Practice Question
A 24-year-old female client presents to the emergency department (ED) with reports of abdominal pain.
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Encourage sitting up and ambulation
Rationale:
Encourage sitting up and ambulation
- Early mobility helps prevent atelectasis, pneumonia, and venous thromboembolism (VTE).
- It also promotes bowel motility after surgery.
Use incentive spirometer every 1 hour
- Reduces risk of postoperative respiratory complications.
- Frequent use enhances lung expansion and oxygenation.
Promote adequate hydration
- Supports kidney function, tissue perfusion, and healing.
- Especially important after anesthesia and fluid shifts during surgery.
Assess for sedation after pain medications
- Narcotics like morphine can depress CNS function.
- Monitoring ensures safe respiratory and neurological status.
Administer pain medication after activity
- Timing meds after movement helps maintain pain control for rest.
- Pain peaks after activity; delayed administration improves comfort.
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This question is from RN HESI Exit~2024 Exam 1 which contains 122 questions.
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A 24-year-old female client presents to the emergency department (ED) with reports of abdominal pain.
Answer Choices:
A. Severe abdominal pain in right lower quadrant
B. Blood pressure 115/76 mm Hg
C. Capillary refill 2 seconds
D. Radial and pedal pulses 2+1
E. Temperature 100.8° F (38.2° C)
F. Respirations 28 breaths/minute with shallow breathing
G. Feels anxious
H. Heart rate 121 beats/minute
I. Vomiting small amounts of green bile.
A 24-year-old female client presents to the emergency department (ED) with reports of abdominal pain.
Answer Choices:
A. Effective coping with illness related anxiety
B. Infection prevention related to illness
C. Relief of acute pain
D. A review of diet progression postoperatively
E. Promotion of bowel routine
F. Prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) related to immobility
G. Fluid volume management
H. Client education about diagnosis and plan of care
A 24-year-old female client presents to the emergency department (ED) with reports of abdominal pain.
Answer Choices:
A. The client returned from appendectomy surgery last night at approximately 2100. The client was admitted for observation due to a delay in waking from anesthesia. The client is currently resting in bed. The incision dressing is dry and intact, and no bleeding is noted. The client tolerated clear liquids post recovery and has advanced to a soft diet. The client ambulated around the unit this morning and tolerated activity well. Bowel sounds are present in all 4 quadrants, and per client report, she has passed flatus. Pain is tolerated with analgesia PO.
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: HESI-Exit Exam(s)
- Domain: HESI Exit Exam(s)~2024
- Answer Choices: 7