Question 1

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
The nurse advised the patient to drink plenty of water to avoid renal calculus.

Accepted Answer

A) related to the heart 
B) related to the cranium 
C) related to the kidneys 
D) related to the bronchi 
A) related to the heart 
B) related to the cranium 
C) related to the kidneys 
D) related to the bronchi

Question 2

What word meaning "preventive measure" fits best in the sentence?
The nurse practitioner thought the patient's infection had dissipated, but for ________ reasons she prescribed antibiotics.

Accepted Answer

A) contingency 
B) accountability 
C) mandatory 
D) precautionary 
A) contingency 
B) accountability 
C) mandatory 
D) precautionary

Question 3

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
The driver, heedless of the school zone signage, failed to decelerate to 25mph.

Accepted Answer

A) speeding 
B) paying attention to 
C) careless 
D) angry 
A) speeding 
B) paying attention to 
C) careless 
D) angry

Question 4

What word meaning "strict isolation" fits best in the sentence?
The patient was placed in ________ to avoid spreading the virus.

Accepted Answer

A) tertiary health care 
B) site 
C) proliferation 
D) quarantine 
A) tertiary health care 
B) site 
C) proliferation 
D) quarantine

Question 5

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
The patient's wheezing became increasingly audible.

Accepted Answer

A) breathless 
B) spasmodic 
C) perceptible 
D) labored 
A) breathless 
B) spasmodic 
C) perceptible 
D) labored

Question 6

Select the word that means "diminished".
The nursing care regiment for impaired skin integrity calls for the assessment of high-risk areas like bony prominences, skin staging, and proper hydration.

Accepted Answer

A) regiment 
B) impaired 
C) integrity 
D) prominence 
A) regiment 
B) impaired 
C) integrity 
D) prominence

Question 7

What is another word for "diagnosis"?

Accepted Answer

A) questionnaire 
B) prophecy 
C) examination 
D) prognosis 
A) questionnaire 
B) prophecy 
C) examination 
D) prognosis

Question 8

What word meaning "of or relating to the nervous system" fits best in the sentence?
It was clear to the nurse that the patient, whose cognitive abilities had drastically diminished, had developed a ____________ disorder from the accident.

Accepted Answer

A) neurological 
B) neurovascular 
C) cranial 
D) musculoskeletal 
A) neurological 
B) neurovascular 
C) cranial 
D) musculoskeletal

Question 9

What is the best description for the word distal?

Accepted Answer

A) Away from the center of the body 
B) Toward the back of the body 
C) Toward the center of the body 
D) Toward the front of the body 
A) Away from the center of the body 
B) Toward the back of the body 
C) Toward the center of the body 
D) Toward the front of the body

Question 10

What is the best description for the word "inconsequential"?

Accepted Answer

A) without importance 
B) supernatural 
C) lacking strength 
D) not harmful 
A) without importance 
B) supernatural 
C) lacking strength 
D) not harmful

Question 11

What word meaning "careful and sensible" fits best in the sentence?
The nurse thought it was ______ to warn the patient she shouldn′t drive while taking that medication.

Accepted Answer

A) deleterious 
B) risky 
C) prudent 
D) advisable 
A) deleterious 
B) risky 
C) prudent 
D) advisable

Question 12

What is the best description for the word symptom?

Accepted Answer

A) An indication of a problem 
B) Extremely harmful and severe 
C) Reddened, swollen, sore 
D) Identification of an injury or disease 
A) An indication of a problem 
B) Extremely harmful and severe 
C) Reddened, swollen, sore 
D) Identification of an injury or disease

Question 13

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
Nowadays, homeopathic treatments have become as ubiquitous as they are useless.

Accepted Answer

A) not harmful or not likely to offend 
B) soft, limp or drooping 
C) being or seeming to be everywhere at once 
D) a small or meager amount, insignificant 
A) not harmful or not likely to offend 
B) soft, limp or drooping 
C) being or seeming to be everywhere at once 
D) a small or meager amount, insignificant

Question 14

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
The nurse told the patient to call her if he had trouble urinating.

Accepted Answer

A) to perspire 
B) to walk 
C) to excrete urine 
D) to expel feces 
A) to perspire 
B) to walk 
C) to excrete urine 
D) to expel feces

Question 15

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
The consistency of the patient's expectoration was concerning to the medical staff.

Accepted Answer

A) disposition 
B) spit 
C) presumption 
D) defecation 
A) disposition 
B) spit 
C) presumption 
D) defecation

Question 16

What is the best description for the word exacerbate?

