HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM( QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) LATEST STUDY GUIDE

1 cup = __ fl oz - 8 fl oz 1 fl oz = __ mL - 30 mL 1 foot = __ inches - 12 inches 1 gallon = __ fl oz - 128 fl oz 1 gallon = __ quarts - 4 quarts 1 inch = __ cm - 2.54 cm 1 kg = __ pounds - 2.2 pounds 1 mile = __ feet - 5,280 feet 1 mile = __ yards - 1,760 yards 1 pint = __ cups - 2 cups 1 quart = __ pints - 2 pints 1 tbs = __ mL - 15 mL 1 yard = __ feet - 3 feet 1 yard = __ inches - 36 inches abrupt - sudden absorption - movement of nutrients from digestive tube into the blood stream abstain - to voluntarily refrain from access - the ability to enter, contract, or approach; -To administer medications into the patient vein,the nurse must access the vein with special needle. acclimated - used to or accustomed to accountable - to be responsible acute - sharp, intense, coming about quickly adhere - to stick to, either literally or figuratively (to adhere to the wall); to adhere to a strict diet adverse - unfavorable, undesired, possibly harmful -Vommiting is an adverse effect of many medications. aegis - control, protection affect - Often seen as a verb, meaning to influence or to change. In medical terminology, it may be used as a noun meaning a person's emotional response or disposition. aggregate - a sum total of many things aide - assistant, helper ambivalent - uncertain, having contradictory feelings, unable to make a decision between two conflicting choices androgynous - having both male and female characteristics annual - occurring every year anterior - toward the front anticipatory - showing anticipation, looking forward to antigen - a foreign substance that causes the immune system to make antibodies against it apply - to place, put on, or spread something assent - To agree (not the same as ascend, to go up or higher), to give consent atrophy - the degeneration or wasting away of a part of the body audible - able to be heard bacteria - single-celled, microscopic organisms belligerent - aggressively hostile, combative, pu