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.