HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM WITH PERFECT
SOLUTIONS!!
"My life is really out of balance." - Correct Answer - A client is reporting chest pain.
What statement made by the client, helps the nurse to understand this client has a
naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
Be open to people who are different
Have a curiosity about people.
Become culturally competent. - Correct Answer - 2. A nurse is working in a healthcare
facility that serves a diverse population. What action(s) by the nurse will allow the nurse
to empathize with and understand this population? (Select all that apply.)
It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable. - Correct
Answer - Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostalspace. - Correct Answer - What is the best
place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethoscope?
Place the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line. - Correct Answer -
The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of mitral stenosis. How should the
nurse assess this client with a stethoscope to listen for this condition?
2nd intercostal space along the right sternal border. - Correct Answer - The nurse is
assessing a client who has a history of aortic regurgitation. Where should the nurse
place the stethoscope diaphragm to listen for this condition?
The client works in a daycare setting that has had a scabies outbreak. - Correct Answer
- The client is experiencing severe pruritus and small papules and burrows on areas
over one hand and the inner thighs. Which assessment data best explains the condition
the client is experiencing?
Level of consciousness. - Correct Answer - A client comes to the clinic with a report of
fever and a recent exposure to someone who was diagnosed with meningitis. Which
nursing assessment should be completed during the initial examination of this client?
Use of vitamin and iron supplements. - Correct Answer - A client reports feeling
increasingly fatigued for several months, and the nurse observes that the client's lips
are pale. Which additional data should the nurse collect based on this presentation?
There is no sign of associated infection. - Correct Answer - The nurse is assessing a
client who has experienced a sudden onset of hearing loss in the right ear. Which
finding should alert the nurse to a potentially serious medical condition that requires
further evaluation?
Swelling anterior to the ear lobe on one side of the face. - Correct Answer - The client
reports to the nurse a recent exposure to the mumps. Which assessment finding
suggests the client has contracted the mumps?
Swelling of the left arm and non-pitting edema. - Correct Answer - A client states that
she had a mastectomy of her left breast last year and now experiences lymphedema.
What should the nurse expect to find when examining the client?
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