Question

A parent brings their child, who has a history of asthma, to the emergency department (ED). The child is wheezing and speaking one word between each breath. The child is anxious, tachycardic, and has labored respirations. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain?

Answer 1

Correct Answers:

Last dose and type of rescue inhaler used by the child.

Rationale :

💁‍♂️Assessing the last dose and type of rescue inhaler used provides immediate and actionable data regarding the effectiveness of current treatment during an acute asthma exacerbation.

⏱️Knowing when the medication was last administered helps the nurse avoid overdose while determining if additional bronchodilator therapy is needed.

📉This information is critical in evaluating the child’s response to prior treatment and whether escalation of care is required.

🚨The child’s symptoms—one-word speech, labored breathing, and anxiety—indicate severe respiratory distress, making this the most time-sensitive data.

📌Core Message

Immediate asthma care depends on understanding the timing and type of last rescue inhaler use in the context of severe respiratory distress.

Answer 2

Correct Order:

Order : 1 : No answer text available
Order : 2 : No answer text available
Order : 3 : No answer text available
Order : 4 : No answer text available

Rationale :

📋Verification of the insulin prescription ensures correct drug, dose, and timing, which is the first priority in safe medication administration.

🩸Blood glucose measurement determines the correct sliding scale dose needed before drawing up insulin.

💉Drawing the insulin after glucose reading ensures the correct dose is administered based on the prescription.

🧼Cleansing the site last maintains aseptic technique, reducing infection risk before injection.

📌Core Message

Follow the steps of safe insulin administration by verifying orders, checking glucose, preparing medication, and ensuring clean technique.

Answer 3

Correct Answers:

Maintain the client on an NPO status.

Rationale :

💁‍♂️Maintaining NPO status is essential when a bariatric client has vomiting and food intolerance, to prevent aspiration and allow gastrointestinal rest.

🥴Even in the absence of pain, vomiting suggests a possible anatomical complication such as a stricture or obstruction.

🧪Further diagnostic evaluation is often needed before safely reintroducing oral intake.

📛Providing food or drink can exacerbate the issue and lead to worsening symptoms or aspiration.

📌Core Message

In post-bariatric clients with vomiting, NPO status is prioritized to reduce risk of aspiration and GI complications.

Answer 4

Correct Answers:

0800: Heart rate 55 beats/minute, blood pressure 160/70 mm Hg; 1200: heart rate 50 beats/minute, blood pressure 194/70 mm Hg, irregular respirations.

Rationale :

🧠Cushing's triad—bradycardia, hypertension with widened pulse pressure, and irregular respirations—indicates increased intracranial pressure (ICP).

📈The increasing blood pressure, coupled with decreasing heart rate, suggests worsening neurologic compromise.

💨Irregular breathing patterns reflect brainstem dysfunction, which is life-threatening and requires immediate intervention.

💁‍♂️These findings reflect a neurological emergency that needs urgent provider notification and likely intervention to lower ICP.

📌Core Message

Bradycardia, widening pulse pressure, and irregular breathing are red flags for increased intracranial pressure requiring urgent action.

Answer 5

Correct Answers:

Electrolytes
Arterial blood gas
Coagulation studies
Complete blood count
Type and screen

Rationale :

🧪Electrolytes help guide fluid resuscitation and assess acid-base balance and cellular function.

🔴Arterial blood gases are crucial to monitor oxygenation, ventilation, and metabolic status post-trauma and intubation.

🧬Coagulation studies are essential for assessing bleeding risks, especially with liver and spleen injuries.

🩸CBC reveals anemia and infection risk and trends hemoglobin and hematocrit related to blood loss.

🅾️Type and screen prepares the patient for possible blood transfusion due to abdominal bleeding.

📌Core Message

In trauma, labs like CBC, ABG, electrolytes, coagulation profile, and type/screen guide fluid, respiratory, and transfusion management.

