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Nursing
100
What percent of Canadians 15 years or older were dependent on alcohol in 2002?
What is 2.6%
100
Adverse physical and psychological symptoms that occur when people stop using is?
What is Withdrawal
100
Gender, Culture and Living conditions are?
What is Social Determinants of Health
200
In adults aged 20-24 what is percentage of binge drinking?
What is 60%
200
The process of safely and effectively withdrawing a person from an addictive substance
What is Detoxification
200
Nurses are practicing good _______ when they protect patient's rights and human dignity, respecting informed consent.
What is Ethics
300
How much liquor per hour can the human body metabolize?
What is 1 oz
300
Recurrence of alcohol or drug dependent behaviour in a person who has previously been abstinent.
What is Relapse
300
Stigma on individuals results in?
What is oppression
400
Which gender is more likely to abuse just drugs?
What is Women
400
A compulsive need for and use of a habit forming substance, and well defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal.
What is an Addiction
400
What strategy for change involves nurses helping people to understand addiction?
What is Education
500
Which gender has a higher percentage of people engaging in heavy drinking?
What is Men
500
The result of labeled difference in others which forms a negative stereotype of that group.
What is Stigma
500
Why is addiction important to nurses?
It is a health and social issues that nurses encounter on a daily basis.
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