Alcoholism
How soon after cessation of alcohol intake do withdrawal symptoms usually appear? It sometimes last for 3-5days.
What is 6 hours?
The _________ stage, the user shows signs of withdrawal with abstinence and must use the drug to feel normal.
What is Middle stage?
This hormone produced in the posterior pituitary gland influences the amount of water that is eliminates with the urine.
The CA 19-9 is a tumor marker for tumors in ____ system.
What is hepatobiliary cancer?
The cardinal sign of increased intracranial pressure in a brain injured patient is ____.
What is decreased in the level of consciousness?
The following actions by the nurse would best ensure honest answers in the initial assessment on an alcoholic patient.
What is having a nonjudgmental attitude?
Over time, dopamine depletion in the brain can cause Parkinson-like symptoms to occur in people who abuse this drug.
What is Amphetamines?
These are the two divisions of the nervous system.
What is the central and the peripheral?
Patients receiving chemotherapy for treatment of cancer may have low WBC count. The care plan initiated for this patient is.
What is protect the patient against pathogens, monitoring signs of infection, and respond aggressively if an infection occurs?
After a stroke a patient has difficulty discerning the position of his body without lookin at it. The nurse would document this as____.
What is loss of proprioception.
Doing this will reduce disorientation at night in a patient that is in detoxification period.
What is use nightlights and remove extra furniture from the room?
The manifestation of overdose of amphetamines will subside in what time period.
TNM cancer staging classification system T4N3M2 means this.
What is progressive increase in tumor size and involvement, increasing involvement of regional lymph nodes, and distant metastasis present?
The position that a post stroke patient should assume when drinking thin liquids is this one.
What is tuck chin when swallowing?
44% of those who start drinking at the age of ___ or younger will develop alcoholism?
What is 14 or younger?
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is not considered an addictive drug and does not stimulate drug-seeking behavior. Hypertension is not a typical side effect of LSD. But it does cause problem with this.
Fatigue is a side effect of radiation. This should be included in patient education who is worried about lack of energy.
What is reassured that energy levels will improve when treatment is finished?
The patient that has experience a stroke may develop expressive aphasia. This manifested in the patient by?
What is difficulty articulating words but can understand the written and spoken word?
A major goal for the successful treatment of alcoholics is.
What is express responsibility for their behavior?
Lung cancer's eight warning signal include this.
What is nagging cough or hoarseness.
The nurse is aware that the drug t-PA (activase), a tissue plasminogen activator, must be given in how many hours of the onset of symptoms to have maximum benefit.
What is 3 hours?