HESI Prep - Health Assessment Practice Questions Correct and Verified Answers Graded A

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HESI Prep - Health Assessment Practice Questions Correct and Verified Answers Graded A

• When the nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses, which of these

statements would be correct? The patient:

• has a history of drug abuse and therefore is not reliable.
• provided consistent information and therefore is reliable.
• smiled throughout interview and therefore is assumed reliable.
• would not answer questions concerning stress and therefore is not reliable.

Correct Answer: B) provided consistent information and therefore is reliable.

• When planning a cultural assessment, the nurse should include which component?
• Family history
• Chief complaint
• Medical history
• Health-related beliefs

Correct Answer: D) Health-related beliefs

• The nurse recognizes that working with children with a different cultural perspective

may be especially difficult because:

• children have spiritual needs that are influenced by their stages of development.
• children have spiritual needs that are direct reflections of what is occurring in their

homes.

• religious beliefs rarely affect the parents' perceptions of the illness.
• parents are often the decision makers, and they have no knowledge of their children's

spiritual needs.

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Correct Answer: A) children have spiritual needs that are influenced by their stages of development.

• The nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which statement is true

regarding pain?

• All patients will behave the same way when in pain.
• Just as patients vary in their perceptions of pain, so will they vary in their expressions of

pain.

• Cultural norms have very little to do with pain tolerance, because pain tolerance is

always biologically determined.

• A patient's expression of pain is largely dependent on the amount of tissue injury

associated with the pain.Correct Answer: B) Just as patients vary in their perceptions of pain, so will they vary in their expressions of pain.

• An elderly Mexican-American woman with traditional beliefs has been admitted to

an inpatient care unit. A culturally-sensitive nurse would:

• contact the hospital administrator about the best course of action.
• automatically get a curandero for her because it is not culturally appropriate for her to

request one.

• further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and offer the patient assistance in contacting

a curandero or priest if she desires.

• ask the family what they would like to do because Mexican-Americans traditionally give

control of decisions to their families.Correct Answer: C) further assess the patient's cultural beliefs and offer the patient assistance in contacting a curandero or priest if she desires.

• If an American Indian has come to the clinic to seek help with regulating her

diabetes, the nurse can expect that she:

• will comply with the treatment prescribed.
• has obviously given up her beliefs in naturalistic causes of disease.
• may also be seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
• will need extra help in dealing with her illness and may be experiencing a crisis of faith.

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Correct Answer: C) may also be seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.

• Among many Asians there is a belief in the yin/yang theory, rooted in the ancient

Chinese philosophy of Tao. The nurse recognizes which statement that most accurately reflects "health" in an Asian with this belief?

• A person is able to work and produce.
• A person is happy, stable, and feels good.
• All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
• A person is able to care for others and function socially.

Correct Answer: C) All aspects of the person are in perfect balance.

• In the majority culture of America, coughing, sweating, and diarrhea are symptoms

of an illness. For some individuals of Mexican-American origin, however, these symptoms are a normal part of living. The nurse recognizes that this is true, probably

because Mexican-Americans:

• have less efficient immune systems and are often ill.
• consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not symptoms of ill health.
• come from Mexico and coughing is normal and healthy there.
• are usually in a lower socioeconomic group and are more likely to be sick.

Correct Answer: B) consider these symptoms a part of normal living, not symptoms of ill health.

• A female patient does not speak English well, and the nurse needs to choose an

interpreter. Which of the following would be the most appropriate choice?

• A trained interpreter
• A male family member
• A female family member
• A volunteer college student from the foreign language studies department

Correct Answer: A) A trained interpreter

• The nurse is interviewing a patient who has a hearing impairment. What

techniques would be most beneficial in communicating with this patient?

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• Determine the communication method he prefers.
• Avoid using facial and hand gestures because most hearing-impaired people find this

degrading.

• Request a sign language interpreter before meeting with him to help facilitate the

communication.

• Speak loudly and with exaggerated facial movement when talking with him because this

helps with lip reading.

Correct Answer: A) Determine the communication method he prefers.

• In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had any, which

note by the nurse would be most accurate?

• Patient denies usual childhood illnesses.
• Patient states he was a "very healthy" child.
• Patient states sister had measles, but he didn't.
• Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, and strep throat.

Correct Answer: D) Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, and strep throat.

• The nurse is performing a functional assessment on an 82-year-old patient who

recently had a stroke. Which of these questions would be most important to ask?

• "Do you wear glasses?"
• "Are you able to dress yourself?"
• "Do you have any thyroid problems?"
• "How many times a day do you have a bowel movement?"

Correct Answer: B) "Are you able to dress yourself?"

• The nurse is conducting a developmental history on a 5-year-old child. Which

questions are appropriate to ask the parents for this part of the assessment? Select all that apply.

• "How much junk food does your child eat?"
• "How many teeth has he lost, and when did he lose them?"