Exam 31: Substance Abuse Disorders

Naltrexone is prescribed for a patient diagnosed with alcohol dependency. What information should the nurse provide to the patient? (Select all that apply.)

A pregnant patient experiencing insomnia reports taking diazepam and wine in increasing amounts to be able to sleep. The nurse should teach the patient about what risk associated with this habit?

A patient asks, "How does Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) work?" Select the nurse's best response.

The nurse assesses a patient who admits to abusing large quantities of amphetamines. Assessment findings are likely to be similar to which psychiatric disorder?

Loneliness, related to unacceptable interpersonal behaviors is the nursing diagnosis for a patient in an alcohol rehabilitation program. Which AA step is most directly related to this problem?

A nurse caring for a patient who experienced an opioid overdose will give priority to which focused assessment?

When caring for patients withdrawing from cocaine and amphetamines, the nurse should plan measures recognizing what unique characteristic of this withdrawal process?

A patient in the emergency department says, "I took a drug that makes me feel like I'm outside my body looking at the world while making colors move like music." What question should the nurse ask to assess for the possible cause of the patient's experience?

The nurse should assure that the milieu for a patient admitted for a hallucinogen overdose should have which features? (Select all that apply.)

An individual experiencing a heroin overdose has been given one dose of naloxone intravenously. What the priority nursing intervention is to assure patient safety?

A cocaine abuser complains, "There are bugs crawling under my skin." Which term should the nurse use to document this finding?

How is a blackout is described?

A patient is about to begin detox for an opioid addiction. Which statements by the patient demonstrate an understanding of the signs/symptoms of the withdrawal process? (Select all that apply.)

Family members of an individual undergoing a 30-day alcohol rehabilitation program ask, "How can we help?" Select the nurse's best response.

An unconscious patient is brought to the emergency department with a suspected heroin overdose. Which vital signs support the suspected diagnosis?

Which assessment findings support a nurse's suspicion that a patient has possibly been abusing inhalants? (Select all that apply.)

A patient has a history of alcohol abuse. Which prescription drug would cause the nurse to be most concerned about of its risk for cross-dependency?

The nurse suspect that a patient has developed a tolerance for alcohol. Which patient statement supports that suspicion? says, The nurse assesses this phenomenon as related to:

A patient diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome has the nursing diagnosis impaired memory, related to neurotoxicity of alcohol. Which statement made by the patient confirms the presences of a defining characteristic that applies to this diagnosis?

Which statements accurately portray differences in the effects of alcohol between men and women? (Select all that apply.)