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HESI Nursing Critical Thinking /30 Complete Questions And Answers 100% Score!!!!
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HESI Nursing Critical Thinking 2023-2024 /30Complete Questions And Answers 100% Score!!!!
Quiz :1. The Patient: A 65-year- old male. The Situation: The family brings the
patient to the emergency room because he just took an entire bottle of pills.
The Question: What action should the nurse take first?
A. Prescribe medicine to induce vomiting.
B. Determine the patient's level of consciousness.
C. Ask the family why he may have taken an entire bottle of pills. -
√Answer :B. Determine the patient's level of consciousness.
Quiz :2. The Patient: An 80-year-old male who has used continuous oxygen for
the past three years. The Situation: While making a home visit, the wife tells
the nurse that her husband was doing well on 2 liters of oxygen per minute
until late last night when he developed severe shortness of breath on the way
to the bathroom. The Question: What action should the nurse take first?
A. Assess the patient's oxygen saturation by a pulse oximeter.
B. Ask the patient to lie down and wait to see if it happens again.
C. Begin administering 2.5 liters of oxygen per minute. - √Answer :A. Assess
the patient's oxygen saturation by a pulse oximeter.
Quiz :3. The Patient: A 41-year-old male. The Situation: The patient is
complaining of severe stomach pain and states that he has been "vomiting all
the time." The Question: What should the nurse do first?
A. Prescribe an anti-vomiting medication
, B. Administer a prescribed pain medication
C. Check for dehydration from vomiting. - √Answer :B. Administer a
prescribed pain medication
Quiz :4. The Patient: The wife of a wealthy owner of the town's bank. The
Situation: The patient and her husband arrive on the unit. While orienting the
patient to the hospital room, the nurse notices that the patient has placed a
large amount of cash and some expensive earrings in the drawer of the
bedside table. The Question: What is the best action for the nurse to take?
A. Advise the patient to have her husband take the items home when he
leaves.
B. Offer to put the items in a safe downstairs.
C. Offer to put the items in the nurses' station. - √Answer :A. Advise the
patient to have her husband take the items home when he leaves.
Quiz :5. The Patient: A 45-year-old female who is 5' 2" tall, weighs 200 pounds,
and has smoked since age 21. The Situation: The patient comes to the clinic
with a complaint of "leg pain." The Question: It is most important for the nurse
to obtain information about which previous occurrence?
A. Ask when the patient smoked her last cigarette.
B. When did her leg hurt last,
C. A previous blood clot in the leg - √Answer :C. A previous blood clot in the
leg
Quiz :6. The Patient: A 61-year-old female. The Situation: The patient has a
fever of unknown origin. The nurse administered a fever-reducing medication
30 minutes ago. At this time there has been no decrease in the patient's fever.
The Question: What action would be best for the nurse to take?
A. Give the patient more fever-reducing medication.
B. Sponge the patient with cool water.
C. Wait thirty more minutes for the medicine to kick in. - √Answer :B. Sponge
the patient with cool water.
Quiz :7. The Patient: A 70-year-old male who is relatively healthy. The
Situation: A liquid mediation is prescribed for this patient. The Question: Prior
to administering the prescribed medication, what intervention has the highest
priority?
A. Determine if the patient is allergic to the medication
B. Ask if the patient has taken any similar medications to that one.
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