HESI V1 (2025/2026 UPDATED & VERIFIED) EXAM STUDY GUIDE -
NIGHTINGALE
24 Hour Urine – What is it? How do you do this? What is the test for?
Activity-assess mobility – How do you assess mobility?
Assessment – Feces – Why would we assess feces? What are we looking for?
What would you document?
BP Elevated – What are normal blood pressure readings? What do you as the RN
need to do for an elevated blood pressure?
BP-lie, sit, stand – Why do we do this type of BP readings? What are you looking
for, and what do the readings mean?
Barbiturate-refused – What type of medications are barbiturates? What do you as
the nurse need to do if a barbiturate is refused by the patient?
Bladder Rupture – Urinary Retention – What is a bladder rupture? What is the
role of the nurse with a patient experiencing urinary retention and a bladder
rupture? Is this patient going to have a normal urinary catheter?
Chronic pain – What is chronic pain? What are the treatment options – both
pharmacological and nonpharmacological.
Clear liquid diet-vomiting – If the patient is on a clear liquid diet and vomiting,
what might you as the nurse need to do?
Client safety – How do you maintain client safety? Think of different scenarios
where you might have safety issues?
Communication - SBAR – What is SBAR? What goes into each section of
SBAR? When would you use SBAR?
Diarrhea - nursing problem – What are some nursing interventions that you can
provide for a patient with diarrhea?
Document- Method – What are the various documentation methods?
Droplet precautions - mask – What type of mask is required for droplet
precautions? What if you are not fitted for this type of mask?
Dyspnea-positioning – For a patient with difficulty breathing, what is the best
position for them to be in to breathe? Also, consider why they are having a
difficulty in breathing?
, Electronic documentation – What is this? What do you need to know about
electronic documentation? What happens if the power goes out?
Elimination – bedside chair – This could be about using a bedside commode.
What is your role as the nurse with a patient on the bedside commode? What if
they are in a bedside chair and either have to use the bathroom or have an accident.
What is your role? The answer is not get a CNA!!!
Enemas – What are they, how do you give them, what is the goal of an enema?
How will you know it is effective?
End of Life Choices – What is the role of the RN in end-of-life choices?
Feeding – Aspiration Risk – How will you know if the patient is at risk for
aspiration? Who will feed the patient? What will you as the RN assess on this
patient after each swallow?
Fluid volume deficit- sodium – What is the role of sodium in the body? What is
fluid volume deficit? How does sodium play into this?
Foot Care – Who needs foot care? What is your role in foot care?
GT Bolus Feeding – What is a bolus feeding? How is it given? What are you
assessing?
Good Samaritan – What is the Good Samaritan Law, and how are you protected.
HIPAA - interpreter – What is the role of the interpreter? What does HIPAA have
to do with the interpreter?
HIPAA Young Adult – What are the rules of HIPAA when it comes to a child?
What about a young adult?
Hand hygiene – what is it? What are the various types, and when can they be
used?
Health Promotion – Sexuality – What is health promotion? How will you
promote sexuality through health promotion? Safe sex practices, STI screenings,
etc.
Heat application-Assess – When applying heat to a patient, what must you assess?
Hospice care – What is Hospice? What education might you provide the patient
regarding hospice? Who is hospice appropriate for?
NIGHTINGALE
24 Hour Urine – What is it? How do you do this? What is the test for?
Activity-assess mobility – How do you assess mobility?
Assessment – Feces – Why would we assess feces? What are we looking for?
What would you document?
BP Elevated – What are normal blood pressure readings? What do you as the RN
need to do for an elevated blood pressure?
BP-lie, sit, stand – Why do we do this type of BP readings? What are you looking
for, and what do the readings mean?
Barbiturate-refused – What type of medications are barbiturates? What do you as
the nurse need to do if a barbiturate is refused by the patient?
Bladder Rupture – Urinary Retention – What is a bladder rupture? What is the
role of the nurse with a patient experiencing urinary retention and a bladder
rupture? Is this patient going to have a normal urinary catheter?
Chronic pain – What is chronic pain? What are the treatment options – both
pharmacological and nonpharmacological.
Clear liquid diet-vomiting – If the patient is on a clear liquid diet and vomiting,
what might you as the nurse need to do?
Client safety – How do you maintain client safety? Think of different scenarios
where you might have safety issues?
Communication - SBAR – What is SBAR? What goes into each section of
SBAR? When would you use SBAR?
Diarrhea - nursing problem – What are some nursing interventions that you can
provide for a patient with diarrhea?
Document- Method – What are the various documentation methods?
Droplet precautions - mask – What type of mask is required for droplet
precautions? What if you are not fitted for this type of mask?
Dyspnea-positioning – For a patient with difficulty breathing, what is the best
position for them to be in to breathe? Also, consider why they are having a
difficulty in breathing?
, Electronic documentation – What is this? What do you need to know about
electronic documentation? What happens if the power goes out?
Elimination – bedside chair – This could be about using a bedside commode.
What is your role as the nurse with a patient on the bedside commode? What if
they are in a bedside chair and either have to use the bathroom or have an accident.
What is your role? The answer is not get a CNA!!!
Enemas – What are they, how do you give them, what is the goal of an enema?
How will you know it is effective?
End of Life Choices – What is the role of the RN in end-of-life choices?
Feeding – Aspiration Risk – How will you know if the patient is at risk for
aspiration? Who will feed the patient? What will you as the RN assess on this
patient after each swallow?
Fluid volume deficit- sodium – What is the role of sodium in the body? What is
fluid volume deficit? How does sodium play into this?
Foot Care – Who needs foot care? What is your role in foot care?
GT Bolus Feeding – What is a bolus feeding? How is it given? What are you
assessing?
Good Samaritan – What is the Good Samaritan Law, and how are you protected.
HIPAA - interpreter – What is the role of the interpreter? What does HIPAA have
to do with the interpreter?
HIPAA Young Adult – What are the rules of HIPAA when it comes to a child?
What about a young adult?
Hand hygiene – what is it? What are the various types, and when can they be
used?
Health Promotion – Sexuality – What is health promotion? How will you
promote sexuality through health promotion? Safe sex practices, STI screenings,
etc.
Heat application-Assess – When applying heat to a patient, what must you assess?
Hospice care – What is Hospice? What education might you provide the patient
regarding hospice? Who is hospice appropriate for?
