2025 MED-SURG HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. What instruction should the nurse include in pubis
the dis- charge teaching plan of a client who d. review
had a cataract extraction today? the client
a. sexual activities may be resumed upon fluid
return home intake
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid
4. An adult
heavy lifting
client is
c. use a metal eye shield on operative eye
admitted
during the day
with
d. administer eye ointment before applying eye
diabetic
drops
ketoacidosi
2. A male adult comes to the urgent care clinic s (DKA) and
5 days after being diagnosed with influenza. a urinary
He is short of breath, febrile, and coughing tract
green colored sputum. Which intervention infection
should the nurse implement first? (UTI)
a. Obtain a sputum sample for culture Prescription
b. Check his oxygen saturation level s
c. Administer an oral antipyretic
d. Auscultate bilateral lung sound
3. An elder male client tells the nurse that he is
loosing sleep because he has to get up several
times at night to go to the bathroom that he
has trouble starting his urinary stream and
that he does not feel like his bladder is ever
completely empty. Which intervention should
the nurse implement?
a. collect a urine specimen for culture analysis
b. obtain a fingerstick blood glucose level
c. palpate the bladder above the symphysis
, 2025 MED-SURG HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting
a. obtain a sputum sample for culture
c. palpate the bladder above the symphysis pubis
d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l
, 2025 MED-SURG HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
for intravenous antibiotics and insulin
infusion are initiated. Which serum laboratory
value warrants the most immediate
intervention by the nurse?
a. blood ph of 7.30
b. glucose of 350 mg /dl
c. white blood cell count of 15000mm
d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l
5. A client with sickle cell anemia develops a fever during a. explain
specific reason
the last hour of administration of a unit of for urgent notification
packed
red blood cell. When notifying the healthcare
provider what information should the nurse
provide first using the SBAR communication
process?
a. explain specific reason for urgent notification
b. preface the report by stating the clients
name and admitting diagnosis
c. communicate the pre-transfusion
temperatures
d. optain prn prescription for acetaminophen c. it will be necessary to
for fever 101f continue prophylactic
dos- es of IV or aerosol
6. An adult male client is admitted for penta-
pneumocystis carinil pneumonia (PCP)
secondary to aids. While hos- pitalized he
receives IV pentamidine isethionate ther-
apy. In preparing this client for discharge what impor- mine every
month
tant aspect regarding his medication therapy
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. What instruction should the nurse include in pubis
the dis- charge teaching plan of a client who d. review
had a cataract extraction today? the client
a. sexual activities may be resumed upon fluid
return home intake
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid
4. An adult
heavy lifting
client is
c. use a metal eye shield on operative eye
admitted
during the day
with
d. administer eye ointment before applying eye
diabetic
drops
ketoacidosi
2. A male adult comes to the urgent care clinic s (DKA) and
5 days after being diagnosed with influenza. a urinary
He is short of breath, febrile, and coughing tract
green colored sputum. Which intervention infection
should the nurse implement first? (UTI)
a. Obtain a sputum sample for culture Prescription
b. Check his oxygen saturation level s
c. Administer an oral antipyretic
d. Auscultate bilateral lung sound
3. An elder male client tells the nurse that he is
loosing sleep because he has to get up several
times at night to go to the bathroom that he
has trouble starting his urinary stream and
that he does not feel like his bladder is ever
completely empty. Which intervention should
the nurse implement?
a. collect a urine specimen for culture analysis
b. obtain a fingerstick blood glucose level
c. palpate the bladder above the symphysis
, 2025 MED-SURG HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting
a. obtain a sputum sample for culture
c. palpate the bladder above the symphysis pubis
d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l
, 2025 MED-SURG HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
for intravenous antibiotics and insulin
infusion are initiated. Which serum laboratory
value warrants the most immediate
intervention by the nurse?
a. blood ph of 7.30
b. glucose of 350 mg /dl
c. white blood cell count of 15000mm
d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l
5. A client with sickle cell anemia develops a fever during a. explain
specific reason
the last hour of administration of a unit of for urgent notification
packed
red blood cell. When notifying the healthcare
provider what information should the nurse
provide first using the SBAR communication
process?
a. explain specific reason for urgent notification
b. preface the report by stating the clients
name and admitting diagnosis
c. communicate the pre-transfusion
temperatures
d. optain prn prescription for acetaminophen c. it will be necessary to
for fever 101f continue prophylactic
dos- es of IV or aerosol
6. An adult male client is admitted for penta-
pneumocystis carinil pneumonia (PCP)
secondary to aids. While hos- pitalized he
receives IV pentamidine isethionate ther-
apy. In preparing this client for discharge what impor- mine every
month
tant aspect regarding his medication therapy
