CIWA & COWS Set Questions With Reviewed Correct Detailed Answers New Update!!

CIWA & COWS Set Questions With Reviewed Correct Detailed Answers New Update!! 1. COWS Scale - ANSWER 2. CIWA - ANSWER Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment COWS scale 3. for buprenorphine/ naloxone induction: - ANSWER time zero - 1-2hrs after the first dose - and at additional time that buprenorphine/naloxone is given 4. components assessed: - ANSWER - enter scores at - resting pulse (measured after patient is sitting/lying for 1 minute) - sweating (over past 1/2 hour not accounted for by room temperature or patient activity) - restlessness - pupil size - bone or joint aches - runny nose or tearing (not accounted for by colds/allergies) - GI upset (over past 1/2 hr) - tremor (observation of outstretched hand). - yawning - anxiety or irritability - gooseflesh skin 5. When to give first dose of medication? - on cows scale - ANSWER cow score greater or equal to 7 6. Scoring on cows scale - ANSWER - 13-24 moderate - 5-12 mild - 25-36 moderately severe - 36= severe withdrawal 7. Adult Drug Courts: 3000 in U.S. - ANSWER •First Drug Court- New York City-1974- response to Rockefeller Drug Laws (overwhelmed state's criminal justice system- unrelenting number of drug cases throughout 1970s). • •Massachusetts Drug Court-First founded in 1995 by Judge Robert Ziemian. • •Drug Courts established or being planned-all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, in nearly 90 Tribal locations 8. Drug Courts Outside of U.S. - ANSWER Ireland,United Kingdom. • •New Zealand, Norway, •Barbados, Bermuda, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.