Vocab

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The RN administered a transdermal medication to the young patient. Injected directly into the muscle Injected below the epidermis and dermis layers into the subcutaneous tissue. Applied directly to the skin to be absorbed Oral

Applied directly to the skin to be absorbed

Which word can be defined as control or protection? Panacea Milieu Aegis Lysis

Aegis

What is the best description for the word symptom? Identification of an injury or disease An indication of a problem Extremely harmful and severe Reddened, swollen, sore

An indication of a problem

Select the word that means "leaning; inclination". The bias of the modern practice of medicine is towards the welfare of the patient, which doesn′t always involve a treatment. modern bias involve welfare

Bias

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient decided to forgo the invasive procedure. delay research accept decline

decline

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct. The nurses participated in a campaign to keep high schoolers away from the _________ habit of smoking. beneficial deleterious salubrious salutary

deleterious

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. She was an assiduous nursing student, taking meticulous notes and studying every night. tactful diligent cursory terse

diligent

What is the best description for the word "extenuating"? diminish the seriousness of something resulting in death present but not active or visible difficult to arouse

diminish the seriousness of something

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The stage of decomposition of the finger was too advanced as to attach it back to the patien′t hand. disintegration growth improvement development

disintegration

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The depth of the patient's wound required stitches. severity downward distance distance across bleeding

downward distance

What is another word for "desiccated"? moist coarse dry viscous

dry

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient's family was hoping for an optimistic prognosis from the doctor. prescription etiology identification of a disease estimate

estimate

What is another word for "diagnosis"? prophecy questionnaire examination prognosis

examination

What is the best description of the word ethereal? ghostly or eerie that lasts for a short period of time quick to recover related to the kidneys

ghostly or eerie

What is another word for "maintenance of body fluid balance?" hydration equilibrium aegis etiology

hydration

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The doctor diagnosed the patient with a gastrointestinal DISORDER and ordered them to stay away from spicy foods. illness organization rule complication

illness

What is the best description for the word accolade? Milieu Honor Shrewd Oubliette

Honor

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. At the last minute, the capricious patient did not show up for their scheduled rehabilitation appointment. impulsive tardy untoward stubborn

impulsive

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient was happy to hear that the virus was latent. cured untransmittable not fatal inactive

inactive

A deficit of nurses and the proliferation of opiate addiction has led to some hospitals being inadequately staffed. problem flexion increase decrease

increase

Select the word that means "feeling anger because of something unjust". This hospital is seriously understaffed. It′s indignant to see ailing patients waiting for hours to be seen by an exhausted medical professional. ailing indignant exhausted understaffed

indignant

Select the word that means "so gradual as to not become clearly visible for a long time". Eventually, the physical manifestations of the disease became apparent, but the insidious, virulent illness did not present physical symptoms for an extended period of time. manifestations apparent insidious virulent

insidious

Which word can be defined as "tired; slow; lazy"? neophyte agile languid dissonant

languid

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nurses are required to wear impervious gloves when handling bodily fluids to prevent transmission of infection. Recyclable Insoluble Sanitary Impenetrable

Impenetrable

What is the best description for the word remission? To start a plan over again Improvement or absence of signs of a disease To occur again Present but not active

Improvement or absence of signs of a disease

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Damage to any part of the spinal cord or to the nerves at the end of the spinal canal could result in flaccid paralysis. paralyzing limp total weak

limp

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse took a sample of the patient's saliva to examine its consistency. Adhesion Viscosity Equilibrium Etiology

Viscosity

Select the correct order of words to fit in the sentence structure. Each nursing _____ at the hospital is trained in first-_____. aid, aide aide, aide aid, aid aide, aid

aide, aid

What is the best description for the word "complication"? an undesired development that makes something worse a connection or interdependence between two or more things a simple state or quality a state of being confusing

an undesired development that makes something worse

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient reports halitosis and stomachache. nausea flatulence bad breath hunger

bad breath

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nowadays, homeopathic treatments have become as ubiquitous as they are useless. soft, limp or drooping not harmful or not likely to offend a small or meager amount, insignificant being or seeming to be everywhere at once

being or seeming to be everywhere at once

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient presented a severe trauma on his forehead, where he was accidentally hit. an injury to the skin but without breaking the skin injury to the brain due to a blow or a fall bodily injury, wound, or shock a slight injury or mark caused by scratching

bodily injury, wound, or shock

Which word is not spelled correctly in the context of the sentence? The patient presents callus skin on his fingers and palms, probably because he′s a manual worker. manual probably palms callus

callus

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The heatwave was extremely enervating and a lot of people, especially the elderly, had to be hospitalized. causing debilitation or weakness tired and slow worsening reddened, swollen

causing debilitation or weakness

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The woman thanked the nurse for putting up with her daughter′s volatile moods. bold and assertive changing rapidly lively and fun irritable or grouchy

