Exam 3: HESI-A2-Vocabulary

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nursing is a rewarding and pragmatic career: it can result in work right after you graduate from college.

Which word can be defined as "a feeling of general discomfort"? While taking these pills, patients may experience migraines, nausea, loss of appetite, and malaise.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nausea is just one of the many adverse effects of the medication.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The medical staff was taken aback when the normally docile patient began to act violently.

What is another word for "assent?"

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient's circulation to her left arm was occluded, leading to numbness and skin that was blue in color.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient, who had been involved in a motorcycle accident, experiences multiple injuries to his cranium and left arm.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The heatwave was extremely enervating and a lot of people, especially the elderly, had to be hospitalized.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient was preparing to undergo invasive surgery.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The pupils of the patient′s eyes did not contract when exposed to light.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The disease was caused by external conditions.

Which word is not spelled correctly in the context of the sentence? The patient was dellusional: he was convinced he was running late for work, but he had been retired for over a lustrum.

What word meaning "to entertain" fits best in the sentence? A storyteller and a clown ______ the youngest patients every afternoon.

What word meaning "to place, put on, or spread something" fits best in the sentence? The nurse began to _____ the transdermal ointment.

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct. The patient required hearing aids for his _______ disability.

What is another word for "legacy"?

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. One of the parameters of the Nurse Practice Act is that nurses are accountable for patient safety.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient refused to eat and complained the hospital was serving rancid food.

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct. Some diseases we thought had been _________ are affecting the population again because more people are refusing to get vaccinated.

Select the meaning for the underlined word in the sentence. The patient presented multiple fractures in his ribs and arms.