HESI A2 Vocabulary Latest 2023 Already Passed
Abstain ✔✔To voluntarily refrain from something. (EX: The dental hygienist instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to improve his breath odor.)
Abrupt ✔✔Sudden and possibly unexpected
Accolade ✔✔Tribute or honor.
Accountable ✔✔To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are accountable for maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation techniques.)
Acute ✔✔Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing acute pain after surgery.)
Adhere ✔✔To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape must adhere to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
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Adverse ✔✔Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an adverse effect of many medications.)
Aegis ✔✔Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under the aegis of the nurse manager.)
Aggregate ✔✔A sum total of many things.
Aggrieved ✔✔Hurt or angry.
Ambivalent ✔✔Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having a mastectomy.)
Anachronism ✔✔A thing of the past. "My disease is anachronism"
Antidote ✔✔Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this headache"
Alleviate ✔✔Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my pain" 2 / 3
Apply ✔✔To place, put on, or spread something.
Assent ✔✔To give consent, to agree.
Audible ✔✔Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory therapist noted the patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.
Bacteria ✔✔Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Barrage ✔✔Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). "This staph disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples."
Bearing ✔✔Manner, direction, or influence.
Benign ✔✔Not harmful.
Bilateral ✔✔Present on two sides.
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