50 V1 FUNDAMENTALS 2017 HESI Q&A

1. Question about air pressure mattress = those type of bed we don’t put sheets to avoid

skin tearing of the patient

2. What nerves we assess when using Snellen chart = optic nerve (II)

3. Nurse assistant tells you about stool characteristics or something, and what would you

prioritize = Watery stool (diarrhea)

4. There are two patients who are complaining of pain, what you would do first to assist

them or something like that = assess their pain first (compare which one is more severe,

by describing it)

5. There was a priority question which client do you assist first (remember ABC’s) = she

chose the answer that had something to do with breathing- D

6. For adult = pull the ear up and outward

7. When you take care of a patient with Hepatitis A, what do you do? Wear gloves when

giving bath

8. The patient has TB and what would you place in biohazard bag before taking it from the

room = Sputum sample

9. They said when the person is agnostic (or something) what do we include in care plan =

something to do with spirituality

10. Nurse observes nursing assistive personnel giving patient a bed bath and has the patients

foot soaked in the basin of water. What should the nurse instruct the nursing assistive

personnel to do? Dry the water between the toes (because of skin breakdown)

11. When you catheterization on circumcised patient, what to do? Advance the catheter and

inflate the balloon

12. Which position do you apply enema? Left side-lying (Sims’) position with the right knee

flexed

13. Elderly patient that needed to have something done, who would you ask consent =

daughter in law because she has the consent or whatever

14. A patient has an order for wrist restraint, after putting them on, what do you = check

capillary refill

15. When giving medication = make sure you verify the patient identification band

16. When you bathe someone with UTI or something like that, what do you do = put don

gloves

17. What is the safe procedure regarding gloves = change gloves before entering another

room

18. A patient with a soft bland diet reports constipation you assess the bowel sounds and they

are low what do you do? Heat prune juice

19. A patient was admitted for dehydration yesterday, what are signs that the patient is

getting hydrated? Pulse

20. A patient has difficulty swallowing, how would you check for the gag reflex? With the

tongue depressor touch the back of their tongue/throat

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