Answer 6

Correct Answers:

Apply warm blankets
Administer intravenous fluids with a rapid infuser
Check the temperature of the humidified oxygen attached to the ventilator
Use a fluid warmer for intravenous fluids
Instill warm fluids in the nasogastric tube

Rationale :

🌡️Warm blankets are a standard noninvasive measure for mild hypothermia.

💧Rapid infuser with warmed fluids corrects volume loss and body temperature simultaneously.

🌬️Humidified oxygen must be thermoregulated to prevent further heat loss through respiratory mechanisms.

🩺Fluid warmers help prevent hypothermia-related complications, especially in trauma cases.

🧪Warm NG fluids may be used carefully to assist in core rewarming when NPO is not indicated.

📌Core Message

Rewarming measures for hypothermia involve external heat, warmed fluids, and minimizing heat loss through respiratory and IV sources.

Answer 7

Correct Answers

Blank 1 Correct Option: Anemia
Blank 2 Correct Option: blood loss
Blank 3 Correct Option: blood administration/hemodilution from IV fluids

Rationale :

🩸Anemia is evident from low hemoglobin (9.3 g/dL) and hematocrit (30%), both below normal.

💉Blood loss is a likely cause, given trauma and internal bleeding confirmed by CT scan.

🧪Hemodilution may further lower hemoglobin due to IV fluid resuscitation, compounding the anemia.

📋This diagnosis directs the team toward possible blood transfusion and further hemodynamic monitoring.

📌Core Message

The client has anemia related to trauma-induced blood loss or hemodilution from fluid resuscitation, requiring close monitoring.

Answer 8

Correct Answers:

Explain all procedures
Notify the social worker the client is awake.
Decrease the noise and light stimuli in the room as much as possible
Determine the client's decision-making ability
Assess the client's pain

Rationale :

🧠Explaining procedures helps reorient the client as consciousness improves, reducing anxiety and confusion.

📞Notifying the social worker supports psychosocial needs, especially important in trauma recovery.

🔇Minimizing environmental stimuli reduces risk of delirium or agitation during the ICU awakening process.

💁‍♂️Determining decision-making ability ensures the client can now provide informed consent for future care.

😖Assessing pain is necessary since the client is more alert and can now express comfort needs effectively.

📌Core Message

As clients regain awareness, the nurse should assess pain, support orientation, and evaluate capacity for decision-making.

Answer 9

Correct Answers

Temperature 98.1°F (36.7°C) [ Prevent Infection ]
PaCO₂ 42 mm Hg [ Support Ventilation ]
Pain 0 on a scale of 0 to 10 [ Control Pain and Anxiety ]
Surgical dressing dry and intact [ Prevent Infection ]
Blood pressure 112/77 mm Hg [ Manage Hypovolemia ]
Capillary refill 2 seconds [ Manage Hypovolemia ]
pH 7.40 [ Support Ventilation ]

Rationale :

💁‍♂️A PaCO₂ of 42 mm Hg and pH of 7.40 indicate normal ventilation and acid-base balance, confirming that respiratory support is adequate.

😌A pain rating of 0 signifies that the client is comfortable, suggesting that pain and anxiety are well managed.

💉A blood pressure of 112/77 mm Hg and capillary refill of 2 seconds reflect adequate perfusion and fluid volume, supporting the goal of hypovolemia management.

🛡️A normal temperature and an intact surgical dressing are signs that the client is free from infection, satisfying the goal of infection prevention.

📌Core Message

Each piece of client data aligns with specific goals like ventilation, perfusion, comfort, or infection control, helping assess progress in care.

Answer 10

Correct Answers:

During acute illness.

Rationale :

🤒Acute illness increases metabolic stress, which may lead to hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia, requiring more frequent blood glucose monitoring.

🧪Monitoring during illness is essential because insulin needs may change, even if the client is not eating normally.

💉This timing is consistent across all types and ages with diabetes mellitus, making it a universal indication.

📉Failure to monitor can lead to diabetic ketoacidosis or severe hypoglycemia, especially during infection or dehydration.

