HESI-A2 Elsevier vocab

Abstain - Answer-To voluntarily refrain from something E.g. the dental hygienist instructed the patient to ____ from smoking to improve his breath odor Accountable - Answer-To be responsible E.g. paramedics are ____for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques Acute - Answer-Sudden, intense E.g. the nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing ____pain after surgery Adhere - Answer-To hold fast or stick together E.g. the tape just _____to the patients skin to hold the bandage in place Adverse - Answer-Undesired, possibly harmful E.g. vomiting is an ______effect of many medications Aegis - Answer-Control, protection E.g. unit staffing decisions are under the ____of the nurse manager ambivalent - Answer-Uncertain, having contradictory feelings E.g. after learning she had breast cancer, the patient was ______about having a mastectomy Apply - Answer-To place, put on or spread something E.g the nurse will _____a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a bandage Assent - Answer-To give consent; to agree E.g. the patient was asked to ______to the surgery by signing the informed consent document