Exam 5: Drugs of Abuse

A patient with a history of opioid abuse will be discharged home with buprenorphine to help prevent relapse.Which product will the nurse anticipate the provider to order?

A patient arrives in the emergency department in an acute state of alcohol intoxication and reports chronic consumption of "several six packs" of beer every day for the past year.The nurse anticipates administering which medication or treatment?

The nurse is discussing smoking cessation with a nurse colleague who smokes.Which statement indicates a readiness to quit smoking?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is being treated for chronic alcohol intoxication.The nurse notes that the patient's serum alcohol level is 0.40 mg%.The patient is awake and talkative even though this is a potentially lethal dose.The nurse recognizes this as alcohol

A patient who has a long history of alcohol abuse is admitted to the hospital for detoxification.In addition to medications needed to treat withdrawal symptoms,the nurse will anticipate giving intravenous

A patient is brought to the emergency department after ingesting an overdose of lorazepam (Ativan)several hours prior.The patient has a respiratory rate of 6 to 10 breaths per minute and is unconscious.The nurse will prepare to perform which action?

The nurse is teaching a group in the community about drug abuse.Which statement by the nurse is correct?

A patient with asthma has been using a nicotine transdermal 24-hour patch for 3 weeks to quit smoking.The patient reports having difficulty sleeping.What action will the nurse take?

The nurse is teaching a patient who will be discharged home with naltrexone (ReVia)after treatment for opioid addiction.What information will the nurse include in the teaching for this patient?

A patient who is unconscious arrives in the emergency department with clammy skin and constricted pupils.The nurse assesses a respiratory rate of 8 to 10 breaths per minute.The paramedics report obvious signs of drug abuse in the patient's home.The nurse suspects that this patient has had an overdose of which substance?

A patient is brought to the emergency department by a family member.The patient reports seeing colored lights and describes feeling bugs crawling under the skin.The nurse suspects that this patient is abusing which drug?

The nurse is counseling a patient who wants to stop smoking.Which statement by the nurse is correct?

The nurse is teaching a patient who has completed detoxification for alcohol abuse who will be discharged home with a prescription for disulfiram (Antabuse).Which statement by the patient indicates understanding of the teaching?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is chronically irritable and anxious and prone to violent behaviors.The patient has several teeth missing and has dental caries in the remaining teeth.The nurse suspects previous chronic use of which drug?

What does the nurse understand must occur in order to produce withdrawal syndrome?

A patient is using the Commit lozenge 2 mg to help quit smoking and reports nausea and indigestion.The nurse will instruct the patient to perform which action?