Exam 30: Substance Use

List and discuss the four key dimensions that provide a framework for understanding the essential elements of equity oriented primary health care services when working with populations that have been marginalized by social and structural inequity.

James is a community health nurse working with his client Joseph. Joseph is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms. What term is best used to describe Joseph's experience?

Which of the following populations in Canada can be at increased risk for prescription drug abuse?

Which of the following terms is used to describe drugs that are used for medicinal purposes?

Which of the following terms is used to describe the need for markedly increased amounts of substance to achieve intoxication or desired effect, or a markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount?

The recent surge in the abuse of _____________ can cost up to $50 billion a year.

Sameer is a community health nurse working with clients who use substances problematically. He notices that his clients are at increased risk for overdose, suicide, and contracting blood-borne infections. What type of drugs are Sameer's clients likely using?

List the presenting signs of substance use during pregnancy and postpartum.

Which of the following terms is consistent with the principles of patient-centred pain management where there is an emphasis on the need for health care professionals to be self-reflexive to recognize that the client may experience the world differently?

List the DSM-5 Criteria for substance use disorders.