HESI Exit Family Nurse Practitioner Final Exam Questions and Answers with Rationales 2026

HESI Exit Family Nurse Practitioner Final Exam Questions and Answers with Rationales 2026

1. Which of the following nursing actions demonstrates that the

nurse understands the nursing process?

a) Prioritizing patient goals, documenting all health records precisely,

conducting the health history, and documenting the nursing

diagnosis

b) Reviewing health record, documenting patient goals, identifying

etiology of the nursing problem, and evaluating treatment outcome.

c) Assessing for allergies, administering analgesic, obtaining baseline

vital signs, and documenting nursing diagnosis as acute pain

d) Obtaining vital signs, documenting nursing diagnosis as acute

pain, administering analgesic, and evaluating comfort level

d) Obtaining vital signs, documenting nursing diagnosis as acute pain,

administering analgesic, and evaluating comfort level

Rationale: Steps of the nursing process in order are: Assessment, Diagnosis,

Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. Assessment is the systematic

collection of data to determine the patient's health status and any actual or

potential health problems. Nursing diagnoses are actual or potential health

problems that can be managed by independent nursing interventions.

Planning is the development of goals and outcomes. Implementation is the

actualization of the plan of care through nursing interventions. Evaluation is

the determination of the patient’s responses to the nursing interventions

and the extent to which the outcomes have been achieved.

2. The nurse educator is planning a teaching session for nursing students

related to treatment and management of gestational diabetes. The nurse

educator arranges for a dietitian, pharmacist, and physician assistant to

participate in the lesson plan. Which professional nurse competency is

the nurse educator demonstrating?