HESI Vocabulary (H-L)

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HESI Flashcards on HESI Vocabulary (H-L), created by Jasmine Tran on 06/09/2016.
Jasmine Tran
Flashcards by Jasmine Tran, updated more than 1 year ago
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Hematologic Of or relating to blood (Pregnancy can put a woman at risk for anemia, which is a hematologic disorder)
Hydration Maintenance of body fluid balance (The medical assistant explains that adequate hydration helps keep skin soft and supple)
Hygiene Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health (The dental assistant teaches patients about good hygiene practices to maintain strong teeth)
Impaired Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level (The paramedic state that the patient's impaired speech was obvious in the way she slurred her words)
Impending Occurring in the near future, about to happen (The nurse manager increased the emergency room staffing in anticipation of accidents being caused by the impending snowstorm)
Impervious Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through (Standard precautions require the use of impervious gloves when bodily fluids are handled)
Imply To suggest without explicitly stating (The look on the administrator's face implied that she was happy about the results of the inspection)
Incidence Occurrence (In recent years there has been an increased incidence of infections that do not respond to antibiotics)
Infection Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms (The doctor prescribed antibiotics for the patient with a bacterial infection)
Infer To conclude or deduce (When the patient started crying while receiving an injection, the nurse inferred that the patient was in pain)
Inflamed Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender (The nurse observed that the skin around the patient's wound was inflamed)
Ingest To swallow for digestion (The paramedic may contact the poison control center when providing emergency care for a child who has ingested cleaning fluid)
Initiate To begin or put into practice (The nurse decided to initiate safety measures to prevent injury because the patient was very weak)
Insidious So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time (The physician explained that the cancer probably started years ago but had not been detected because its spread was insidious)
Intact In place, unharmed (The nurse observed that the patient's bandage was intact)
Internal Located within the body (The paramedic reported that the patient was unconscious because of internal bleeding)
Invasive Inserting or entering into a body party (The laboratory technician is careful when obtaining blood samples because the invasive procedure may cause problems such as infection or bruising)
Kinetic Of or related to movement (kinetic energy from the battery of the medical assistant's tablet caused the device to feel warm to the touch)
Labile (Lay-bile) Changing rapidly and often (Because the child's temperature was labile, the nurse instructed the unlicensed assistive personnel to check the temperature frequently)
Laceration Cut; tear (After the accident, the paramedic examined the patient's lacerations)
Latent Present but not active or visible (The latent infection produced symptoms only when the patient's condition was weakened from another illness)
Lateral On the side (The physical therapist recommended exercises to help increase the strength of the patient's lateral muscles)
Lethargic Difficult to arouse (The unlicensed assistive personnel observed that on the morning after a patient received a sleeping pill, the patient was to lethargic to eat breakfast)
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