HESI EXIT RN V1 2019

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HESI EXIT RN V1 2019,1. Which information is a priority for the RN to reinforce to an older client after intravenous pyelography? 2. A client has altered renal function and is being treated at home. ... The nurse recognizes that the most accurate indicator of fluid balance during the weekly visits is 3. A client has been diagnosed with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.Which information is most important for the nurse to reinforce with the client? 4. A primigravida in the third trimester is hospitalized for preeclampsia. The nurse determines that the client’s blood pressure is increasing. Which action should the nurse take first? 5. The nurse is caring for a client in atrial fibrillation. The atrial heart rate is 250 and the ventricular rate is controlled at 75. Which of the following findings is cause for the most concern? 6. The client with infective endocarditis must be assessed frequently by the home health nurse. Which finding suggests that antibiotic therapy is not effective, and must be reported by the nurse immediately to the healthcare provider? 7. A client who had a vasectomy is in the post recovery unit at an outpatient clinic. Which of these points is most important to be reinforced by the nurse? 8. A client who is to have antineoplastic chemotherapy tells the nurses of a fear of being sick all the time and wishes to try acupuncture. Which of these beliefs stated by the client would be incorrect about acupuncture? 9. The nurse is discussing with a group of students the disease Kawasaki. What statement made by a student about Kawasaki disease is incorrect? 0. A client has viral pneumonia affecting 2/3 of the right lung. What would be the best position to teach the client to lie in every other hour during first 12 hours after admission? 11. A client has an indwelling catheter with continuous bladder irrigation after undergoing a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) 12 hours ago. Which finding at this time should be reported to the health care provider? 12. A nurse is performing CPR on an adult who went into cardiopulmonary arrest. Another nurse enters the room in response to the call. After checking the client’s pulse and respirations, what should 13. The nurse assesses a 72 year-old client who was admitted for right sided congestive heart failure. Which of the following would the nurse anticipate finding? 14. A client with heart failure has a prescription for digoxin. The nurse is aware that sufficient potassium should be included in the diet because hypokalemia in combination with this medication 15. A nurse assesses a young adult in the emergency room following a motor vehicle accident. Which of the following neurological signs is of most concern? 16. A 14 year-old with a history of sickle cell disease is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of vaso-occlusive crisis. Which statements by the client would be most indicative of the etiology of this crisis? 17. Which these findings would the nurse more closely associate with anemia in a 10 month-old infant? 18. The nurse is caring for a client in hypertensive crisis in an intensive care unit. The priority assessment in the first hour of care is 19. Which of these clients who are all in the terminal stage of cancer is least appropriate to suggest the use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with a pump? The correct answer is D: A preschooler with intermittent episodes of alertness 20. The nurse is about to assess a 6 month-old child with nonorganic failure-to thrive 21. As the nurse is speaking with a group of teens which of these side effects of chemotherapy for cancer would the nurse expect this group to be more interested in during the discussion? 22. While caring for a client who was admitted with myocardial infarction (MI) 2 days ago, the nurse notes today's temperature is 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit (38.5 degrees Celsius). The appropriate 23. A client is admitted for first and second degree burns on the face, neck, anterior chest and hands. The nurse's priority should be 24. Which of these clients who call the community health clinic would the nurse ask to come in that day to be seen by the health care provider? 25. A middle aged woman talks to the nurse in the health care provider’s office about uterine fibroids also called leiomyomas or myomas. What statement by the woman indicates more education is needed? 26. An elderly client admitted after a fall begins to seize and loses consciousness. What action by the nurse is appropriate to do next? 30. Which of these observations made by the nurse during an excretory urogram indicate a complicaton? 32. The nurse is reviewing laboratory results on a client with acute renal failure. Which one of the following should be reported immediately? 33. The nurse is caring for a client undergoing the placement of a central venous catheter line. Which of the following would require the nurse’s immediate attention? 34. The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a client who just had an endotracheal tube inserted. Which finding would call for immediate action by the nurse? 35. A nurse checks a client who is on a volume-cycled ventilator. Which finding indicates that the client may need suctioning 36. The most effective nursing intervention to prevent atelectasis from developing in a post-operative client is to 37. When caring for a client with a post right thoracotomy who has undergone an upper lobectomy, the nurse focuses on pain management to promote 38. A nurse is to collect a sputum specimen for acid-fast bacillus (AFB) from a client. Which action should the nurse take first? 39. The nurse is caring for a child immediately after surgical correction of a ventricular septal defect. Which of the following nursing assessments should be a priority? 65. The nurse is caring for a client receiving a blood transfusion who develops urticaria one-half hour after the transfusion has begun. What is the first action the nurse should take? 66. Discharge instructions for a client taking alprazolam (Xanax) should include which of the following? 67. A client has received 2 units of whole blood today following an episode of GI bleeding. Which of the following laboratory reports would the nurse monitor most closely? 72. An 86 year-old nursing home resident who has decreased mental status is hospitalized with pneumonic infiltrates in the right lower lobe. When the nurse assists the client with a clear liquid diet, the client begins to cough. What should the nurse do next? 73. The nurse is planning care for a client with a CVA. Which of the following measures planned by the nurse would be most effective in preventing skin breakdown? 74. A nurse is assessing several clients in a long term health care facility. Which client is at highest risk for development of decubitus ulcers? 75. Constipation is one of the most frequent complaints of elders. When assessing this problem, which action should be the nurse's priority? 76. After a client has an enteral feeding tube inserted, the most accurate method for verification of placement is [Show More]

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