2024 HESI RN Exit Exam WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT WITH RATIONALES RATED & GRADED A+ NEWEST!!!

6. After an inservice about electronic health record (EHR) security and safeguarding client information, the nurse observes a colleague going home with printed copies of client information in a uniform pocket. Which action should the nurse take?
- ANSWER>>a. File a detailed incident report with the specific hiring facility.

7. The nurse is evaluating a tertiary prevention program for clients with cardiovascular disease implemented in a rural health clinic. Which outcome indicate the program is effective?
- ANSWER>>c. Clients who incurred disease complications promptly received rehabilitation.

8. The nurse is caring for a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who uses oxygen at 2 L/minute per nasal cannula continuously. The nurse observes that the client is having increased shortness of breath with respirations at 23 breaths/minute. Which action should the nurse implement first?
- ANSWER>>d. Assess the delivery mechanism of the oxygen tank, tubing, and cannula.

9. Which statement by a client who is 24 hours post-subtotal thyroidectomy requires an immediate investigation by the nurse?
- ANSWER>>When I get out of bed quickly, I feel a little dizzy."

10. An older adult male who is in his early 70's is admitted to the emergency department because of a COPD exacerbation. This client is struggling to breathe and the healthcare team is preparing for endotracheal intubation. The spouse's wife, who is 30 years younger than the client, asks the nurse to stop the procedure and provide the nurse a copy of the client's living will. Which action should the nurse take?
- ANSWER>>b. Notify the healthcare provider of the client's wishes.

11. An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is assigned to provide personal care for a client whose prescribed activity is bedrest with bedside commode use. The UAP reports to the nurse that the client is so obese that the UAP feels unable to safely assist the client in transferring from the bed to the bedside commode. How should the nurse respond?
- ANSWER>>c. Advice the client to maintain bedrest so that safety can be ensured.

12. A nurse determines that more than 25% of the students at a middle school are overweight. The nurse presents the information at the parent-teacher meeting. What action is most important for the nurse to include in the meeting?
- ANSWER>>c. Distribute a shopping list of suggested healthy snack items.

13. After several months of chronic fatigue, morning stiffness, and join pain, a young adult is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and the healthcare provider prescribes prednisone. Which education should the nurse provide the client with regard to taking prednisone?
- ANSWER>>c. If sequential doses are missed, notify the healthcare provider.

14. The psychiatric nurse is caring for clients on an adolescent unit. Which client requires the nurse's immediate attention?
- ANSWER>>c. An 18-year-old client with antisocial behavior who is being yelled at by other clients