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HESI Community Exam Questions And 100% Correct Answers1. A female client is visited at home two weeks postop from gastric bypass surgery,
reporting abdominal tenderness and shoulder pain and describing a feeling of malaise.
Her vital signs are: temperature 101.8°F, blood pressure 100/50, heart rate 104
beats/minute, and respirations 18 breaths/minute. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Assess the client's current oxygen saturation rate.
b. Ask the client to drive to the hospital for admission
c. Recheck the client's vital signs in 30 minutes
d. Ambulance transport of client to the hospital - ANSWER d. Ambulance transport of
the client to the hospital
1. An older man has become quite forgetful, frequently consumes large portions of food
from refrigerator, and does not remember when he takes his medications. He has
limited mobility due to weight-related osteoarthritis in both knees. While providing care
and assisting the client's wife in planning for care in the home, which interventions
should the nurse recommend? (Select all that apply.) a. Refer to request a prescription
for a motorized wheelchair to assist with mobility.
b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are accessible.
c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen muscles. -
ANSWER b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are accessible.
c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes that can help with muscle
strengthening.
The school nurse is measuring heights, weights, and body mass indexed (BMI) of the
students who are entering high school. Since a majority of the students are noted to be
overweight, the nurse would like to implement a program addressing obesity in this age
group. Prior to implementing this program, what is the most significant additional
information that the nurse needs?
a. The history of obesity education in the community
,b. The extent of parental concern about childhood obesity
c. Demographics within the student population
Physical education department activity report - ANSWER a. Obesity education history of
the community
The epidemiological triad can be used to detail interventions aimed at preventing the
occurrence of farm machinery injuries. The nurse should do which of the following to
concentrate on the agent?
a. Educate farm workers not to smoke around farm equipment
b. Work with legislators to mandate safe tractor design
c. Translate written vehicle instructions into picture format
d. Provide rehabilitation services to injured farm hands - ANSWER Work with legislators
to mandate safe tractor design
1. The public health nurse is developing a plan to increase state funding for a local
health clinic. Which of the following actions is most likely to result in state funding of this
clinic?
a. Run the health clinic effectively and advertise the services of the clinic
b. Organized concerned citizens to write letters and telephone state representatives
c. Informed the media of the positive work done through the community clinic
d. The hiring of a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the merits of the local
clinic - ANSWER d. Hired a professional lobbyist to convince Congress of the value of
the local clinic
The nurse is documenting the medical history of a young adult male client who was
recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). He smokes 2 packs of cigarettes
daily and his father died of a heart attack at age 45. Which annual screening is most
important for the nurse include? a. Peripheral neuropathy b. Renal insufficiency c.
Retinography d. Hyperlipidemia - ANSWER d. Hyperlipidemia
The nurse is teaching a group of evacuees at a mass casualty center after a natural
flooding disaster. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching plan?
(Select all that apply.) a. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap
, water. b. Identify all sexual contacts since the evacuation process c. Take all doses of
prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or
waterless antibacterial solutions
E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions - ANSWER c. Take all
doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea
d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions
E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions
The nurse is teaching a class on nutrition at the senior citizens' community center and
wants to point out how much and what type of fat some foods contain compared to
others. Which of the following is the best teaching approach for the nurse to use?
a. Posters of foods with explanations to seniors of the amount of fat in each
b. Identify which foods the subjects eat most often and review the nutritional panel of
each product
c. Watch a movie on cooking with tasty low-fat foods
d. Ask each senior to bring a food for tasting by the group, then make estimations about
the fat content of these foods - ANSWER b. Identify foods most frequently consumed by
this group and discuss the nutrition panel of each product
A 45-year-old diabetic male loses his 15-year job that had health care benefits. Because
of the law, he is offered COBRA benefits. Which of the following will most likely be his
major concern as he prepares for his health care for the next year? a. How to finance his
health care b. Getting quality medical care c. Finding a primary care provider
d. Having ordered lab studies completed - ANSWER a. Paying for his care
1. A discharge prescription is written for an older adult female client who has requested
discharge to her home. The client lives alone and is ambulatory 10 to 15 feet with
assistance. Which action should the nurse begin?
a. Discussing the home medication schedule with the client and family
b. Order a bedside commode to be delivered to the home
c. Meet with the case manager to plan a home safety evaluation
d. Provide the client with information about medical alert devices - ANSWER c. Meet
with the case manager to plan a home safety evaluation
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