HESI RN D443 Health Assessment Proctored Exam Practice Questions

When assessing an older adult client with a history of cardiovascular disease, dyspnea, and peripheral edema, which method is best for the nurse to use to assess the client's pulse rate?

While obtaining the health history of a client, the nurse learns the client's father was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his twenties, the same age the client is now. The client hesitates to discuss the topic and answer questions about the father. Which approach is best for the nurse to use to interview the client about mental health concerns?

While completing an admission assessment for a client with fatigue, weakness, and unexplained weight loss, the nurse notes scleral jaundice. Which finding during percussion of the abdomen should the nurse document indicating hepatomegaly?

The college health clinic nurse is preparing a seminar on testicular self-examination (TSE). Which instruction should be included in the content for this seminar?

An older adult client comes to the healthcare provider's office for a routine follow up exam for high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, constipation, and chronic sinusitis. The client recently had a cataract removed from the left eye. Which is most important for the nurse to address when obtaining this client's health history?

The nurse is performing oral inspection of a client with dark pigmented skin. The nurse observes a patchy discoloration of the buccal mucosa. Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse assesses a young adult female who was brought to the emergency department (ED) by her boyfriend because she has not been feeling well all day and he believes she is getting worse. Which finding supports the nurse's suspicion that the client is experiencing appendicitis?

When performing a skin and nail exam on an older adult female client, the nurse notes that she has longitudinal ridges on her fingernails. What does this finding indicate?

The nurse learns in report that a client is stuporous. Which assessment should the nurse perform to confirm this report?

When assessing heart sounds of a client with rheumatic valvular heart disease, where should the nurse place the stethoscope to auscultate the tricuspid valve?

In auscultating for the presence of a carotid artery bruit, the nurse places the bell of the stethoscope at which location?

The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of kidney stones and returns to the clinic with flank pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?