Practice Question
An older Hispanic client is seen at the community health clinic with a history of protein malnutrition. Which information should nurse obtain first?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Foods and liquids consumed during the past 24 hours.
Rationale:
🥗 A 24-hour dietary recall provides the most accurate baseline for assessing current nutritional intake.
🥗 This method helps identify protein deficits and guides immediate dietary interventions.
🥗 Weekly or supplement intake data is less specific and may miss current deficiencies.
🥗 For older adults, detailed recall identifies cultural food patterns and barriers to protein intake.
🥗 This ensures care planning is individualized and culturally appropriate.
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Answer Choices:
A. Sensory pattern, area, intensity, and nature of the pain.
B. Trigger points identified by palpation and manual pressure of painful areas.
C. Sympathetic responses consistent with onset of acute pain.
D. Schedule and total dosages of drugs currently used for breakthrough pain
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Answer Choices:
A. The nurse notes that there are numerous scatter rugs throughout the house.
B. The client reports to the nurse not having much of an appetite today.
C. The client's pulse rate is 10 beats higher than it was at the last visit one week ago.
D. The spouse, who is the caregiver, begins to weep when the nurse asks how the spouse is feeling.
The nurse working in the emergency department is assessing four clients' ability to tolerate pain. Which client is likely to higher level of pain?
Answer Choices:
A. A 70-year-old who has a postoperative infection from a surgery one week ago.
B. A 55-year-old woman who has had moderate low back pain for three months.
C. A 10-year-old who was burned by a camp fire earlier today.
D. A 23-year-old woman who sprained her knee while bicycling.
The nurse notes that a client consistently coughs while eating and drinking. Which nursing diagnosis is most important for include in this client's plan of care?
Answer Choices:
A. Impaired gas exchange.
B. Risk for aspiration.
C. Ineffective breathing pattern.
D. Ineffective airway clearance.
When assessing a client with an indwelling urinary catheter, which observation requires the most immediate intervention by the nurse?
Answer Choices:
A. The urinary drainage bag is attached to the bed frame.
B. The drainage tubing is secured over the siderail.
C. The clamp on the urinary drainage bag is open.
D. There are no dependent loops in the drainage tubing
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: HESI Exam(s)
- Domain: Hesi Fundamentals of Nursing
- Answer Choices: 4