HESI A2 ENTRANCE LATEST FINALS EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔access - ✔✔the ability to enter, contract, or approach;
-To administer medications into the patient vein,the nurse must access the vein with
special needle.
✔✔dilate - ✔✔to become larger in diameter
✔✔abrupt - ✔✔sudden
✔✔annual - ✔✔occurring every year
✔✔apply - ✔✔to place, put on, or spread something
✔✔audible - ✔✔able to be heard
✔✔cardiac - ✔✔of or relating to the heart
✔✔cast - ✔✔hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bones
heals
, ✔✔cavity - ✔✔an opening or an empty space
✔✔cease - ✔✔come to an end or bring to an end
✔✔compensatory - ✔✔offsetting or making up for something
-When the patients blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate
increased ,which the paramedic recognized as a compensatory action.
✔✔complication - ✔✔an undesired problem that is the result of some other event
✔✔comply - ✔✔to do as directed
✔✔concave - ✔✔rounded inward
✔✔concise - ✔✔brief to the point
✔✔consistency - ✔✔degree of viscosity , how thick or thin fluid is
-The respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was a thin
watery consistency.
✔✔constrict - ✔✔to draw together or become smaller
-The nurse knows that small blood vessel of the skin will constrict when ice is applied to
the skin,
✔✔contingent - ✔✔dependent
-The hygienist told the patient that a healthy mouth is contingent on careful daily
brushing and flossing.
✔✔contour - ✔✔shape or outline of a shape
-While bathing an overweight patient, the unlicensed assistive personnel noticed that
the contour of the patient abdomen was quite rounded.
✔✔contraindication - ✔✔a reason why something is not advisable or why it should not
be done
-The patients excessive bleeding was a contraindication for discharge from the hospital.
✔✔defecate - ✔✔expel feces
-The unlicensed assistive personnel helped the patient to the toilet when he needed to
defecate.
✔✔deficit - ✔✔a deficiency or lack of something
✔✔depress - ✔✔press downward
-The nurse will depress the patients skin to see if any swelling is present.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔access - ✔✔the ability to enter, contract, or approach;
-To administer medications into the patient vein,the nurse must access the vein with
special needle.
✔✔dilate - ✔✔to become larger in diameter
✔✔abrupt - ✔✔sudden
✔✔annual - ✔✔occurring every year
✔✔apply - ✔✔to place, put on, or spread something
✔✔audible - ✔✔able to be heard
✔✔cardiac - ✔✔of or relating to the heart
✔✔cast - ✔✔hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bones
heals
, ✔✔cavity - ✔✔an opening or an empty space
✔✔cease - ✔✔come to an end or bring to an end
✔✔compensatory - ✔✔offsetting or making up for something
-When the patients blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate
increased ,which the paramedic recognized as a compensatory action.
✔✔complication - ✔✔an undesired problem that is the result of some other event
✔✔comply - ✔✔to do as directed
✔✔concave - ✔✔rounded inward
✔✔concise - ✔✔brief to the point
✔✔consistency - ✔✔degree of viscosity , how thick or thin fluid is
-The respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was a thin
watery consistency.
✔✔constrict - ✔✔to draw together or become smaller
-The nurse knows that small blood vessel of the skin will constrict when ice is applied to
the skin,
✔✔contingent - ✔✔dependent
-The hygienist told the patient that a healthy mouth is contingent on careful daily
brushing and flossing.
✔✔contour - ✔✔shape or outline of a shape
-While bathing an overweight patient, the unlicensed assistive personnel noticed that
the contour of the patient abdomen was quite rounded.
✔✔contraindication - ✔✔a reason why something is not advisable or why it should not
be done
-The patients excessive bleeding was a contraindication for discharge from the hospital.
✔✔defecate - ✔✔expel feces
-The unlicensed assistive personnel helped the patient to the toilet when he needed to
defecate.
✔✔deficit - ✔✔a deficiency or lack of something
✔✔depress - ✔✔press downward
-The nurse will depress the patients skin to see if any swelling is present.
