HESI A2 words Vocabulary NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
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Abstain - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-To voluntarily refrain from
something. (EX: The dental hygienist instructed the
patient to abstain from smoking to improve his breath
odor.)
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.
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