A+GRADED
1. To voluntarily refrain from something.
(The dental hygeienist instructed the patient to from smoking to
improve his breath odor.): Abstain
2. To be responsible.
(Paramedics are for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of
resuscitation techniques.): Accountable
3. Sudden, intense.
(The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who
was experiencing pain after surgery.): Acute
4. To hold fast or stick together.
(The tape must to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.):
Adhere
5. Undesired, possibly harmful.
(Vomiting is an effect of many medications.): Adverse
6. Control, protection
(Unit staffing decisions are under the of the nurse manager): Aegis
7. Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
(After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was about
having a mastectomy.): Ambibalent
8. To place, put on, or spread something.
(The nurse will a medication to the wound before covering the wound
with a bandage.): Apply
9. To give consent; to agree
,(The attention was asked to to the surgery by signing the
informed consent document.): Assent
10. Able to be heard
(The respiratory therapist noted the patient's wheezing as a symptom
of the patient's asthma.): Audible
11. Single-called, microscopic organisms
(The physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patient's illness
was caused by rather than a virus.): Bacteria
, 12. Present on two sides.
(The unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patie
had
weakness int he legs when walking.): Bilateral
13. Of or relating to the heart
(Smoking increases the risk of disease.): Cardiac
14. An opening or an empty area.
(The nurse inspected the patient's oral for lesions.): Cavity
15. Come to an end or bring to an end
(Because the patient's breathing had , the paramedic began resuscitation
measures.): Cease
16. Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
(The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the
of the accident.): Chronology
17. Offsetting or making up for something.
(When the patient's blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that
the heart rate increased, which the paramedic recognized as a action.):
Com- pensatory
18. Rounded inward
(The dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the
patient's abdomen appeared .): Concave
19. Brief, to the point.
(When teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be so that the instructions
would be easy to remember.): Concise
20. Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows.
(The respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing
was of a thin, watery .): Consistency
21. To draw together or become smaller.
(The nurse knows that the small blood vessels of the skin will when ice
is applied to the skin.): Constrict