📌Core Message

Glucose monitoring during acute illness is necessary for all clients with diabetes because of increased risk of imbalance.

Client Data	Support Ventilation	Control Pain and Anxiety	Manage Hypovolemia	Prevent Infection
Temperature 98.1°F (36.7°C)
PaCO₂ 42 mm Hg
Pain 0 on a scale of 0 to 10
Surgical dressing dry and intact
Blood pressure 112/77 mm Hg
Capillary refill 2 seconds
pH 7.40

HESI Exit (RN) 2025 Exam-6

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1 :
A parent brings their child, who has a history of asthma, to the emergency department (ED). The child is wheezing and speaking one word between each breath. The child is anxious, tachycardic, and has labored respirations. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain?

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3 :
A client who had bariatric surgery 2 months ago is admitted because of vomiting and inability to tolerate food and liquids. The client is pain free. Which intervention should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?

4 :
Which client's vital signs indicating increased intracranial pressure (ICP) should the nurse report to the healthcare provider?

5 :
A nurse is caring for a client.

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6 :
The nurse is concerned about the client's temperature. Which intervention(s) can the nurse use to address the client's temperature? Select all that apply.

7 :
A nurse is caring for a client.

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8 :
The client has started to wake up more, opening her eyes without stimulation and looking around the room. Which should the nurse do as the client becomes more aware of her surroundings? Select all that apply.

9 :
Click to indicate which client goal is being met by each of the client data. Each column must have at least one response selected.

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10 :
The nurse is planning a class about blood glucose monitoring for a group of clients with diabetes mellitus. Which timing of glucose testing would apply for any client regardless of the client's age or type of diabetes?

HESI Exit (RN) 2025 Exam-6

No.

1 : A parent brings their child, who has a history of asthma, to the emergency department (ED). The child is wheezing and speaking one word between each breath. The child is anxious, tachycardic, and has labored respirations. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain?

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3 : A client who had bariatric surgery 2 months ago is admitted because of vomiting and inability to tolerate food and liquids. The client is pain free. Which intervention should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?

4 : Which client's vital signs indicating increased intracranial pressure (ICP) should the nurse report to the healthcare provider?

5 : A nurse is caring for a client.

Answer Options

6 : The nurse is concerned about the client's temperature. Which intervention(s) can the nurse use to address the client's temperature? Select all that apply.

7 : A nurse is caring for a client.

Correct Answers

8 : The client has started to wake up more, opening her eyes without stimulation and looking around the room. Which should the nurse do as the client becomes more aware of her surroundings? Select all that apply.

9 : Click to indicate which client goal is being met by each of the client data. Each column must have at least one response selected.

Correct Answers

10 : The nurse is planning a class about blood glucose monitoring for a group of clients with diabetes mellitus. Which timing of glucose testing would apply for any client regardless of the client's age or type of diabetes?

1 :
A parent brings their child, who has a history of asthma, to the emergency department (ED). The child is wheezing and speaking one word between each breath. The child is anxious, tachycardic, and has labored respirations. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain?

3 :
A client who had bariatric surgery 2 months ago is admitted because of vomiting and inability to tolerate food and liquids. The client is pain free. Which intervention should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?

4 :
Which client's vital signs indicating increased intracranial pressure (ICP) should the nurse report to the healthcare provider?

5 :
A nurse is caring for a client.

6 :
The nurse is concerned about the client's temperature. Which intervention(s) can the nurse use to address the client's temperature? Select all that apply.

7 :
A nurse is caring for a client.

8 :
The client has started to wake up more, opening her eyes without stimulation and looking around the room. Which should the nurse do as the client becomes more aware of her surroundings? Select all that apply.

9 :
Click to indicate which client goal is being met by each of the client data. Each column must have at least one response selected.

10 :
The nurse is planning a class about blood glucose monitoring for a group of clients with diabetes mellitus. Which timing of glucose testing would apply for any client regardless of the client's age or type of diabetes?