HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM VOCABULARY AND BASIC MATH TERMS – COMPLETE STUDY NOTES AND
DEFINITIONS FOR NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM PREPARATION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS A+
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
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.)
5. Adverse: Undesired, possibly harmful.
(Vomiting is an ettect of many medications.)
6. Aegis: Control, protection
(Unit staflng decisions are under the of the nurse manager)
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.)
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.)
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.)
, HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM VOCABULARY AND BASIC MATH TERMS – COMPLETE STUDY NOTES AND
DEFINITIONS FOR NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM PREPARATION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS A+
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
16. Chronology: Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
(The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the of the accident.)
17. Compensatory: Ottsetting 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 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.)
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.)
DEFINITIONS FOR NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM PREPARATION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS A+
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
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.)
5. Adverse: Undesired, possibly harmful.
(Vomiting is an ettect of many medications.)
6. Aegis: Control, protection
(Unit staflng decisions are under the of the nurse manager)
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.)
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.)
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.)
, HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM VOCABULARY AND BASIC MATH TERMS – COMPLETE STUDY NOTES AND
DEFINITIONS FOR NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM PREPARATION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS A+
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
16. Chronology: Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
(The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the of the accident.)
17. Compensatory: Ottsetting 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 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.)
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.)
