HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE EXAM A+ GRADED

Abstain - To voluntarily refrain from something. (The dental hygeienist instructed the patient to _____ from smoking to improve his breath odor.) Accountable - To be responsible. (Paramedics are _____ for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques.) Acute - Sudden, intense. (The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing _____ pain after surgery.) Adhere - To hold fast or stick together. (The tape must _____ to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.) Adverse - Undesired, possibly harmful. (Vomiting is an _____ effect of many medications.) Aegis - Control, protection (Unit staffing decisions are under the _____ of the nurse manager) Ambibalent - Uncertain, having contradictory feelings (After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was _____ about having a mastectomy.) Apply - To place, put on, or spread something. (The nurse will _____ a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a bandage.) Assent - To give consent; to agree (The attention was asked to _____ to the surgery by signing the informed consent document.) Audible - Able to be heard (The respiratory therapist noted the patient's _____ wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.) Bacteria - Single-called, microscopic organisms