HESI CRITICAL THINKING EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS [REAL EXAM ]
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HESI CRITICAL THINKING
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HESI CRITICAL THINKING
HESI CRITICAL THINKING EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS [REAL EXAM ]
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer -
Determine the patient's level ...
,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? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer -
Determine the patient's level of consciousness.
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 litres 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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - Assess the patient's oxygen saturation
by pulse oximeter.
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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - Administer a prescribed pain
medication.
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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - Advise the patient to have her husband
take the items home when he leaves.
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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - A previous blood clot in the leg.
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - Sponge the patient with
cool water.
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - Determine if the
patient is allergic to the medication.
The Patient: A fifty-eight-year-old female.The Situation: While the nurse
is offering the patient her morning medications, she tells the nurse
that she does not recall ever taking a pill that was pink-colored.The
Question: What should the nurse do in response to this patient's
comment? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - Withhold the mediation until
the patient's prescription is verify.
The Patients:
A 63-year-old with a burn on the left lower leg who is complaining of
pain.
A 45-year-old with pneumonia, complaining of shortness of breath.
A 31-year-old with abdominal pain who has just vomited blood.
An 88-year-old who has right-sided paralysis and wants to be helped to
the
bathroom immediately.
The Situation: The nurse is caring for these patients. The Question:
Who should the nurse see first? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Answer - The
45-years old with pneumonia and shortness of breath.
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