CRITICAL CARE HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS LATEST 2024.Qualified
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CRITICAL CARE HESI
CRITICAL CARE HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS LATEST 2024.Qualified1. What assessment findings should he nurse document in the electronic medical record
for a client who is experiencing autonomicdysreflexia after a TANSWER-4 spinal cord
injury
ANSWER-Severe hypertension, diaphroresis, and flu...
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CRITICAL CARE HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS LATEST 2023.Qualified
1. What assessment findings should he nurse document in the electronic medical record
for a client who is experiencing autonomicdysreflexia after a TANSWER-4 spinal cord
injury
ANSWER-Severe hypertension, diaphroresis, and flushing above thelesion
2. As the nurse is turning a client with a chest tube, the chest tube becomes dislodged
from the pleural space. What action should thenurse take first?
ANSWER-Have the client exhale forcefully and tape 3 sides of asterile gauze over
the insertion site
3. The nurse plans to administer a low dose prescription for dopamine(Intropin) to a client
who is in septic shock. Which physiological parameter should the nurse use to evaluate a
therapeutic response to dopamine?
ANSWER-Urinary Output
4. The nurse assesses a male client postoperatively who has an arterial line in the radial
artery. Assessment findings include pallor, parastesia, and slow capillary refill in the client’s
right hand fingers. What actionshould the nurse plan?
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CRITICAL CARE HESI PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS LATEST 2023.Qualified
ANSWER-Notify the HCP
5. A male client is admitted to the cardiac intensive unit with chest pain that began twelve
hours ago. The nurse recognizes increased ventricular ectopy? Based on this assessment
finding, what actions ismost important for the nurse to implement?
ANSWER-Initiate the unit’s antiarrhythmic protocol if symptomatic.
6. The nurse is assessing a client who was admitted 24 hours ago tothe critical care unit
following a motorcycle collision. Which client finding requires intervention by the nurse
to reduce the risk for complication related to increased intracranial pressure?
ANSWER-Change of PaCo2 to 55 mm Hg following ventilatorsetting
adjustments
7. A client is receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After asystoleis confirmed in two
leads and sending for the transcutaneous pacemaker, which intravenous medication should
be administered?
ANSWER-Epinephrine
8. The nurse performs a prescribed neurological check at the beginning of the shift on a
client who was admitted to the hospital with a subarachnoid brain attack (stroke). The
client’s Glasgow comascale is 9. What information is most important for the nurse to
determine?
ANSWER-The client’s previous GCS score
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