HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE EXAM A+ GRADED

Abstain - To voluntarily refrain from something. (The dental hygeienist instructed the patient to _____ from smoking to improve his breath odor.) Accountable - To be responsible. (Paramedics are _____ for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques.) Acute - Sudden, intense. (The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing _____ pain after surgery.) Adhere - To hold fast or stick together. (The tape must _____ to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.) Adverse - Undesired, possibly harmful. (Vomiting is an _____ effect of many medications.) Aegis - Control, protection (Unit staffing decisions are under the _____ of the nurse manager) Ambibalent - Uncertain, having contradictory feelings (After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was _____ about having a mastectomy.) Apply - To place, put on, or spread something. (The nurse will _____ a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a bandage.) Assent - To give consent; to agree (The attention was asked to _____ to the surgery by signing the informed consent document.) Audible - Able to be heard (The respiratory therapist noted the patient's _____ wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.) Bacteria - Single-called, microscopic organisms (The physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patient's illness was caused by _____ rather than a virus.) Bilateral - Present on two sides. (The unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patient had _____ weakness int he legs when walking.) Cardiac - Of or relating to the heart (Smoking increases the risk of _____disease.) Cavity - An opening or an empty area. (The nurse inspected the patient's oral _____ for lesions.) Cease - Come to an end or bring to an end (Because the patient's breathing had _____, the paramedic began resuscitation measures.) Chronology - Order of events as they occurred; timeline. (The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the _____ of the accident.) Common denominator - Two or more fractions having the same denominator Compensatory - 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.) Concave - Rounded inward (The dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patient's abdomen appeared _____.) Concise - Brief, to the point. (When teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be _____ so that the instructions would be easy to remember.) Consistency - 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 _____.) Constant - A number that cannot change Constrict - To draw together or become smaller.