HESI MILESTONE 2 REMEDIATION EXAMPREP
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Abrupt.
Answer: Sudden and possibly unexpected
◉ Accolade.
Answer: Tribute or honor.
◉ Accountable.
Answer: To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are accountable for
maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation techniques.)
◉ Acute.
Answer: Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered the
prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing
acute pain after surgery.)
◉ Adhere.
Answer: To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape must adhere to
the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
,◉ Adverse.
Answer: Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an adverse
effect of many medications.)
◉ Aegis.
Answer: Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under
the aegis of the nurse manager.)
◉ Aggregate.
Answer: A sum total of many things.
◉ Aggrieved.
Answer: Hurt or angry.
◉ Ambivalent.
Answer: Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: After learning
that she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having
a mastectomy.)
◉ Anachronism.
Answer: A thing of the past. "My disease is anachronism"
,◉ Antidote.
Answer: Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this headache"
◉ Alleviate.
Answer: Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my pain"
◉ Apply.
Answer: To place, put on, or spread something.
◉ Assent.
Answer: To give consent, to agree.
◉ Audible.
Answer: Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory therapist noted the
patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.
◉ Bacteria.
Answer: Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
◉ Barrage.
Answer: Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). "This staph
disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples."
, ◉ Bearing.
Answer: Manner, direction, or influence.
◉ Benign.
Answer: Not harmful.
◉ Bilateral.
Answer: Present on two sides.
◉ Callous.
Answer: Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
◉ Cardiac.
Answer: Of or relating to the heart.
◉ Cataract.
Answer: Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes
progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision.
◉ Cavity.
Answer: An opening or an empty area.
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Abrupt.
Answer: Sudden and possibly unexpected
◉ Accolade.
Answer: Tribute or honor.
◉ Accountable.
Answer: To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are accountable for
maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation techniques.)
◉ Acute.
Answer: Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered the
prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing
acute pain after surgery.)
◉ Adhere.
Answer: To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape must adhere to
the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
,◉ Adverse.
Answer: Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an adverse
effect of many medications.)
◉ Aegis.
Answer: Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under
the aegis of the nurse manager.)
◉ Aggregate.
Answer: A sum total of many things.
◉ Aggrieved.
Answer: Hurt or angry.
◉ Ambivalent.
Answer: Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: After learning
that she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having
a mastectomy.)
◉ Anachronism.
Answer: A thing of the past. "My disease is anachronism"
,◉ Antidote.
Answer: Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this headache"
◉ Alleviate.
Answer: Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my pain"
◉ Apply.
Answer: To place, put on, or spread something.
◉ Assent.
Answer: To give consent, to agree.
◉ Audible.
Answer: Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory therapist noted the
patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.
◉ Bacteria.
Answer: Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
◉ Barrage.
Answer: Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). "This staph
disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples."
, ◉ Bearing.
Answer: Manner, direction, or influence.
◉ Benign.
Answer: Not harmful.
◉ Bilateral.
Answer: Present on two sides.
◉ Callous.
Answer: Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
◉ Cardiac.
Answer: Of or relating to the heart.
◉ Cataract.
Answer: Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes
progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision.
◉ Cavity.
Answer: An opening or an empty area.
