Substance Use Disorders
The nurse is assessing substance use genetics predisposition, stress levels and risk taking tendencies.
What are Risk factors?
This disorders is characterized by excessive overeating in a short period of time with a loss of control.
What is Binge Eating Disorder?
Initiate hospitalization to protect clients who have suicidal or homicidal thoughts.
What is client safety?
The name of the phenomenon where symptoms become more pronounced in the evening.
What is sundowning or sundown syndrome?
Paroxetine, sertraline, fluoxetine and citalopram, they belong to the category of:
What is SSRI?
This class of drugs may cause dilation of the pupils, respiratory distress, coma, shock, convulsions, or death during an overdose.
What is opioids?
A diagnosis that describes a patient that has been eating laundry detergent for the last three months of her pregnancy.
What is Pica?
If a nurse suspects abuse of an elderly patient, this is an obligation.
What is reporting the suspected abuse to appropriate agencies?
A progressive degenerative neurocognitive disorder marked by impaired memory and thinking skills.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Propanolol belongs to the following category:
What is beta blockers?
This medication can be used to aid someone in drinking less alcohol.
What is Disulfiram or Antabuse?
The most important nursing intervention in someone recently diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa.
What is weight restoration?
The cycle of violence includes these three stages.
What are tension building, acute battering, and the honeymoon stage?
The client can make up stories when questioned about events or activities that she/he does not remember.
What is confabulation?
Phenelzine belongs to the category of:
What is MOI?
Disulfiram, naltrexone, acamprosate are medications used for:
What is Alcohol abstinence?
The most serious medical concern in persons living with bulimia nervosa.
What is electrolyte imbalance?
Name two of the three types of crisis.
What are maturational crisis, situational crisis, or adventitious crisis?
When screening for this neurocognitive disorder, an electrolyte assessment, urinalysis, thyroid assessment, an ECG are some of the tests that may be done.
What is dementia?
Buspirone belongs to the following category:
What is Atypical anxiolytic/ non barbiturate anxiolytics?
This drug group is typically one of the first used by adolescents, particularly Indigenous youth.
What is inhalants?
This class of medication may be used in treating someone with an eating disorder. (eg. Fluoxetine)
What is SSRI?
Name two groups of people who are vulnerable to abuse.
Who are children, women, older adults, and persons living with disabilities?
The loss of language ability seen in Alzheimer's Diease.
What is aphasia?
Lithium belongs to the category of:
What is mood stabilizer?