HESI A2 Vocabulary Practice Questions and elaborated Answers 2025
1. What is the best description for the word 'lysis"?
a. the process of finding out what is causing symptoms
b. infestation with lice
c. the gradual ending of disease symptoms
d. the predicted outcome of a disease and the chances of recovery: the gradual ending of
the disease symptoms
2. What is another word for "desiccated"
a. moist
b. viscous
c. dry
d. coarse: dry
3. The nurse made sure that the tape was to the patient's skin, keeping the
bandage intact.
a. superficial
b. adhered
c. initiated
d. suppressed: adhered
4. One of the parameters of the Nurse Practice Act is that nurses are - account- able - for
patient safety.
a. available
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, b. ready
c. responsible
d. vigilant: responsible
5. What is the best description of the word "empathy"?
a. the process and effects of a disease
b. to give consent to someone to perform a medical procedure
c. ability to understand the feelings of another person
d. ability to understand the origin or cause of a disease: ability to understand the feelings
of another person
6. What is the best description for the word "endogenous"?
a. having or showing symptoms of a fever
b. produced inside of a body or organism
c. to change rapidly and often
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1. What is the best description for the word 'lysis"?
a. the process of finding out what is causing symptoms
b. infestation with lice
c. the gradual ending of disease symptoms
d. the predicted outcome of a disease and the chances of recovery: the gradual ending of
the disease symptoms
2. What is another word for "desiccated"
a. moist
b. viscous
c. dry
d. coarse: dry
3. The nurse made sure that the tape was to the patient's skin, keeping the
bandage intact.
a. superficial
b. adhered
c. initiated
d. suppressed: adhered
4. One of the parameters of the Nurse Practice Act is that nurses are - account- able - for
patient safety.
a. available
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, b. ready
c. responsible
d. vigilant: responsible
5. What is the best description of the word "empathy"?
a. the process and effects of a disease
b. to give consent to someone to perform a medical procedure
c. ability to understand the feelings of another person
d. ability to understand the origin or cause of a disease: ability to understand the feelings
of another person
6. What is the best description for the word "endogenous"?
a. having or showing symptoms of a fever
b. produced inside of a body or organism
c. to change rapidly and often
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