HESI Entrance Exam -Vocabulary (well Explained
with examples)
Abstain - to voluntarily refrain from something.
Ex: the dental hygenist instructed the patient to ____ from smoking to improve his breath odor.
Accountable - to be responsible.
Ex: paramedics are _____ for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques.
acute - sudden, intense
Ex: the nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing _____
pain after surgery.
adhere - to hold fast or stick together.
Ex: the tape must ____ to the patients skin to hold the bandage in place.
Adverse - undesired, possibly harmful
Ex: vomiting is an ___ effect of many medications
Aegis - Control, Protection
Ex: unit staffing decisions are under the _____ of the nurse manager.
Ambivalent - Uncertain, Having contradictory feelings
Ex: after learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was ______ about having a mastectomy.
Assent - to give consent: to agree
Ex: the patient was asked to ____ to the surgery by signing the informed consent document.
, Bacteria - single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Ex: the physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patients illness was cased by _____ rather
than a virus.
Cavity - an opening or empty area.
Ex: The nurse inspected the patients oral _____ for lesions.
Cease - come to an end or bring to an end.
Ex: because the patients breathing had ____, the paramedic began resuscitation measures.
Chronology - order of events as they occurred; timeline
Ex: the police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the _____ of the accident.
Compensatory - offsetting, or making up for something.
Ex: when the patients blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate increased,
which the paramedic recognize as a ________ action
Concave - Rounded inward.
Ex: the dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patients abdomen appeared
__________.
Concise - Brief, to the point .
Ex: 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.
Ex: the respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was of a thin, watery
________.
Constrict - to draw together or become smaller.
with examples)
Abstain - to voluntarily refrain from something.
Ex: the dental hygenist instructed the patient to ____ from smoking to improve his breath odor.
Accountable - to be responsible.
Ex: paramedics are _____ for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques.
acute - sudden, intense
Ex: the nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing _____
pain after surgery.
adhere - to hold fast or stick together.
Ex: the tape must ____ to the patients skin to hold the bandage in place.
Adverse - undesired, possibly harmful
Ex: vomiting is an ___ effect of many medications
Aegis - Control, Protection
Ex: unit staffing decisions are under the _____ of the nurse manager.
Ambivalent - Uncertain, Having contradictory feelings
Ex: after learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was ______ about having a mastectomy.
Assent - to give consent: to agree
Ex: the patient was asked to ____ to the surgery by signing the informed consent document.
, Bacteria - single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Ex: the physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patients illness was cased by _____ rather
than a virus.
Cavity - an opening or empty area.
Ex: The nurse inspected the patients oral _____ for lesions.
Cease - come to an end or bring to an end.
Ex: because the patients breathing had ____, the paramedic began resuscitation measures.
Chronology - order of events as they occurred; timeline
Ex: the police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the _____ of the accident.
Compensatory - offsetting, or making up for something.
Ex: when the patients blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate increased,
which the paramedic recognize as a ________ action
Concave - Rounded inward.
Ex: the dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patients abdomen appeared
__________.
Concise - Brief, to the point .
Ex: 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.
Ex: the respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was of a thin, watery
________.
Constrict - to draw together or become smaller.
