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100

True or false: you are NOT supposed to come to nursing for medications during any group unless it is an emergency. 

Bonus points (50): what is am med times

true


7:30-8:50!

100

True or false - most domestic violence happens when someone in the house has consumed alcohol.

true

100

Which gender has a higher rate of illicit drug use?

males

100

What are 2 major warning signs of an opiate overdose.

Respiratory depression, unconsciousness.

100
True or false- you can die the first time you use heroin. 

true 

200

using nicotine releases this hormone into your body. 

adrenaline 

200

What condition can a fetus whose mother consumes alcohol while pregnant with them develop.

fetal alcohol syndrome. 

200

What are the commonly used drug (excluding alcohol)

marijuana. 

200

Perception of this feeling can be altered by drug use.

Pleasure. 

200

Name 3 popular opiate drugs. 

opium, morphine, fentanyl, oxycontin/codone, roxy, dilaudid, Vicodin, and heroin

300

What are the 2 main effects of the vivitrol injection. 

1. reducing cravings for opiates / alcohol

2. blocking the effects of opiates / alcohol 

300

How often is someone killed from drunk driving

Every 51 minutes (or 1 every hour)

300

Out of the following drugs, which is the most addictive?

A. heroin

B. meth

C. nicotine

nicotine. 

300

Name 2 diseases that can be contracted from IV drug use. 

HIV, hepatitis. 

300

True or False? Heroin is metabolically converted to morphine in the body?

true

400

This stimulant drug takes 30-60 minutes to reach peak level in the body and blocks adenosine (the  neurotransmitters that tells your brain that its tired). Taken in too high of a dose can cause vomiting, convulsions, coma and psychosis. 

caffeine 

400

What % of teenagers have admitted to getting into a car with a drunk driver.

A. 45%

B. 22%

C. 10%

B 22

400

Approximately, how many chemicals are in tobacco

4000

400

This highly addictive drug ages the body approx. 10x faster than the normal aging process.

Meth

400

In the late 1970’s Mexican and American governments tried to put an end to illegal narcotic sales by spray poppy fields with what? (Think color)

agent orange

500

Nurses are _x more likely than physicians to have a dependance to alcohol or drugs.

A. 6x

B. 10x

C. 4x. 

D. 2x

C 4x

500

Where in the body is alcohol broken down. 

Liver

500

Approximently how many people die every year in America from drug overdose. 

70,000

500
What are considered overdose effects of PCP (other than death).

Intense hallucinations lasting for days, coma, psychosis. 

500

What is the chemical name for heroin. 

diacetylmorphine.