HESI ELSEVIER A2 A&P EXAM BANK 2025 | ALL CURRENTLY TESTING AND FREQUENTLY
TESTED EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES AND A STUDY GUIDE
| EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS | LATEST UPDATE
Abstain - correct answer To voluntarily refrain from something
E.g. the dental hygienist instructed the patient to ____ from smoking to improve his breath
odor
Accountable - correct answer To be responsible
E.g. paramedics are ____for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques
Acute - correct answer Sudden, intense
E.g. the nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was
experiencing ____pain after surgery
Adhere - correct answer To hold fast or stick together
E.g. the tape just _____to the patients skin to hold the bandage in place
Adverse - correct answer Undesired, possibly harmful
E.g. vomiting is an ______effect of many medications
Aegis - correct answer Control, protection
E.g. unit staffing decisions are under the ____of the nurse manager
ambivalent - correct answer Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
E.g. after learning she had breast cancer, the patient was ______about having a mastectomy
Apply - correct answer To place, put on or spread something
E.g the nurse will _____a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a bandage
Assent - correct answer To give consent; to agree
E.g. the patient was asked to ______to the surgery by signing the informed consent document
Audible - correct answer able to be heard
E.g. the respiratory therapist noted the patients _____wheezing as a symptom of the patients
asthma
Bacteria - correct answer Single-celled, microscopic organisms
E.g. the physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm the patients illness was caused by
bacteria rather than a virus
, Bilateral - correct answer Present on two sides
E.g. the unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patient had bilateral
weakness in the legs when walking
Cardiac - correct answer Of or relating to the heart
E.g. smoking increases the risk of cardiac disease
Cavity - correct answer An opening or an empty area
E.g. the nurse inspected the patients oral cavity for lesions
Cease - correct answer come to an end or bring to an end
E.g. because the patients breathing bad ceased, the paramedic began resuscitation measures
Chronology - correct answer Order of events as they occurred; timeline
E.g. the police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the chronology of the
accident
Compensatory - correct answer Offsetting or making up for something
E.g. when the patients blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate
increased, which the paramedic recognized asa compensatory action
Concave - correct answer Rounded inward
E.g. the dietician noted that the patient was very thing and that their abdomen appeared
concave
Concise - correct answer Brief, to the point
E.g. when teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be concise so that the instructions would be
easy to remember
Consistency - correct answer Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how
it flows
E.g. the respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was of a thin,
watery consistency
Constrict - correct answer To draw together or become smaller
E.g. the nurse knows that the small blood vessels of the skin will constrict when ice is applied to
the skin
Contingent - correct answer Dependent
TESTED EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES AND A STUDY GUIDE
| EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS | LATEST UPDATE
Abstain - correct answer To voluntarily refrain from something
E.g. the dental hygienist instructed the patient to ____ from smoking to improve his breath
odor
Accountable - correct answer To be responsible
E.g. paramedics are ____for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques
Acute - correct answer Sudden, intense
E.g. the nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was
experiencing ____pain after surgery
Adhere - correct answer To hold fast or stick together
E.g. the tape just _____to the patients skin to hold the bandage in place
Adverse - correct answer Undesired, possibly harmful
E.g. vomiting is an ______effect of many medications
Aegis - correct answer Control, protection
E.g. unit staffing decisions are under the ____of the nurse manager
ambivalent - correct answer Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
E.g. after learning she had breast cancer, the patient was ______about having a mastectomy
Apply - correct answer To place, put on or spread something
E.g the nurse will _____a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a bandage
Assent - correct answer To give consent; to agree
E.g. the patient was asked to ______to the surgery by signing the informed consent document
Audible - correct answer able to be heard
E.g. the respiratory therapist noted the patients _____wheezing as a symptom of the patients
asthma
Bacteria - correct answer Single-celled, microscopic organisms
E.g. the physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm the patients illness was caused by
bacteria rather than a virus
, Bilateral - correct answer Present on two sides
E.g. the unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patient had bilateral
weakness in the legs when walking
Cardiac - correct answer Of or relating to the heart
E.g. smoking increases the risk of cardiac disease
Cavity - correct answer An opening or an empty area
E.g. the nurse inspected the patients oral cavity for lesions
Cease - correct answer come to an end or bring to an end
E.g. because the patients breathing bad ceased, the paramedic began resuscitation measures
Chronology - correct answer Order of events as they occurred; timeline
E.g. the police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the chronology of the
accident
Compensatory - correct answer Offsetting or making up for something
E.g. when the patients blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate
increased, which the paramedic recognized asa compensatory action
Concave - correct answer Rounded inward
E.g. the dietician noted that the patient was very thing and that their abdomen appeared
concave
Concise - correct answer Brief, to the point
E.g. when teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be concise so that the instructions would be
easy to remember
Consistency - correct answer Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how
it flows
E.g. the respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was of a thin,
watery consistency
Constrict - correct answer To draw together or become smaller
E.g. the nurse knows that the small blood vessels of the skin will constrict when ice is applied to
the skin
Contingent - correct answer Dependent
