HESI A2 Entrance Exam with 100%
Correct Answers 2023
Abstain - Correct Answer-To voluntarily refrain from something.
(The dental hygeienist instructed the patient to _____ from smoking to improve his
breath odor.)
Accountable - Correct Answer-To be responsible.
(Paramedics are _____ for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation
techniques.)
Acute - Correct Answer-Sudden, intense.
(The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was
experiencing _____ pain after surgery.)
Adhere - Correct Answer-To hold fast or stick together.
(The tape must _____ to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
Adverse - Correct Answer-Undesired, possibly harmful.
(Vomiting is an _____ effect of many medications.)
Aegis - Correct Answer-Control, protection
(Unit staffing decisions are under the _____ of the nurse manager)
Ambibalent - Correct Answer-Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
(After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was _____ about having a
mastectomy.)
Apply - Correct Answer-To place, put on, or spread something.
(The nurse will _____ a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a
bandage.)
Assent - Correct Answer-To give consent; to agree
(The attention was asked to _____ to the surgery by signing the informed consent
document.)
Audible - Correct Answer-Able to be heard
(The respiratory therapist noted the patient's _____ wheezing as a symptom of the
patient's asthma.)
Bacteria - Correct Answer-Single-called, microscopic organisms
(The physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patient's illness was caused
by _____ rather than a virus.)
, Bilateral - Correct Answer-Present on two sides.
(The unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patient had _____
weakness int he legs when walking.)
Cardiac - Correct Answer-Of or relating to the heart
(Smoking increases the risk of _____disease.)
Cavity - Correct Answer-An opening or an empty area.
(The nurse inspected the patient's oral _____ for lesions.)
Cease - Correct Answer-Come to an end or bring to an end
(Because the patient's breathing had _____, the paramedic began resuscitation
measures.)
Chronology - Correct Answer-Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
(The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the _____ of the
accident.)
Compensatory - Correct Answer-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.)
Concave - Correct Answer-Rounded inward
(The dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patient's abdomen
appeared _____.)
Concise - Correct Answer-Brief, to the point.
(When teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be _____ so that the instructions would be
easy to remember.)
Consistency - Correct Answer-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 _____.)
Constrict - Correct Answer-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.)
Contingent - Correct Answer-Dependent
(The hygienist told the patient that a healthy mouth is _____ on careful daily brushing
and flossing.)
Contraindication - Correct Answer-A reason something is not advisable or should not be
done.
(The patient's excessive bleeding was a _____ for discharge front eh hospital.)
Correct Answers 2023
Abstain - Correct Answer-To voluntarily refrain from something.
(The dental hygeienist instructed the patient to _____ from smoking to improve his
breath odor.)
Accountable - Correct Answer-To be responsible.
(Paramedics are _____ for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation
techniques.)
Acute - Correct Answer-Sudden, intense.
(The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was
experiencing _____ pain after surgery.)
Adhere - Correct Answer-To hold fast or stick together.
(The tape must _____ to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
Adverse - Correct Answer-Undesired, possibly harmful.
(Vomiting is an _____ effect of many medications.)
Aegis - Correct Answer-Control, protection
(Unit staffing decisions are under the _____ of the nurse manager)
Ambibalent - Correct Answer-Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
(After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was _____ about having a
mastectomy.)
Apply - Correct Answer-To place, put on, or spread something.
(The nurse will _____ a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a
bandage.)
Assent - Correct Answer-To give consent; to agree
(The attention was asked to _____ to the surgery by signing the informed consent
document.)
Audible - Correct Answer-Able to be heard
(The respiratory therapist noted the patient's _____ wheezing as a symptom of the
patient's asthma.)
Bacteria - Correct Answer-Single-called, microscopic organisms
(The physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patient's illness was caused
by _____ rather than a virus.)
, Bilateral - Correct Answer-Present on two sides.
(The unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patient had _____
weakness int he legs when walking.)
Cardiac - Correct Answer-Of or relating to the heart
(Smoking increases the risk of _____disease.)
Cavity - Correct Answer-An opening or an empty area.
(The nurse inspected the patient's oral _____ for lesions.)
Cease - Correct Answer-Come to an end or bring to an end
(Because the patient's breathing had _____, the paramedic began resuscitation
measures.)
Chronology - Correct Answer-Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
(The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the _____ of the
accident.)
Compensatory - Correct Answer-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.)
Concave - Correct Answer-Rounded inward
(The dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patient's abdomen
appeared _____.)
Concise - Correct Answer-Brief, to the point.
(When teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be _____ so that the instructions would be
easy to remember.)
Consistency - Correct Answer-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 _____.)
Constrict - Correct Answer-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.)
Contingent - Correct Answer-Dependent
(The hygienist told the patient that a healthy mouth is _____ on careful daily brushing
and flossing.)
Contraindication - Correct Answer-A reason something is not advisable or should not be
done.
(The patient's excessive bleeding was a _____ for discharge front eh hospital.)
