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2024-2025 HESI A2 Entrance Exam with Answers (232 Solved Questions)

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    HESI A2 Entrance Exam 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2 025 AL READY PASSED virulence the ability to produce disease efface to wipe out, to rub out, do away with; (medical) the thinning of the cervix during labor ubiquitous omnipresent, existing or being everywhere osmosis process of fluid passing through semi - permeable membrane from higher to lower concentration labile apt or likely to change, changing quickly - Because the children fever was very labile the nurse instructed the unlicensed assistive personnel to check the temp frequently. febrile having or showing symptoms of a fever

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    dynamic en ergetic, lively insidious dangerous, treacherous, so gradual as to not become apparent for a long time - The doctor explained that the cancer probably started years ago but had not been detected because it spread was so insidious. empathy understanding another's pain, suffering alongside someone else anticipatory showing anticipation, looking forward to ominous threatening, menacing preferred to set above or hold above another, to like better than another acute sharp, intense, coming about quickly chronic (medical) refers to a disease or condition that is long - lasting and reoccurring exploratory (medical) refers to a surgery or procedure used to diagnose a disease or condition but not treat it

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    recessive (genetics) A trait or a gene that can be dominated by another (dominant) trait or gene assent To agree (not the same as ascend, to go up or higher), to give consent toxic poisonous subjective data (medical) Symptoms. Information that is apparent only to the person affected; that person is the only one who can verify it. Examples are pain, fear, and itching. objective data (medical) Signs. Information that can be detected or measured by an observer against a standard. Examples are blood pressure, body temperature, and observing a patient crying. effect more often used as a noun, meaning result or outcome affect Often seen as a verb, meaning to influence or to change. In medical terminology, it may be used as a noun meaning a person's emotional response or disposition. overt in the open, clearly visible, not hidden anterior

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    toward the front contract pronounced with the accent on the second syllable (and used as a verb), it means to draw up, to draw together - The physical therapist exercises the patients muscles so they contrac t and expand. rigidity stiffness, the stat of not being flexible persecute to harass or annoy constantly longevity long life impervious cannot be penetrated or affected distension swollen and protruding out further than normal ambivalent uncertain, having contradictory feelings, unable to make a decision between two conflicting choices patent (medical) Pronounced with a long a ̅ , refers to something tube - shaped that is open and unblocked (such as an artery)

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    potent powerful, producing a strong effect - the me dicine was very potent and it immediately relieved the pateint pain adhere to stick to, either literally or figuratively (to adhere to the wall); to adhere to a strict diet euthanasia referred to as a "mercy killing," to choose to end the life of someone w ho is terminally ill prognosis predicting the likely outcome of an illness antigen a foreign substance that causes the immune system to make antibodies against it abstain to voluntarily refrain from incidence the rate at which something occurs, such as injuries or illnesses hydrophilic attracted to water ("water loving") hydrophobic not attracted to water or water - repelling ("fear of water") occluded

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    blocked, closed; the opposite of patent - Because the patient foot was cold and blue the nurse reported that the patient circulation to the foot was occluded. precipitous (medical) a sudden and dramatic change for the worse vital necessary for the maintenance of life; essential ingest to take into the body by the mou th for digestion proscribe to forbid prescribe recommend or authorize the use of supplement something that is added in order to make up for something that is lacking or missing paroxysm a violent seizure; or something that begins suddenly and uncontrollabl y carniore meat - eater belligerent aggressively hostile, combative, pugnatious

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    bilateral present on both sides - The unlicensed assistive personnel reported o the nurse that the patient had bilateral weakness in the leg when walking. recur to occur again flaccid limp, lacking tone - After a stroke , the patient could not feed herself because her arms were flaccid. androgynous having both male and female characteristics untoward improper or unfortunate, adverse or negative - The patient became very confused which was an untoward effect of the medication received. endogenous occurring or resulting from within the body - The nurse explained that endogenous insulin produced by the body's pancreas helps regulate the body blood sugar levels. exogenous occurring or resulting from outside the body - The nurse explained that people with diabetes often need to receive exogenous forms of insulin because their bodies are unable to produce enough insulin.

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