HESI PN EXIT EXAM EXAM COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

HESI PN EXIT EXAM 2022-2023 EXAM

COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY

GRADED A+

1) The LPN/LVN is preparing to ambulate a postoperative client after

cardiac surgery. The nurse plans to do which to enable the client to best

tolerate the ambulation?

1. Provide the client with a walker.

2. Remove the telemetry equipment.

3. Encourage the client to cough and deep breathe.

4. Premedicate the client with an analgesic before ambulating.

Correct Answer: 4. Premedicate the client with an analgesic before

ambulating.

2) A client is wearing a continuous cardiac monitor, which begins to

alarm at the nurse's station. The nurse sees no electrocardiographic

complexes on the screen. The nurse should do which first?

1. Call a code blue.

2. Call the health care provider.

3. Check the client status and lead placement.

4. Press the recorder button on the ECG console.

Correct Answer: 3. Check the client status and lead placement.

3) The LPN/LVN in a medical unit is caring for a client with heart

failure. The client suddenly develops extreme dyspnea, tachycardia, and

lung crackles, and the nurse suspects pulmonary edema. The nurse

immediately notifies the registered nurse and expects which

interventions to be prescribed? Select all that apply.

1. Administering oxygen

2. Inserting a Foley catheter

3. Administering furosemide (Lasix)

4. Administering morphine sulfate intravenously

5. Transporting the client to the coronary care unit

6. Placing the client in a low-Fowler's side-lying position

Correct Answer:

1. Administering oxygen

2. Inserting a Foley catheter

3. Administering furosemide (Lasix)

4) The nurse is monitoring a client following cardioversion. Which

observations should be of highest priority to the nurse?

1. Blood pressure

2. Status of airway

3. Oxygen flow rate

4. Level of consciousness

Correct Answer: 2. Status of airway

5) The nurse is assisting in caring for the client immediately after

insertion of a permanent demand pacemaker via the right subclavian

vein. The nurse prevents dislodgement of the pacing catheter by

implementing which intervention?

1. Limiting movement and abduction of the left arm

2. Limiting movement and abduction of the right arm

3. Assisting the client to get out of bed and ambulate with a walker

4. Having the physical therapist do active range of motion to the right

arm

Correct Answer: 2. Limiting movement and abduction of the right arm

6) A client diagnosed with thrombophlebitis 1 day ago suddenly

complains of chest pain and shortness of breath, and the client is visibly

anxious. The LPN/LVN understands that a life-threatening complication

of this condition is which?

1. Pneumonia

2. Pulmonary edema

3. Pulmonary embolism

4. Myocardial infarction

Correct Answer: 3. Pulmonary embolism

7) A 24-year-old man seeks medical attention for complaints of

claudication in the arch of the foot. The nurse also notes superficial

thrombophlebitis of the lower leg. The nurse should check the client for

which next?

1. Smoking history

2. Recent exposure to allergens

3. History of recent insect bites

4. Familial tendency toward peripheral vascular disease

Correct Answer: 1. Smoking history

8) The nurse has reinforced instructions to the client with Raynaud's

disease about self-management of the disease process. The nurse

determines that the client needs further teaching if the client states

which?

1. "Smoking cessation is very important."

2. "Moving to a warmer climate should help."

3. "Sources of caffeine should be eliminated from the diet."

4. "Taking nifedipine (Procardia) as prescribed will decrease vessel

spasm."

Correct Answer: 2. "Moving to a warmer climate should help."

9) A client with myocardial infarction suddenly becomes tachycardic,

shows signs of air hunger, and begins coughing frothy, pink-tinged

sputum. The nurse listens to breath sounds, expecting to hear which

breath sounds bilaterally?

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