Vocabulary

Question 1

Lethargic

Answer 1

Difficult to arouse

Question 2

Within the _________ of the hospital, great emphasis is placed on calmness

Answer 2

Milieu

Question 3

Quotient

Answer 3

Answer to a division problem

Question 4

Overt

Answer 4

Easily observed

Question 5

Paroxysmal

Answer 5

Convulsive

Question 6

Occluded

Answer 6

Obstructed

Question 7

Implement

Answer 7

Cause to happen

Question 8

Precipitous

Answer 8

Abrupt

Question 9

Untoward

Answer 9

Unseemly

Question 10

Complication

Answer 10

Undesired problem that’s the result of some other event

Question 11

Bilateral

Answer 11

Present on both sides

Question 12

Prognosis

Answer 12

Outcome statement

Question 13

Potent

Answer 13

Strong

Question 14

Principle

Answer 14

Truth rule or law

Question 15

Proliferation

Answer 15

Increase

Question 16

Intact

Answer 16

Whole

Question 17

Hygiene

Answer 17

Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

Question 18

The patient fractured the lateral portion of the hipbone, which is known as the _____________?

Answer 18

Ilium

Question 19

Parameters

Answer 19

Limits

Question 20

Labile

Answer 20

Volatile

Question 21

Initial

Answer 21

First

Question 22

Verbal

Answer 22

Oral

Question 23

Symmetrical

Answer 23

Equal on all sides

Question 24

Incidence

Answer 24

Occurrence

Question 25

Distal

Answer 25

Part of the body farthest from the injury

Question 26

Progeny

Answer 26

Offspring

Question 27

The nurse has a _______ to the Journal of Nursing Education

Answer 27

Subscription

Question 28

The food bank referred many ________ patients to the free clinic

Answer 28

Indigent

Question 29

Exacerbated

Answer 29

Made worse

Question 30

Expand

Answer 30

Increase

Question 31

Abrupt

Answer 31

Sudden

Question 32

Renal

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Kidney

Question 33

Ravenous

Answer 33

Hungry

Question 34

Alleviate

Answer 34

Reduce

Question 35

Dilation

Answer 35

Cervical opening

Question 36

Endogenous

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Produced within the body

Question 37

Nurse manager

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Should be manager

Question 38

Laceration

Answer 38

Deep, ragged tear

Question 39

Which statement uses a euphemism

Answer 39

The nurse told the family “ I’m sorry, your father has passed away”

Question 40

What is another word for skull?

Answer 40

Cranium

Question 41

Desired

Answer 41

Wished for

Question 42

Triage

Answer 42

The order in which patients are to be treated

Question 43

Pigmented

Answer 43

Colored

Question 44

Viscosity

Answer 44

The thickness of a liquid

Question 45

Gaping

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Wide open

Question 46

Febrile

Answer 46

Having a fever

Question 47

Contraction

Answer 47

Spasm

Question 48

Regimen

Answer 48

Plan

Question 49

Combination

Answer 49

Putting two or more things together

Question 50

Decomposition is the process of enzymes digesting food. Another name for this process is:

Answer 50

Lysis

Question 51

Audible

Answer 51

Perceptible

Question 52

Inflamed

Answer 52

Reddened

Question 53

Transdermal

Answer 53

Applied directly to the skin

Question 54

Posterior

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Refers to back part of the body

Question 55

Exogenous

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Produced outside the body

Question 56

Fracture

Answer 56

Break

Question 57

Bilingual

Answer 57

Able to speak more than one language

Question 58

Docile

Answer 58

Compliant

Question 59

Annual

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Once a year

Question 60

Concise

Answer 60

Brief, to the point

Question 61

Disorder

Answer 61

Illness

Question 62

Deteriorate

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Worsen

Question 63

Accountable

Answer 63

Responsible

Question 64

Rationale

Answer 64

Reason

Question 65

Sublingually

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Under the tongue

Question 66

Respiration

Answer 66

Breathing

Question 67

Flushed

Answer 67

Ruddy