HESI MILESTONE 2 PRACTICE QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST 2026-2027 (30pages)

1. A client with GERD is being treated with dietary management.The client states, "I like to have a glass of juice everyday." Which juice will the nurse recommend?: Answer: Apple Juice 2. A primary healthcare provider prescribes a low-sodium, high-potassium diet for client with Cushing Syndrome.Which explanation should the nurse provide to the client about the need to follow this diet?: Answer: "Excessive aldosterone and cortisone cause retention of sodium and loss of potassium." 3. Two clients with polydipsia and polyuria arrived at the hospital. Both were having similar symptoms but were diagnosed with different types of diabetes insipidus. Which assessment finding helped to differentiate the diagnosis?: Answer: Urine Osmolarity 4. A client has a history of GERD. Why should the nurse monitor the client for clinical manifestation of heart disease?: Esophageal pain may imitate the symptoms of a heart attack 5. A nurse is teaching a 15-year-old adolescent with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes about self-care. What is the primary long-term goal this nurse and client should agree on?: Maintaining normoglycemia 6. The nurse is caring for a client before, during and immediately after surgery. Which type of care is provided to the client?: Care that supports homeostatic regulation 7. A 15-year-old with cystic fibrosis (CF) is admitted with a respiratory infection. The nurse determines that the adolescent is cyanotic, has a barrel-shaped chest, and is in the 10th percentile for both height and weight. What is the priority nursing intervention?: Performing postural drainage 8. A nurse is planning to teach a school-aged child with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes about self-care. After an assessment of what the child knows about diabetes, what is the next nursing intervention?: Developing a sequence of goals with the child and parents. 9. The nurse concludes that a client with glaucoma needs education when the client makes which statement?: "It is dangerous for me to use sedatives." Sedatives have no effect on intraocular pressure 10. A mother reports feeding her infant immediately before arriving in the emergency department. After completing the assessment, the nurse reports which finding immediately to the primary healthcare provider because it likely indicated pyloric stenosis?: Peristaltic waves that transverse the epigastrium.