What are the unpleasant physical effects caused by the alcohol-disulfiram reaction?
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Facial flushing, sweating, throbbing headache, neck pain, tachycardia,
respiratory distress, potentially serious decreased in BP, and N/V.
The nurse is caring for four patients. Which patient should be seen first, based upon
substance-abuse risk potential?
1. Female patient of Caucasian descent
2. Female patient of Japanese descent
3. Male patient of Native American descent
4. Male patient of African American descent
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, 3. Male patient of Native American descent
The nurse is planning care for a patient with an eating disorder. What outcomes are
appropriate? Select all that apply.
1. The patient will experience a decrease in depression.
2. The patient will identify four methods to control anxiety.
3. The patient will collect different kinds of cookbooks.
4. The patient will identify two people to contact if suicidal thoughts occur.
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1. The patient will experience a decrease in depression.
2. The patient will identify four methods to control anxiety.
4. The patient will identify two people to contact if suicidal thoughts occur.
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is admitting a patient with a history of bipolar
disorder and alcohol abuse. Which action would be most appropriate for assuring that
his patient receives the best possible nursing care?
1. Consult with the psychiatric liaison nurse regarding assessment skills and
interventions likely to benefit this patient.
2. Review Internet, textbook, or journal resources pertaining to the patient's mental
health and substance abuse disorders.
3. Consult more experienced colleagues and the head nurse for tips on assessing and
caring for persons with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
4. Focus primarily on the patient's physical health needs, and refer the patient for
outpatient psychiatric care at discharge if the patient requests it.
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, 1. Consult with the psychiatric liaison nurse regarding assessment skills and
interventions likely to benefit this patient.
What is relapse prevention?
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Help the individual learn from these situations so that periods of sobriety
can be lengthened lover time, and lapses and relapses are not viewed as
total failure. Relapse can result in renewed and refined effort toward
change.
Which patient response to the question, "Have you ever drunk more alcohol or used
more drugs than you meant to? should immediately cause the nurse to assess further?
1. "No, I have never used drugs or alcohol."
2. "I have drunk alcohol before but have never let myself get drunk."
3. "I figured you'd ask me about that."
4. "Yes, I did that once and will never do it again."
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3. "I figured you'd ask me about that."
Anticipatory grief
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, This type of grief is anticipatory in the sense that a future loss is being
mourned in advance as people acknowledge the importance of the dying
person, adjust their lives to accommodate the intervening time, and foresee
how their futures will be altered by the loss.
Alzheimer's Tangles
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Buildup of neurofibrillary tangles and gray neurotic plaques consisting of
beta-amyloid protein fragments. Begins in the hippocampus, gradually it
spreads into the cerebral cortex.
Secondary dementia
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A result of some other pathological process. (Metabolic, nutritional, or
neurological; AIDS, viral encephalitis, pernicious anemia, folic acid
deficiency, hypothyroidism, Korsakoff's syndrome)
Bereavement
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The period of grieving following a death.
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Facial flushing, sweating, throbbing headache, neck pain, tachycardia,
respiratory distress, potentially serious decreased in BP, and N/V.
The nurse is caring for four patients. Which patient should be seen first, based upon
substance-abuse risk potential?
1. Female patient of Caucasian descent
2. Female patient of Japanese descent
3. Male patient of Native American descent
4. Male patient of African American descent
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, 3. Male patient of Native American descent
The nurse is planning care for a patient with an eating disorder. What outcomes are
appropriate? Select all that apply.
1. The patient will experience a decrease in depression.
2. The patient will identify four methods to control anxiety.
3. The patient will collect different kinds of cookbooks.
4. The patient will identify two people to contact if suicidal thoughts occur.
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1. The patient will experience a decrease in depression.
2. The patient will identify four methods to control anxiety.
4. The patient will identify two people to contact if suicidal thoughts occur.
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is admitting a patient with a history of bipolar
disorder and alcohol abuse. Which action would be most appropriate for assuring that
his patient receives the best possible nursing care?
1. Consult with the psychiatric liaison nurse regarding assessment skills and
interventions likely to benefit this patient.
2. Review Internet, textbook, or journal resources pertaining to the patient's mental
health and substance abuse disorders.
3. Consult more experienced colleagues and the head nurse for tips on assessing and
caring for persons with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
4. Focus primarily on the patient's physical health needs, and refer the patient for
outpatient psychiatric care at discharge if the patient requests it.
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, 1. Consult with the psychiatric liaison nurse regarding assessment skills and
interventions likely to benefit this patient.
What is relapse prevention?
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Help the individual learn from these situations so that periods of sobriety
can be lengthened lover time, and lapses and relapses are not viewed as
total failure. Relapse can result in renewed and refined effort toward
change.
Which patient response to the question, "Have you ever drunk more alcohol or used
more drugs than you meant to? should immediately cause the nurse to assess further?
1. "No, I have never used drugs or alcohol."
2. "I have drunk alcohol before but have never let myself get drunk."
3. "I figured you'd ask me about that."
4. "Yes, I did that once and will never do it again."
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3. "I figured you'd ask me about that."
Anticipatory grief
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, This type of grief is anticipatory in the sense that a future loss is being
mourned in advance as people acknowledge the importance of the dying
person, adjust their lives to accommodate the intervening time, and foresee
how their futures will be altered by the loss.
Alzheimer's Tangles
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Buildup of neurofibrillary tangles and gray neurotic plaques consisting of
beta-amyloid protein fragments. Begins in the hippocampus, gradually it
spreads into the cerebral cortex.
Secondary dementia
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A result of some other pathological process. (Metabolic, nutritional, or
neurological; AIDS, viral encephalitis, pernicious anemia, folic acid
deficiency, hypothyroidism, Korsakoff's syndrome)
Bereavement
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The period of grieving following a death.
