HESI RN EXIT EXAM NEW FILE 150 Questions & Answers

HESI RN EXIT EXAM NEW FILE 150 Questions & Answers

1. The nurse admits a 7-year-old to the emergency room after a leg injury. The x-rays show a
femur fracture near the epiphysis. The parents ask what will be the outcome of this injury. The
appropriate response by the nurse should be which of these statements?
a. "In some instances, the result is a retarded bone growth."
2. A client has returned to the unit following a renal biopsy. Which of the following nursing
interventions is appropriate?
a. Monitor vital signs
3. A young adult seeks treatment in an outpatient mental health center. The client tells the nurse
he is a government official being followed by spies. On further questioning, he reveals that his
warnings must be heeded to prevent nuclear war. What is the most therapeutic approach by the
nurse?
a. Listen quietly without comment
4. The nurse is administering an intravenous piggyback infusion of penicillin. Which of the
following client statements would require the nurse's immediate attention?
a. "I am itching all over."
5. A depressed client is experiencing severe insomnia. The health care provider orders trazadone
(Desyrel). The nurse tells the client to expect?
a. Relief of insomnia
6. The nurse is administering the initial total parenteral nutrition solution to a client. Which of
the following assessments requires the nurse's immediate attention?
a. Blood glucose of 350 mg/dl
7. Which of the following classifications of medications would be most often used for clients
with schizophrenia?
a. Neuroleptics
8. The nurse is teaching administration of albuterol inhalation to an adult with asthma. Which of
the following demonstrates proper teaching?
a. "Notify the health care provider if you need the drug more often."
9. The nurse is caring for a client with Parkinson's disease who has developed hallucinations.
Which of the following medications that the client is receiving may have been a contributing
factor?
a. L-Dopa