HESI Vocabulary – Entrance Exam
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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.
Practice with Answers
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.
