HESI A2 ENTRANCE 2027 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔ambivalent - ✔✔uncertain, having contradictory feelings, unable to make a decision
between two conflicting choices
✔✔patent - ✔✔(medical) Pronounced with a long a ,̅ refers to something tube-shaped
that is open and unblocked (such as an artery)
✔✔potent - ✔✔powerful, producing a strong effect
-the medicine was very potent and it immediately relieved the pateint pain
✔✔adhere - ✔✔to stick to, either literally or figuratively (to adhere to the wall); to adhere
to a strict diet
✔✔euthanasia - ✔✔referred to as a "mercy killing," to choose to end the life of someone
who is terminally ill
✔✔prognosis - ✔✔predicting the likely outcome of an illness
✔✔antigen - ✔✔a foreign substance that causes the immune system to make
antibodies against it
✔✔abstain - ✔✔to voluntarily refrain from
✔✔incidence - ✔✔the rate at which something occurs, such as injuries or illnesses
✔✔hydrophilic - ✔✔attracted to water ("water loving")
✔✔hydrophobic - ✔✔not attracted to water or water-repelling ("fear of water")
✔✔occluded - ✔✔blocked, closed; the opposite of patent
-Because the patient foot was cold and blue the nurse reported that the patient
circulation to the foot was occluded.
, ✔✔precipitous - ✔✔(medical) a sudden and dramatic change for the worse
✔✔vital - ✔✔necessary for the maintenance of life; essential
✔✔ingest - ✔✔to take into the body by the mouth for digestion
✔✔proscribe - ✔✔to forbid
✔✔prescribe - ✔✔recommend or authorize the use of
✔✔supplement - ✔✔something that is added in order to make up for something that is
lacking or missing
✔✔paroxysm - ✔✔a violent seizure; or something that begins suddenly and
uncontrollably
✔✔carniore - ✔✔meat-eater
✔✔belligerent - ✔✔aggressively hostile, combative, pugnatious
✔✔bilateral - ✔✔present on both sides
-The unlicensed assistive personnel reported o the nurse that the patient had bilateral
weakness in the leg when walking.
✔✔recur - ✔✔to occur again
✔✔flaccid - ✔✔limp, lacking tone
- After a stroke , the patient could not feed herself because her arms were flaccid.
✔✔androgynous - ✔✔having both male and female characteristics
✔✔untoward - ✔✔improper or unfortunate, adverse or negative
-The patient became very confused which was an untoward effect of the medication
received.
✔✔endogenous - ✔✔occurring or resulting from within the body
-The nurse explained that endogenous insulin produced by the body's pancreas helps
regulate the body blood sugar levels.
✔✔exogenous - ✔✔occurring or resulting from outside the body
-The nurse explained that people with diabetes often need to receive exogenous forms
of insulin because their bodies are unable to produce enough insulin.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔ambivalent - ✔✔uncertain, having contradictory feelings, unable to make a decision
between two conflicting choices
✔✔patent - ✔✔(medical) Pronounced with a long a ,̅ refers to something tube-shaped
that is open and unblocked (such as an artery)
✔✔potent - ✔✔powerful, producing a strong effect
-the medicine was very potent and it immediately relieved the pateint pain
✔✔adhere - ✔✔to stick to, either literally or figuratively (to adhere to the wall); to adhere
to a strict diet
✔✔euthanasia - ✔✔referred to as a "mercy killing," to choose to end the life of someone
who is terminally ill
✔✔prognosis - ✔✔predicting the likely outcome of an illness
✔✔antigen - ✔✔a foreign substance that causes the immune system to make
antibodies against it
✔✔abstain - ✔✔to voluntarily refrain from
✔✔incidence - ✔✔the rate at which something occurs, such as injuries or illnesses
✔✔hydrophilic - ✔✔attracted to water ("water loving")
✔✔hydrophobic - ✔✔not attracted to water or water-repelling ("fear of water")
✔✔occluded - ✔✔blocked, closed; the opposite of patent
-Because the patient foot was cold and blue the nurse reported that the patient
circulation to the foot was occluded.
, ✔✔precipitous - ✔✔(medical) a sudden and dramatic change for the worse
✔✔vital - ✔✔necessary for the maintenance of life; essential
✔✔ingest - ✔✔to take into the body by the mouth for digestion
✔✔proscribe - ✔✔to forbid
✔✔prescribe - ✔✔recommend or authorize the use of
✔✔supplement - ✔✔something that is added in order to make up for something that is
lacking or missing
✔✔paroxysm - ✔✔a violent seizure; or something that begins suddenly and
uncontrollably
✔✔carniore - ✔✔meat-eater
✔✔belligerent - ✔✔aggressively hostile, combative, pugnatious
✔✔bilateral - ✔✔present on both sides
-The unlicensed assistive personnel reported o the nurse that the patient had bilateral
weakness in the leg when walking.
✔✔recur - ✔✔to occur again
✔✔flaccid - ✔✔limp, lacking tone
- After a stroke , the patient could not feed herself because her arms were flaccid.
✔✔androgynous - ✔✔having both male and female characteristics
✔✔untoward - ✔✔improper or unfortunate, adverse or negative
-The patient became very confused which was an untoward effect of the medication
received.
✔✔endogenous - ✔✔occurring or resulting from within the body
-The nurse explained that endogenous insulin produced by the body's pancreas helps
regulate the body blood sugar levels.
✔✔exogenous - ✔✔occurring or resulting from outside the body
-The nurse explained that people with diabetes often need to receive exogenous forms
of insulin because their bodies are unable to produce enough insulin.