changing rapidly

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct. The patient begged for ___________ but of course, the nurse wouldn′t give him a cigarette, no matter how much he wanted it. selfishness compassion altruism indifference

compassion

Which word can be defined as "reducing or offsetting the unwelcome effects of something"? compensatory sustainable sterile aseptic

compensatory

What is another word for "circuitous"? complicated unconcealed oversimplified straightforward

complicated

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct. If he had _______ with the nurse′s instructions he wouldn′t have needed that second surgery. complied agreed followed appeared

complied

What is another word for "constitute"? neglect exclude compose refuse

compose

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Based on the patient′s blood analysis, we can infer he needs to increase his iron intake if he wants to stay clear from anemia. to assume something without conviction make a guess come up with an answer by logic conclude from evidence

conclude from evidence

Select the word that means "contingent; dependent". The doctor and the perturbed patient arranged a conditional appointment: if the residual symptoms disappeared, the patient could stay in his domicile. conditional domicile perturbed residual

conditional

What is another word for "tactful"? considerate delicate touché touchy

considerate

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct. The child′s surgery is ________ on the approval of her parents. sovereign independent contingent absolute

contingent

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The use of advanced triage may become necessary when medical professionals decide that the medical resources available are not sufficient to treat all the people who need help. a branch of medicine that solves health problems by operating on the body a strip of cloth used to bind or cover an injured part of the body a waiting list medical process where patients are sorted according to their need for care

medical process where patients are sorted according to their need for care

What word meaning "of or relating to the nervous system" fits best in the sentence? It was clear to the nurse that the patient, whose cognitive abilities had drastically diminished, had developed a ____________ disorder from the accident. Neurovascular neurovascular cranial musculoskeletal

neurological

What is the best description for the word "innocuous"? hazardous unhealthy not harmful beneficial

not harmful

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The incidence of new HIV infections has dropped in the past decade due to increased awareness of how to mitigate the transmission of the disease. occurrence ubiquity symptoms virulence

occurrence

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The impending court ruling will have serious effects on healthcare. inauspicious ominous important occurring in the near future

occurring in the near future

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient did not include any progeny on the emergency contact form. offspring hereditary diseases pre-existing conditions payment information

offspring

What is another word for "open?" patent lateral occluded distal

patent

Select the word that will make the sentence grammatically correct. _________ can be easily treated by using a special kind of shampoo and a comb. pediculosis dermatitis halitosis tonsillitis

pediculosis

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient's wheezing became increasingly audible. spasmodic perceptible labored breathless

perceptible

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. My great-grandmother, who was a nurse too, worked at a hospital for indigent patients. likely to end in death poor, needy exhibiting financial success unprotected

poor, needy

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nursing is a rewarding and pragmatic career: it can result in work right after you graduate from college. difficult depressing necessary practical

practical

What word meaning "preventive measure" fits best in the sentence? The nurse practitioner thought the patient's infection had dissipated, but for ________ reasons she prescribed antibiotics. accountability contingency precautionary mandatory

precautionary

What is another word for "priority"? precedence transmission remission excess

precedence

What word meaning "unrestrained" fits best in the sentence? Diseases associated with contaminated water are ________ in underdeveloped countries. rampant scarce typical traditional

rampant

What word meaning "unrestrained" fits best in the sentence? Diseases associated with contaminated water are ________ in underdeveloped countries. rampant traditional typical scarce

rampant

What is the best description for the word "vascular"? related to lungs related to the heart related to the vesicle related to vessels or ducts

related to vessels or ducts

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient appeared flushed. pigmented exhausted ruddy pale

ruddy

The doctor _________ the radiograph and concluded the bone had broken in three parts. glimpsed glanced overheard scrutinized

scrutinized

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The hospital doesn′t discriminate on people based on their race, gender, religion, or social class. the classification of people as male or female the socially constructed roles and behaviors that a society typically associates with males and females the direction of a person's sexual interest being part of a nation whether by birth or naturalization

the socially constructed roles and behaviors that a society typically associates with males and females

What is another word for "comprehensive"? restricted understanding thorough exclusive

thorough

What is the best description for the word "digress"? to go off-topic when speaking or writing to have a different opinion to think about something to an extreme extent to concentrate on something in particular

to go off-topic when speaking or writing

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The pupils of the patient′s eyes did not contract when exposed to light. to narrow or lessen to become broad or broader to go away to vanish

to narrow or lessen

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient implied she wouldn′t feel as comfortable with a male gynecologist. to raise your voice and shout to suggest without explicitly stating to very quietly relay information to someone else to state or announce something publicly

to suggest without explicitly stating

What is the best description for the word "hedge"? to try to avoid or lessen loss to feel tired to reduce to make more likely to occur

