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HESI A2 - Critical Thinking Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved 1. The nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) of a children's medical center. Which client should the nurse assess first? 1. The 1-month-old infant who has developed colic and is crying. 2. The 2-year-old toddler who...

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1. The nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) of a children's

medical center. Which client should the nurse assess first?

1. The 1-month-old infant who has developed colic and is crying.

2. The 2-year-old toddler who was bitten by another child at the day-care

center. 3. The 6-year-old school-age child who was hit by a car while riding

a bicycle.

4. The 14-year-old adolescent whose mother suspects her child is sexually

active. - ✔✔Rationale



Correct - 3-The child hit by a car should be assessed first because he or

she may have life- threatening injuries that must be assessed and treated

promptly.

1. In an interview, the nurse may find it necessary to take notes to aid his or

her memory later. Which statement is true regarding note-taking?




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,A) Note-taking may impede the nurse's observation of the patient's

nonverbal behaviors.

B) Note-taking allows the patient to continue at his or her own pace as the

nurse records what is said.

C) Note-taking allows the nurse to shift attention away from the patient,

resulting in an increased comfort level.

D) Note-taking allows the nurse to break eye contact with the patient, which

may increase his or her level of comfort. - ✔✔A) Note-taking may impede

the nurse's observation of the patient's nonverbal behaviors.



Page: 31 Some use of history forms and note-taking may be unavoidable.

But be aware that note-taking during the interview has disadvantages. It

breaks eye contact too often, and it shifts attention away from the patient,

which diminishes his or her sense of importance. It also may interrupt the

patient's narrative flow, and it impedes the observation of the patient's

nonverbal behavior.

2. The 8-year-old client diagnosed with a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis is

complaining of a severe headache. Which intervention should the nurse

implement first?

1. Administer 6 L of oxygen via nasal cannula.

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,2. Assess the client's neurological status.

3. Administer a narcotic analgesic by intravenous push (IVP). 4. Increase

the client's intravenous (IV) rate. - ✔✔Rationale

Correct - 2-Because the client is complaining of a headache, the nurse

should first rule out cerebrovascular accident (CVA) by assess- ing the

client's neurological status and then determine whether it is a headache

that can be treated with medication.

2. During an interview, the nurse states, "You mentioned shortness of

breath. Tell me more about that." Which verbal skill is used with this

statement?



A) Reflection

B) Facilitation

C) Direct question

D) Open-ended question - ✔✔D) Open-ended question



Page: 32 The open-ended question asks for narrative information. It states

the topic to be discussed but only in general terms. The nurse should use it

to begin the interview, to introduce a new section of questions, and

whenever the person introduces a new topic.

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, 3. The 6-year-old client who has undergone abdominal surgery is

attempting to make a pinwheel spin by blowing on it with the nurse's

assistance. The child starts crying because the pinwheel won't spin. Which

action should the nurse implement first?

1. Praise the child for the attempt to make the pinwheel spin.

2. Notify the respiratory therapist to implement incentive spirometry. 3.

Encourage the child to turn from side to side and cough.

4. Demonstrate how to make the pinwheel spin by blowing on it. -

✔✔Rationale



Correct -1. The nurse should always praise the child for attempts at

cooperation even if the child did not accomplish what the nurse asked.

3. A nurse is taking complete health histories on all of the patients

attending a wellness workshop. On the history form, one of the written

questions asks, "You don't smoke, drink, or take drugs, do you?" This

question is an example of:



A) talking too much.

B) using confrontation.

C) using biased or leading questions.

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