Exam 30: Substance Use

A group of nurses are working in an impoverished area of a large city where substance use is present. The nurses are an integral part of the city's four-pillar drug strategy. The nurses are educating the community on the new Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. What level of prevention are the nurses working at?

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?

What is the most commonly used substance in Canada?

A group of nurses are working in an impoverished area of a large city where substance use is present. The nurses are an integral part of the city's four-pillar drug strategy. The nurses are working with an advocacy group to develop alternatives to incarceration of repeat substance-involved offenders. What initiative would meet this goal?

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.

A group of nurses are working in an impoverished area of a large city where substance use is present. The nurses are an integral part of the city's four-pillar drug strategy. Which examples are consistent with a harm reduction approach to substance use? Select all that apply.

Sherry is a community health nurse doing a postpartum home visit. She notices that the infant may be experiencing neonatal abstinence syndrome? Which of the following types of drugs is the mother most likely to have used?

Which level of prevention involves addressing stigma around substances within the health care system and among health professionals to ensure that community health nurses are following the lead of individuals, families, and communities in determining if substance use is problematic?

Which of the following are described as behavioural addictions? Select all that apply.

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?