to try to avoid or lessen loss

The nurse reminded the patient that his medicine was incompatible with alcohol intake. appropriate or acceptable in a particular situation unable to work or be together to suggest someone or something as a good match something that repels or is annoying

unable to work or be together

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The doctor gave her rationale as to why the patient should assent to the surgery. plea underlying reason prognosis instructions

underlying reason

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient was emotionally labile, showing exaggerated changes in mood from one moment to the next. volatile stable angry feverish

volatile

The nurse checked the patient's gauze to make sure that it was intact. dry tight latent whole

whole

What is the best description for the word "inconsequential"? lacking strength supernatural not harmful without importance

without importance

What is the best description for the word "inconsequential"? supernatural lacking strength not harmful without importance

without importance

What is the best description for the word antidote? An undesired side effect A short story or account of an event A cure or remedy A sum total of many things

A cure or remedy

What is the best description for the word antidote? A cure or remedy An undesired side effect A sum total of many things A short story or account of an event

A cure or remedy

What Latin abbreviation means "four times a day"? QID TID BID QD

QID

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse initiated the new diet regiment for the patient. analyzed started planned cancelled

Started

What is the best description for the word etiology? The anticipated or expected course or outcome The processes and effects of a disease The identification of an injury or disease The origin or cause of a disease or condition

The origin or cause of a disease or condition

What is the best description for the word pathology? The origin or cause of a disease Causing or able to cause disease The anticipated or expected course or outcome The processes and effects of a disease

The processes and effects of a disease

What is the best description for the word abdicate? To publicly support someone To voluntarily refrain from something To give up To shorten

To give up

What is the best description for the word exacerbate? To make better To make worse To increase in size To come to an end

To make worse

What is another word for "dull; common"? startling trite susceptible otic

Trite

What is the best description for the word "ilium"? main artery in the human body uppermost and largest part of the hip bone small hollow organ where bile is stored first section of the small instestine

`uppermost and largest part of the hip bone

What is another word for copious? exhausted conspicuous abundant hollow

abundant

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Staying hydrated and resting will expedite your recovery from this nasty cold. expand improve accelerate avoid

accelerate

Which word is not spelled correctly in the context of the sentence? The hospital's protocol forbids members not in a currently administered patient's immediate family from accesing the Intensive Care Unit. accesing immediate administered protocol

accesing

What is the best description for the word "collateral"? the proof of the reality of something having or affecting two sides something that occurs incidentally accompanying or existing in a subordinate relationship

accompanying or existing in a subordinate relationship

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The hospital staffing coordinator abbreviated the nurse's late-night shift to compensate for the nurse's busy early-morning schedule. extended refrained from aggregated shortened

shortened

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse was known for making astute observations when it came to patients' reactions to changes in medications. discrete quick shrewd naive

shrewd

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient refused to eat and complained the hospital was serving rancid food. an acidic taste harmless smelling unpleasant significantly important and dangerous

smelling unpleasant

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. That stethoscope could be considered a relic, shouldn′t the hospital provide you with a new one? worthless waste a device with a specific purpose holy or sacred something old that has survived

something old that has survived

What is the best description of the word "transient"? a verb that takes a direct object something temporary something that lasts for a long time public transportation

something temporary

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The medical professionals highlighted that, if the hospital closed its doors, people in the area would have to travel over 100 miles to have access to tertiary health care. the initial medical care given to an outpatient by a general health care provider necessary treatment for a short period of time for a brief but serious illness, injury, or other health condition advanced levels of medicine which are highly specialized and not widely accessed specialized medical care given typically at a teaching hospital or research facility and usually preceded by referral from other physicians

specialized medical care given typically at a teaching hospital or research facility and usually preceded by referral from other physicians

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The consistency of the patient's expectoration was concerning to the medical staff. disposition defecation spit presumption

spit

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Her fortitude definitely helped her recover from severe trauma. strength and endurance during a difficult time doing what is right strict isolation educated guess or theory

strength and endurance during a difficult time

What word meaning "concise" fits best in the sentence? The nurse put it in a _______ way: if James didn′t stop smoking he would never recover. susceptible artificial precocious terse

terse

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Identical twins come from a single fertilized zygote that splits into two separate individuals. an extremely young child or animal the cell that forms by the union of an egg cell and a sperm cell an animal in the earliest stages of its development in the uterus or the egg an unborn offspring of a vertebrate animal that is still in the uterus or egg

the cell that forms by the union of an egg cell and a sperm cell

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. We never questioned Dr. Morris′ integrity, but he had been bribed by a big pharma company. a made up tale professional status cover up for the truth the following of moral or ethical principles

the following of moral or ethical principles

What is the best description for the word "lysis"? the process of finding out what is causing symptoms the gradual ending of disease symptoms infestation with lice the predicted outcome of a disease and the chances of recovery

the gradual ending of disease symptoms