BSN HESI 266 EXAM 2025 UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
A client with eczema is applying 10% urea cream onto the affected skin areas. Which finding
reflects the expected therapeutic response?
a. Hydration of affected dry skin areas
b. Reduced pain in eczematous areas.
c. Decreased weeping of ulcerations in affected areas.
d. Healing with a return to normal skin appearance. - answersa. Hydration of affected dry skin
areas
A client with hyperparathyroidism reports a sudden monster of severe flank
pain.
Which intervention should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?
a. Implement seizure precautions.
b. Initiate cardiac telemetry.
c. Administer a PRN dose of a laxative.
d. Begin straining all urine - answersd. Begin straining all urine
,After falling down the basement steps, a client
is brought to the emergency
room. X-ray confirms that the client's right leg is fractured. Following application
of a leg cast, which assessment finding warrants
immediate intervention by the
nurse?
a. Circumferential edema of right foot.
b. Complaint of throbbing right leg pain.
c. Right foot pale with sluggish capillary refill.
d. Increased temperature to lower extremity - answersb. Complaint of throbbing right leg pain.
A female college student comes to the school's health clinic complaining of urinary frequency
and burning with right lower back pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?
a. Palpate the right flank for tenderness.
b. Test her urine for the presence of hematuria
c. Evaluate the urine for a strong odor.
d. Measure her temperature and pulse rate. - answersd. Measure her temperature and pulse
rate.
,The nurse is caring for a client who reports a sudden, severe headache, and facial numbness.
The nurse asks the client to smile and observes an uneven smile with facial droop the right
side and a hand grasp strength that is weaker on
the right than the left. The client denies a recent history of headache or trauma.
Which intervention should the nurse should perform in the immediate management of the
client?
a. Place an indwelling urinary catheter and measure strict output.
b. Notify the stroke team to assist with acute assessment and
management.
c. Raise the head of the bed to 30 degrees keeping head and neck in
neutral alignment.
d. Begin continuous observation for transient episodes of neurologic
dysfunction - answersb. Notify the stroke team to assist with acute assessment and
management.
Four days following and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, the client is
exhibiting edema of both lower extremities, and pedal pulses are not palpable.
Which action
should the nurse implement
first?
, a. Wrap the feet with warmed blankets.
b. Elevate extremities on pillows.
c. Assess pulses with a vascular Doppler.
d. Evaluate edema for pitting - answersc. Assess pulses with a vascular Doppler
While car
ing for a client with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the nurse performs a neurological
assessment every four hours. Which assessment finding warrants immediate intervention by
the nurse?
a. Inappropriate laughter.
b. Weakened cough effort.
c. Asymmetrical weakness.
d. Increasing anxiety. - answersb. Weakened cough effort.
The nurse is performing the preoperative assessment for a client scheduled
for a vertebroplasty of the cervical spine. Which finding should the nurse alert the
healthcare provider prior to the procedure?
a. Hemoglobin 12 g/dL (120 g/L).
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
A client with eczema is applying 10% urea cream onto the affected skin areas. Which finding
reflects the expected therapeutic response?
a. Hydration of affected dry skin areas
b. Reduced pain in eczematous areas.
c. Decreased weeping of ulcerations in affected areas.
d. Healing with a return to normal skin appearance. - answersa. Hydration of affected dry skin
areas
A client with hyperparathyroidism reports a sudden monster of severe flank
pain.
Which intervention should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?
a. Implement seizure precautions.
b. Initiate cardiac telemetry.
c. Administer a PRN dose of a laxative.
d. Begin straining all urine - answersd. Begin straining all urine
,After falling down the basement steps, a client
is brought to the emergency
room. X-ray confirms that the client's right leg is fractured. Following application
of a leg cast, which assessment finding warrants
immediate intervention by the
nurse?
a. Circumferential edema of right foot.
b. Complaint of throbbing right leg pain.
c. Right foot pale with sluggish capillary refill.
d. Increased temperature to lower extremity - answersb. Complaint of throbbing right leg pain.
A female college student comes to the school's health clinic complaining of urinary frequency
and burning with right lower back pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?
a. Palpate the right flank for tenderness.
b. Test her urine for the presence of hematuria
c. Evaluate the urine for a strong odor.
d. Measure her temperature and pulse rate. - answersd. Measure her temperature and pulse
rate.
,The nurse is caring for a client who reports a sudden, severe headache, and facial numbness.
The nurse asks the client to smile and observes an uneven smile with facial droop the right
side and a hand grasp strength that is weaker on
the right than the left. The client denies a recent history of headache or trauma.
Which intervention should the nurse should perform in the immediate management of the
client?
a. Place an indwelling urinary catheter and measure strict output.
b. Notify the stroke team to assist with acute assessment and
management.
c. Raise the head of the bed to 30 degrees keeping head and neck in
neutral alignment.
d. Begin continuous observation for transient episodes of neurologic
dysfunction - answersb. Notify the stroke team to assist with acute assessment and
management.
Four days following and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, the client is
exhibiting edema of both lower extremities, and pedal pulses are not palpable.
Which action
should the nurse implement
first?
, a. Wrap the feet with warmed blankets.
b. Elevate extremities on pillows.
c. Assess pulses with a vascular Doppler.
d. Evaluate edema for pitting - answersc. Assess pulses with a vascular Doppler
While car
ing for a client with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the nurse performs a neurological
assessment every four hours. Which assessment finding warrants immediate intervention by
the nurse?
a. Inappropriate laughter.
b. Weakened cough effort.
c. Asymmetrical weakness.
d. Increasing anxiety. - answersb. Weakened cough effort.
The nurse is performing the preoperative assessment for a client scheduled
for a vertebroplasty of the cervical spine. Which finding should the nurse alert the
healthcare provider prior to the procedure?
a. Hemoglobin 12 g/dL (120 g/L).
