Lista de exercícios de Vocabulário da área da saúde (provas de admissão) com respostas

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse will monitor the patient’s heart rate overnight.”

1. ALeave alone
2. BIncrease with exercise
3. CWatch and check regularly
4. DLower gradually with medication

What does the prefix retro- mean, as in “retroperitoneal”?

1. AAbove or over
2. BBehind or backward
3. CInside or within
4. DIn front or forward

What does the suffix -emesis mean, as in “hyperemesis”?

1. ASweating
2. BBleeding
3. CVomiting
4. DCoughing

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Contaminated needles must be placed in a sharps container.”

1. AMade unclean by germs or harmful matter
2. BBrand new and still sealed in the original packet
3. CBent or broken during use
4. DSharper than normal needles

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient with chest pain showed marked diaphoresis.”

1. ABrief fainting
2. BHeavy sweating
3. CRapid breathing
4. DViolent shivering

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse cleaned the abrasion on the child’s knee.”

1. AA bite from an animal
2. BA scrape of the skin surface
3. CA swollen joint
4. DA deep puncture wound from a nail

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “The nurse spoke in a ___ voice so the frightened child would feel safe.”

1. Asarcastic
2. Bsoothing
3. Charsh
4. Dhostile

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient with type 1 diabetes needs exogenous insulin.”

1. AActing over a long period of time
2. BComing from outside the body
3. CTaken by mouth with food
4. DProduced by the body itself