Accepted Answer

A) To make better 
B) To make worse 
C) To increase in size 
D) To come to an end 
A) To make better 
B) To make worse 
C) To increase in size 
D) To come to an end

Question 17

What is another word for "excess"?

Accepted Answer

A) dearth 
B) milieu 
C) shortage 
D) surplus 
A) dearth 
B) milieu 
C) shortage 
D) surplus

Question 18

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
Damage to any part of the spinal cord or to the nerves at the end of the spinal canal could result in flaccid paralysis.

Accepted Answer

A) limp 
B) total 
C) weak 
D) paralyzing 
A) limp 
B) total 
C) weak 
D) paralyzing

Question 19

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
Manifestations of the infection include fever and gastrointestinal inflammation.

Accepted Answer

A) liver 
B) kidney 
C) muscle 
D) stomach 
A) liver 
B) kidney 
C) muscle 
D) stomach

Question 20

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
Although healing, the patient's wound was so deep that it appeared concave.

Accepted Answer

A) rounded outward 
B) inflamed 
C) rounded inward 
D) infected 
A) rounded outward 
B) inflamed 
C) rounded inward 
D) infected

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse advised the patient to drink plenty of water to avoid renal calculus.

What word meaning "preventive measure" fits best in the sentence? The nurse practitioner thought the patient's infection had dissipated, but for ________ reasons she prescribed antibiotics.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The driver, heedless of the school zone signage, failed to decelerate to 25mph.

What word meaning "strict isolation" fits best in the sentence? The patient was placed in ________ to avoid spreading the virus.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient's wheezing became increasingly audible.

Select the word that means "diminished". The nursing care regiment for impaired skin integrity calls for the assessment of high-risk areas like bony prominences, skin staging, and proper hydration.

What is another word for "diagnosis"?

What word meaning "of or relating to the nervous system" fits best in the sentence? It was clear to the nurse that the patient, whose cognitive abilities had drastically diminished, had developed a ____________ disorder from the accident.

What is the best description for the word distal?

What is the best description for the word "inconsequential"?

What word meaning "careful and sensible" fits best in the sentence? The nurse thought it was ______ to warn the patient she shouldn′t drive while taking that medication.

What is the best description for the word symptom?

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nowadays, homeopathic treatments have become as ubiquitous as they are useless.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse told the patient to call her if he had trouble urinating.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The consistency of the patient's expectoration was concerning to the medical staff.

What is the best description for the word exacerbate?

What is another word for "excess"?

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Damage to any part of the spinal cord or to the nerves at the end of the spinal canal could result in flaccid paralysis.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Manifestations of the infection include fever and gastrointestinal inflammation.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Although healing, the patient's wound was so deep that it appeared concave.

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Exam 3: HESI-A2-Vocabulary

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse advised the patient to drink plenty of water to avoid renal calculus.

What word meaning "preventive measure" fits best in the sentence? The nurse practitioner thought the patient's infection had dissipated, but for ________ reasons she prescribed antibiotics.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The driver, heedless of the school zone signage, failed to decelerate to 25mph.

What word meaning "strict isolation" fits best in the sentence? The patient was placed in ________ to avoid spreading the virus.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient's wheezing became increasingly audible.

Select the word that means "diminished". The nursing care regiment for impaired skin integrity calls for the assessment of high-risk areas like bony prominences, skin staging, and proper hydration.

What is another word for "diagnosis"?

What word meaning "of or relating to the nervous system" fits best in the sentence? It was clear to the nurse that the patient, whose cognitive abilities had drastically diminished, had developed a ____________ disorder from the accident.

What is the best description for the word distal?

What is the best description for the word "inconsequential"?

What word meaning "careful and sensible" fits best in the sentence? The nurse thought it was ______ to warn the patient she shouldn′t drive while taking that medication.

What is the best description for the word symptom?

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nowadays, homeopathic treatments have become as ubiquitous as they are useless.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse told the patient to call her if he had trouble urinating.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The consistency of the patient's expectoration was concerning to the medical staff.

What is the best description for the word exacerbate?

What is another word for "excess"?

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Damage to any part of the spinal cord or to the nerves at the end of the spinal canal could result in flaccid paralysis.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Manifestations of the infection include fever and gastrointestinal inflammation.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Although healing, the patient's wound was so deep that it appeared concave.

HESI-A2-Chemistry

HESI-A2-Math

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HESI-A2-Grammar

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