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Hesi Fundamentals Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) Already Graded A+
- Which statement regarding Roy's theory of nursing needs correction?
- A registered nurse is educating a nursing student about the process of resolving an
- Which intervention reflects the nurse's approach of "family as a context"?
• Correct Answer: All individuals must adapt to the following demands: meeting basic physiological needs, developing a positive self-concept, performing social roles, and achieving a balance between dependence and independence.
ethical dilemma. What information should the nurse provide regarding negotiation of outcomes?• Correct Answer: "A nurse should provide a personal point of view."
• Correct Answer: Trying to meet the client's comfort.
- When assessing a client's fluid and electrolyte status, the nurse recalls that the
regulator of extracellular osmolarity is what?
• Correct Answer: Sodium
- A nurse is assessing a client's nails and finds a slight convex curve at the angle from
the skin to nail base of about 160 degrees. Which condition does the nurse suspect?
• Correct Answer: Normal Finding
- A nurse speaking in support of the best interest of a vulnerable client reflects which
nursing duty?
• Correct Answer: Advocacy
- A nursing student is examining the health services pyramid. Keeping in mind that
care services begin at the bottom of this pyramid, in which order should care services be arranged?
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• Correct Answer:
- Population-based services
- Clinical preventative services
- Primary health care
- Secondary health care
- Tertiary health care
- Which definition is involved in the caring process called "knowing" according to
- The nurse is caring for a client who is in pain following surgery. The nurse informs
Swanson's theory of caring?• Correct Answer: Striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of the other.
the primary health care provider about the client's request for pain medication. What is the role of the nurse in this situation?
• Correct Answer: Advocate
- Which role does a nurse play when helping clients to identify and clarify health
problems and to choose appropriate courses of action to solve those problems?
• Correct Answer: Counselor
- Which nursing process involves delegation and verbal discussion with the
healthcare team?
• Correct Answer: Implementation
- Which psychophysiologic factors can influence communication between a nurse
and a client? (Select all that apply)
• Correct Answer: Emotional Status and Growth and Development
- Which fine-motor skills may be observed in an 8 to 10 month-old infant? (Select all
that apply)
• Correct Answer:
- Using Pincer Grasp well
- Picking up small objects
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- Showing hand preference
- While performing a physical assessment, the nurse notices a minute, nonpalpable
change in the skin color of a client. What might be the type of skin lesion involved?
• Correct Answer: Macule
- Which nursing action indicates that the nurse is actively listening to the client?
- A registered nurse is educating a nursing student about the stages of changes in a
• Correct Answer: The nurse interprets what the client is saying and reiterates in his or her own words.
client's health behavior. Which statement describes the stage of contemplation?
• Correct Answer: The client considers a change within the next 6 months.
- A client is placed on a stretcher and restrained with straps while being transported
- Which parts of the body assessed by the nurse would confirm a diagnosis of
to the x-ray department. A strap breaks, and the client falls to the floor, sustaining a fractured arm. Later the client shows the strap to the nurse manager, stating, "See, the strap is worn just at the spot where it snapped." What is the nurse's accountability regarding this incident?• Correct Answer: Liable, along with the employer, for misapplication of equipment or use of defective equipment that harms the client.
frostbite? (Select all that apply)
• Correct Answer: Fingers and Earlobes
- Which intrinsic factor is associated with the fall of an older adult?
• Correct Answer: Deconditioning
- Which critical thinking skill refers to the use of knowledge and experience to
choose effective client care strategies?
• Correct Answer: Explanation
- A nursing student is evaluating statements regarding the five levels of proficiency
set forth by Benner. Which statement indicates that a nurse is in the advanced beginner stage?• Correct Answer: The nurse is able to identify the basic principles of nursing care through careful observation.
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- Which theory details nursing interventions for a specific phenomenon and the
expected outcome of care?
• Correct Answer: Prescriptive Theories
- A client who underwent a physical examination reports itching after 2 days. Which
condition should the nurse suspect?
• Correct Answer: Contact Dermatitis
- A nurse teaches a client about wearing thigh-high antiembolism elastic stockings.
- On the third postoperative day after a below-the-knee amputation, a client is
What would be appropriate to include in the instructions?• Correct Answer: You will need to apply them in the morning before you lower your legs from the bed to the floor.
refusing to eat, talk, or perform any rehabilitative activities. What is the best initial approach that the nurse should take when interacting with this client?
• Correct Answer: Acknowledge that the client's withdrawal is an expected and
necessary part of initial grieving.
- How can a nurse best evaluate the effectiveness of communication with a client?
• Correct Answer: Client Feedback
- A nurse assesses for hypocalcemia in a postoperative client. What is one of the
initial signs that might be present?
• Correct Answer: Paresthesias
- Which caring process is defined as "facilitating the other's passage through life
transitions and unfamiliar events" according to Swanson's theory of caring?
• Correct Answer: Enabling
- After assessing the muscle functionality of a client, the nurse assigns a grade of F
(fair) on the Lovett scale in the client. What is the muscle functionality of the client?
• Correct Answer: Full range of motion with gravity
- A nursing student notes the characteristics of middle-range theories. Which points
noted by the nursing student are accurate? (Select all that apply)
