The plant that opium is derived from
What is the Poppy Plant
This term is classified as moderate to severe substance use disorder that significantly interferes in all aspects of one’s life and involves a person’s inability to have control.
What is Addiction
Nurses should communicate with patients about this
What is pain, risks & benefits of opioid use, and safe practicing.
The three ways you can integrate administration into nursing practice
What are policies, protocols, and lobbying government
These perspectives on addictions are considered to be negative attitudes
What is discrimination, reduced treatment, decreased patient empowerment, harmful nurse-patient relationship, and suboptimal care.
The year that the first wave of the opioid epidemic took place
What is 1990
The four stages of the cycle of addiction
What is experimentation, regular use, abuse, and addiction
Addiction is recognized as this type of disease
What is chronic
The two examples of policies and protocols given in the addictions presentation
What are the CAGE protocol and the Harm Reduction Policy
These perspectives on addictions are considered to be positive attitudes
What is motivation, ongoing medical treatment, increased patient empowerment, supportive nurse-patient relationship, and better care outcomes
The second wave of the opioid epidemic started with a rapid _________ in deaths from heroin abuse
What is an increase
When opioids attach to receptors in the brain, they do these three things
What is suppress pain, slow breathing, and produce a sense of calm
It is important for a nurse to build this, to ensure the patient feels comfortable discussing their experiences and fears.
What is a therapeutic relationship
These policies were constructed with an aim to keep individuals who use substances safe, and to minimize death, disease, and injury due to this high risk behaviour.
What are harm reduction policies
The treatment of a person based on the class, or category to which the person is perceived to belong
What is discrimination
The main illicit drug used in Canada
What is heroin
The use of prescription medications for reasons other than the intended use
What is misuse
The signs and symptoms of an Opioid Overdose
What is cyanosis, dizziness, choking/gurgling noises, slow or weak breaths, and drowsiness
The umbrella term "administration" describes these roles.
What is regulation, management, supervision, and governance
The disapproval of a person based on perceivable social characteristics that serve to distinguish them from other members of a society
What is stigma
The public perspective on drug addictions has changed to this approach
What is Public Health
The neurophysiological state of the body in which a person needs a greater amount of a substance to achieve the desired result.
What is Tolerance
Screening tools used for possible prevention of addiction
What is urine drug testing and prescription monitoring programs
These are used to communicate to employees the desired outcomes of the organization allowing employees to understand their roles and responsibilities within the organization
What are healthcare policies and procedures
These factors have been shown to manifest negative attitudes that nurses hold
What are anxiety, discomfort, lack of organizational support and the perceptions that patients are able to control their illicit drug use