation exposure is minimized by shielding the abdomen with a lead-lined
apron.
C) Yearly mammograms should be done regardless of previous normal x-rays.
D) Women at high risk should have annual routine and ultrasound mammograms.
- (answer)C) Yearly mammograms should be done regardless of previous normal
x-rays.
The current breast screening recommendation is a yearly mammogram after age
40 (C). Breast self-exam (A) continues to be a priority recommendation for all
women because a small lump (or tumor) is often first felt by a woman before a
mammogram is obtained. The radiation exposure from a mammogram is low, so
(B) is not normally provided. The frequency of using routine and ultrasound
mammograms (D) in women with high-risk variables, such as a history of breast
cancer, the presence of BRC1 and BRC2 genes, or 2 first-degree relatives with
breast cancer, should be recommended and followed closely by the healthcare
provider.
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In assessing cancer risk, the nurse identifies which woman as being at greatest
risk of developing breast cancer?
A) A 35-year-old multipara who never breastfed.
B) A 50-year-old whose mother had unilateral breast cancer.
C) A 55-year-old whose mother-in-law had bilateral breast cancer.
D) A 20-year-old whose menarche occurred at age 9. - (answer)B) A 50-year-old
whose mother had unilateral breast cancer.
The most predictive risk factors for development of breast cancer are over 40
years of age and a positive family history (occurrence in the immediate family,
i.e., mother or sister). Other risk factors include nulliparity, no history of
breastfeeding, early menarche and late menopause. Although all of the women
described have one of the risk factors for developing breast cancer, (B) has the
greater risk over (A, C, and D).
Which reaction should the nurse identify in a client who is responding to
stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system?
A) Pupil constriction.
B) Increased heart rate.
C) Bronchial constriction.
D) Decreased blood pressure. - (answer)B) Increased heart rate.
Any stressor that is perceived as threatening to homeostasis acts to stimulate the
sympathetic nervous system and manifests as a flight-or-fight response, which
EVOLVE HESI MED SURG ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST EXAM 2025
A 20-year-old female client calls the nurse to report a lump she found in her
breast. Which response is the best for the nurse to provide?
A) Check it again in one month, and if it is still there schedule an appointment.
B) Most lumps are benign, but it is always best to come in for an examination.
C) Try not to worry too much about it, because usually, most lumps are benign.
D) If you are in your menstrual period it is not a good time to check for lumps. -
(answer)B) Most lumps are benign, but it is always best to come in for an
examination.
(B) provides the best response because it addresses the client's anxiety most
effectively and encourages prompt and immediate action for a potential problem.
(A) postpones treatment if the lump is malignant, and does not relieve the client's
anxiety. (C and D) provide false reassurance and do not help relieve anxiety.
The nurse should be correct in withholding a dose of digoxin in a client with
congestive heart failure without specific instruction from the healthcare provider
if the client's
A) serum digoxin level is 1.5.
B) blood pressure is 104/68.
C) serum potassium level is 3.
D) apical pulse is 68/min. - (answer)C) serum potassium level is 3.
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Hypokalemia (C) can precipitate digitalis toxicity in persons receiving digoxin
which will increase the chance of dangerous dysrhythmias (normal potassium
level is 3.5 to 5.5 mEq/L). The therapeutic range for digoxin is 0.8 to 2 ng/ml (toxic
levels= >2 ng/ml); (A) is within this range. (B) would not warrant the nurse
withholding the digoxin. The nurse should withhold the digoxin if the apical pulse
is less than 60/min (D).
In assessing a client diagnosed with primary hyperaldosteronism, the nurse
expects the laboratory test results to indicate a decreased serum level of which
substance?
A) Sodium.
B) Antidiuretic hormone.
C) Potassium.
D) Glucose. - (answer)C) Potassium.
Clients with primary aldosteronism exhibit a profound decline in the serum levels
of potassium (C) (hypokalemia)--hypertension is the most prominent and
universal sign. (A) is normal or elevated, depending on the amount of water
reabsorbed with the sodium. (B) is decreased with diabetes insipidus. (D) is not
affected by primary aldosteronism.
Based on the analysis of the client's atrial fibrillation, the nurse should prepare
the client for which treatment protocol?
A) Diuretic therapy.
B) Pacemaker implantation.
C) Anticoagulation therapy.
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D) Cardiac catheterization. - (answer)C) Anticoagulation therapy.
The client is experiencing atrial fibrillation, and the nurse should prepare the
client for anticoagulation therapy (C) which should be prescribed before rhythm
control therapies to prevent cardioembolic events which result from blood
pooling in the fibrillating atria. (A, B, and D) are not indicated.
Which information about mammograms is most important to provide a post-
menopausal female client?
A) Breast self-examinations are not needed if annual mammograms are obtained.
B) Radiation exposure is minimized by shielding the abdomen with a lead-lined
apron.
C) Yearly mammograms should be done regardless of previous normal x-rays.
D) Women at high risk should have annual routine and ultrasound mammograms.
- (answer)C) Yearly mammograms should be done regardless of previous normal
x-rays.
The current breast screening recommendation is a yearly mammogram after age
40 (C). Breast self-exam (A) continues to be a priority recommendation for all
women because a small lump (or tumor) is often first felt by a woman before a
mammogram is obtained. The radiation exposure from a mammogram is low, so
(B) is not normally provided. The frequency of using routine and ultrasound
mammograms (D) in women with high-risk variables, such as a history of breast
cancer, the presence of BRC1 and BRC2 genes, or 2 first-degree relatives with
breast cancer, should be recommended and followed closely by the healthcare
provider.
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In assessing cancer risk, the nurse identifies which woman as being at greatest
risk of developing breast cancer?
A) A 35-year-old multipara who never breastfed.
B) A 50-year-old whose mother had unilateral breast cancer.
C) A 55-year-old whose mother-in-law had bilateral breast cancer.
D) A 20-year-old whose menarche occurred at age 9. - (answer)B) A 50-year-old
whose mother had unilateral breast cancer.
The most predictive risk factors for development of breast cancer are over 40
years of age and a positive family history (occurrence in the immediate family,
i.e., mother or sister). Other risk factors include nulliparity, no history of
breastfeeding, early menarche and late menopause. Although all of the women
described have one of the risk factors for developing breast cancer, (B) has the
greater risk over (A, C, and D).
Which reaction should the nurse identify in a client who is responding to
stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system?
A) Pupil constriction.
B) Increased heart rate.
C) Bronchial constriction.
D) Decreased blood pressure. - (answer)B) Increased heart rate.
Any stressor that is perceived as threatening to homeostasis acts to stimulate the
sympathetic nervous system and manifests as a flight-or-fight response, which
