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HESI Comprehensive A2 Entrance Exam With Answers (150 Solved Questions)

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    1 / 11 HESI A2 Entrance Exam 1. Abstain: To voluntarily refrain from something. (The dental hygeienist instructed the patient to from smoking to improve his breath odor.) 2. Accountable: To be responsible. (Paramedics are for maintaining up - to - date knowledge of resuscitation techniques.) 3. Acute: Sudden, intense. (The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing pain after surgery.) 4. Adhere: To hold fast or stick together. (The tape must to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)

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    2 / 11 5. Adverse: Undesired, possibly harmful. (Vomiting is an effect of many medications.) 6. Aegis: Control, protection (Unit staffing decisions are under the of the nurse manag er) 7. Ambibalent: Uncertain, having contradictory feelings (After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was about having a mastectomy.) 8. Apply: To place, put on, or spread something. (The nurse will a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a bandage.) 9. Assent: To give consent; to agree (The attention was asked to to the surgery by signing the informed consent document.)

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    3 / 11 10. Audible: Able to be heard (The respiratory therapist noted the patient's wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.) 11. Bacteria: Single - called, microscopic organisms (The physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patient's illness was caused by rather than a virus.) 12. Bilateral: Present on two sides. (The unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patient had weakness int he legs when walking.) 13. Cardiac: Of or relating to the heart (Smoking increases the risk of disease.)

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    4 / 11 14. Cavity: An opening or an empty area. (The nurse inspected the patient's oral for lesions.) 15. Cease: Come to an end or bring to an end (Because the patient's breathing had , the paramedic began resuscitation measures.) 16. Chronology: Order of events as they occurred; timeline. (The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the of the accident.) 17. Compensatory: Offsetting or making up for something. (When the patient's blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate increased, which the paramedic recognized as a action.) 18. Concave: Rounded inward (The dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patient's abdomen appeared .) 19. Concise: Brief, to the point. (When teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be so that the instructions would be easy to remember.) 20. Consistency: Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how

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    5 / 11 it flows. (The respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was of a thin, watery .) 21. Constrict: To draw together or become smaller. (The nurse knows that the small blood vessels of the skin will when ice is applied to the skin.) 22. Contingent: Dependent (The hygienist told the patient that a healthy mouth is on careful daily brushing and flossing.) 23. Contraindication: A reason something is not advisable or should not be done. (The patient's excessive bleeding was a for discharge front eh hospital.) 24. Convulsive: Having or causing convulsions, i.e., violent shaking of the body. (Epilepsy is a disorder) 25. Cursory: Quick, perfunctory, not thorough. (During triage, the paramedic gave each accident victim a examination.)

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    6 / 11 26. Defecate: Expel feces. (The unlicensed assistive personnel helped the patient to the toilet when the patient needed to .) 27. Deficit: A deficiency or lack of something. (The therapist explained that the patient will experience a fluid if the patient continues to perspire heavily during exercise without drinking enough fluids.) 28. Depress: Press downward (The nurse will the patient's skin to see if any swelling is present.) 29. Depth: Downward measurement from a surface (The physician measures the of a wound by inserting a cotton swab into the wound.) 30. Deteriorating: Worsening (The dental hygienist explains that the condition of the patient's gums is deterio - rating and treatment by the dentist is needed right away.) 31. Device: Tool or piece of equipment (A thermometer is a used to measure the patient's body temperature) 32. Diagnosis: Identification of an injury or disease. (The patient received a of pancreatitis.)

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