HESI Assessment Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
8. A nurse is completing the health history for a 25-year-old
male client who reports that he is allege to penicillin. Which
question should the nurse ask after receiving this information?
A. What happens to you when you take penicillin?
B. How often have you taken penicillin in the past?
C. Are you allergic to any other medications?
D. Is anyone else in your family allergic to penicillin. Correct
Answers A. What happens to you when you take penicillin?
9. While assessing a client, the nurse notes an audible expiratory
wheeze and a respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute. What
action should the nurse implement?
A. Administer a respiratory aerosol treatment.
B. Provide oxygen at 2 liters per face mask.
C. Place the client in low Fowler's position.
D. Auscultate all lobes of the client's lungs. Correct Answers
A. Administer a respiratory aerosol treatment.
A 19-year-old female client comes to the clinic complaining of
breast tenderness before her menstrual periods. On examination,
the nurse notes generalized lumpiness of both breasts with no
discrete masses and no nipple discharge. Which action should
the nurse take?
A. Assure the client that her breasts are normal and advise
annual evaluations.
,B. Explain to the client that an ultrasound of the breast will
likely be necessary.
C. Request a return visit after her menstrual period for a breast
exam re-check.
D. Suggest that the client schedule a mammogram after her next
menstrual period. Correct Answers C. Request a return visit
after her menstrual period for a breast exam re-check.
A 45-year-old male client presents with complaints of gnawing
epigastric pain. The pain is worse when he is hungry and abates
if he eats something. What problem do these symptoms suggest?
A. Chronic pancreatitis
B. Peptic ulcer disease
C. Esophagitis
D. Gastroesophageal reflux Correct Answers B. Peptic ulcer
disease
A client comes to the clinic due to shoulder discomfort and
intermittent pain while swimming today. To assist normal range
of motion (ROM) of the client's shoulder, which assessment
techniques should the nurse ask the client to perform?
A. Alternate both index fingers to tough the tip of nose
accurately.
B. Extend arms up to 180 degrees besides the ears.
C. Extend arms straight out and hold without drifting.
D. Hold arms up at 90 degree while arms are pushed downward
Correct Answers D. Hold arms up at 90 degree while arms are
pushed downward
, A client s admitted with a diagnosis of right lower lobe
pneumonia Which breath sound is the nurse most likely to
auscultate over the right lower lobe
A. Friction rub
B. Audible rhonchi
C. Wheezing
D. Coarse crackles Correct Answers D. Coarse crackles
A client who recently underwent a routine surgical procedure
made a clinic appointment. To elicit the most information,
which question is best for the nurse to ask this client?
A. What type of surgery did you have?"
B. When did your surgery take place?"
C. What brought you to the clinic?"
D. "Are you having any pain?" Correct Answers B. When did
your surgery take place?"
A client with streptococcus pharyngitis reports high fever,
difficulty swallowing and a muffled voice. Which complication
should the nurse suspect?
A. Foreign body obstruction.
B. Laryngeal polyps.
C. Peritonsillar abscess.
D. Nasal polyps Correct Answers C. Peritonsillar abscess.
An older Native-American client with hypertension presents to
an outpatient clinic for follow-up evaluation after initiation of
treatment with oral antihypertensive medications Report of
8. A nurse is completing the health history for a 25-year-old
male client who reports that he is allege to penicillin. Which
question should the nurse ask after receiving this information?
A. What happens to you when you take penicillin?
B. How often have you taken penicillin in the past?
C. Are you allergic to any other medications?
D. Is anyone else in your family allergic to penicillin. Correct
Answers A. What happens to you when you take penicillin?
9. While assessing a client, the nurse notes an audible expiratory
wheeze and a respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute. What
action should the nurse implement?
A. Administer a respiratory aerosol treatment.
B. Provide oxygen at 2 liters per face mask.
C. Place the client in low Fowler's position.
D. Auscultate all lobes of the client's lungs. Correct Answers
A. Administer a respiratory aerosol treatment.
A 19-year-old female client comes to the clinic complaining of
breast tenderness before her menstrual periods. On examination,
the nurse notes generalized lumpiness of both breasts with no
discrete masses and no nipple discharge. Which action should
the nurse take?
A. Assure the client that her breasts are normal and advise
annual evaluations.
,B. Explain to the client that an ultrasound of the breast will
likely be necessary.
C. Request a return visit after her menstrual period for a breast
exam re-check.
D. Suggest that the client schedule a mammogram after her next
menstrual period. Correct Answers C. Request a return visit
after her menstrual period for a breast exam re-check.
A 45-year-old male client presents with complaints of gnawing
epigastric pain. The pain is worse when he is hungry and abates
if he eats something. What problem do these symptoms suggest?
A. Chronic pancreatitis
B. Peptic ulcer disease
C. Esophagitis
D. Gastroesophageal reflux Correct Answers B. Peptic ulcer
disease
A client comes to the clinic due to shoulder discomfort and
intermittent pain while swimming today. To assist normal range
of motion (ROM) of the client's shoulder, which assessment
techniques should the nurse ask the client to perform?
A. Alternate both index fingers to tough the tip of nose
accurately.
B. Extend arms up to 180 degrees besides the ears.
C. Extend arms straight out and hold without drifting.
D. Hold arms up at 90 degree while arms are pushed downward
Correct Answers D. Hold arms up at 90 degree while arms are
pushed downward
, A client s admitted with a diagnosis of right lower lobe
pneumonia Which breath sound is the nurse most likely to
auscultate over the right lower lobe
A. Friction rub
B. Audible rhonchi
C. Wheezing
D. Coarse crackles Correct Answers D. Coarse crackles
A client who recently underwent a routine surgical procedure
made a clinic appointment. To elicit the most information,
which question is best for the nurse to ask this client?
A. What type of surgery did you have?"
B. When did your surgery take place?"
C. What brought you to the clinic?"
D. "Are you having any pain?" Correct Answers B. When did
your surgery take place?"
A client with streptococcus pharyngitis reports high fever,
difficulty swallowing and a muffled voice. Which complication
should the nurse suspect?
A. Foreign body obstruction.
B. Laryngeal polyps.
C. Peritonsillar abscess.
D. Nasal polyps Correct Answers C. Peritonsillar abscess.
An older Native-American client with hypertension presents to
an outpatient clinic for follow-up evaluation after initiation of
treatment with oral antihypertensive medications Report of
