Drugs
Therapeutic Communication
Signs and Symptoms
Complications
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100
Nicotine, amphetamines and cocaine are different types of these.
What are stimulants
100
A therapeutic communication technique that requires a great deal of skill and is not used as frequently as other communication techniques is:
What is silence
100
Insomnia, euporia, elation, anxiety, and paranoia are all signs of using: stimulants, inhalants, or depressants?
What is stimulants
100
Name this cardiovascular complication that could happen with the use of amphetamines.
What is hypertension.
100
The nurse assesses a patient as having a poor self-concept because the patient consistently
What is apologizes.
200
Methadone is more effective than the drug LAAM (Orlaam) in treating heroin addicts, true or false?
What is False
200
If a nurse sits in a chair near the patient’s bed, leans forward to hear what the patient is saying, and does not interrupt, the nurse is demonstrating:
What is active listening: When demonstrating active listening, the nurse must give his or her full attention and make an effort to understand both the verbal and nonverbal message.
200
Abusing this would show the client having; erosion of the naval septum, sinusitis, and rhinitis.
What is Chronic cocaine abuse.
200
During the rehab phase of detoxification the entire health team is focused on assisting the patient to do this?
What is abstain from drug/alcohol use.
200
Which defining characteristics support the nursing diagnosis of impaired verbal communication? select all that apply; aphasia, agnostic, spanish speaking only, profoundly deaf, severe COPD.
What aphasia, spanish speaking only, profoundly deaf, severe COPD
300
Type of drug that creates severe problems such as altered thinking, psychosis, seizures, coma and cardiac arrest.
What is Hallucinogens.
300
This communication technique facilitates the formation of a positive nurse-patient relationship
What is a Therapeutic communication
300
The need for a higher dose of the drug to feel "the high" is known as:
What is tolerance.
300
Main nursing intervention for a patient during the detoxification period.
What is keep patient safe from aspiration and seizure.
300
Name the specific role related sign of chemically impaired nurse?
What is being involved in inaccurate narcotic counts.
400
Ecstasy poses no threat to the kidney or heart, true or false?
What is False.
400
The therapeutic response for a patient with problems related to addiction may be?
What is Can you think of a time when your behavior created and unpleasant situation in your life?
400
Which of the following can lead to addiction? Alcohol, caffeine, tobacco , antidepressants.
What are alcohol, caffeine, tobacco.
400
While creating a methadone protocol for a patient rehabilitating from heroin addiction, the nurse explains that the patient will take methadone for how long?
Daily until stabilized, then gradually reduce the dose to zero.
400
The highest priority in crisis intervention is:
What is Patient safety
500
Of the following, what is n effect of inhalant use? 1-irregular heart beat, 2-hyperactivity, 3-hair loss, or 4-diarrhea?
What is hair loss
500
When someone chooses to stay in an abusive relationship what is the likely thought process of that person?
What is the belief that they can prevent the abusive behavior.
500
Antabuse consumes alcohol, severe nausea, tachycardia, shortness of breath, confusion, dizziness all are the outcome. It is known as aversion therapy to what?
What is alcohol?
500
Hallucinations from the use of PCP can last as long as?
What is 6-12 hours.
500
Give the best therapeutic response to a client who states, "I am not an alcoholic, I can stop whenever I want to."
What is ask the client "Has alcohol use interfered with your employment?"
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