NURS 340 WCU: Nursing Care for Complex Patients Study Guide & Syllabus

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West Coast University NURS 340: Public Health
Quizzes 1-3 | Complete 100% Questions and
And Answers_ Updated Fall 2025/26.




abstain - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ to voluntarily refrain
from something


accountable - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ to be responsible


acute - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ sudden, intense


adhere - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ stick together


adverse - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ undesired


aegis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ control, protection


ambivalent - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ uncertain

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apply - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ to place


assent - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ to give consent, agree


audible - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ able to be heard


bacteria - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ single-celled organism


bilateral - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ present on both sides


cardiac - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ relating to the heart


cavity - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ opening, empty area


cease - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ to come to an end


chronology - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ order of events


compensatory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ making up for
something

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concave - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rounded inward


concise - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ to the point


consistency - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ how thick or thin a
fluid is


constrict - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ to become smaller


contingent - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ dependent


contraindication - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a reason
something should not be done


convulsive - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ violent shaking of the
body


cursory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ quick, not thorough


defecate - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ go to the bathroom