Detoxification Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Clinical finding of anorexia nervosa - ANSWER- Amenorrhea- what to look for Clinical finding of bulimia - ANSWER- Tooth erosion, hand calluses, hypokalemia What causes parotid gland swelling - ANSWER- Increased serum amylase levels What lab value would you expect to see in a client with alcoholic cardiomyopathy - ANSWER- Increased CPK- enzyme released when tissue is damaged Common behavior associated with dependent personality disorder - ANSWER- Needing excessive external input from othe...

NRNP 6675 Midterm Study Guide 2022/2023 - Walden University. Substance use disorders are a cluster of disorders in which cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicate that a person continues using a substance despite significant substance-related problems Psychiatric symptom clusters may be related to substance use, discontinuation of substance use, or withdrawal from habitual substance use. Substance use disorders lead to changes in brain circuits and physiological functions ...

Schizophrenia care- Establish trust and rapport, encourage the client to talk with you, be consistent in setting expectations, explain the procedures and be certain the client understands, give positive feedback for the client successes, show empathy, do not be judgemental, never convey to the client that you accept their delusions as reality. Grief therapeutic response- Allow the 5 steps of grieving: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance (DABDA), active listening, and offerin...

NRNP 6675 Midterm Study Guide Description SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS Substance use disorders are a cluster of disorders in which cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicate that a person continues using a substance despite significant substance-related problems Psychiatric symptom clusters may be related to substance use, discontinuation of substance use, or withdrawal from habitual substance use. Substance use disorders lead to changes in brain circuits and physiological...

NUR 155 Foundations of Nursing - Galen College of Nursing Exam 4 Question: Define drug tolerance Answer: A unusually low physiological response to a drug and requires increases in the dosage to maintain a given therapeutic effect. Question: Define drug half-life Answer: the time required for the amount of drugs in the body to decrease by 50% of what it was at initial administration. Question: What are the key terms related to drug actions? What do these mean? Pharma...

ATI RN Concept-Based Assessment Level 3 Practice A V2 (New 2023/ 2024) Questions and Verified Answers with Rationales| 100% Correct| Graded A QUESTION A nurse is planning medication teaching for a client who has erectile dysfunction. Which of the following medications should the nurse plan to include in the teaching? Answer: Sildenafil Rationale: The nurse should identify that sildenafil is a PDE5 inhibitor, which is prescribed as an oral first-line treatment for erecti...

8 hour MAT training 2023 questions and answers with complete solution An individual with opioid use disorder is released from jail after 3 months of incarceration. She returns to her old neighborhood and purchases heroin and injects herself with the 'usual' amount of drug she had habitually taken. She then collapses and becomes unconscious with shallow respirations within 1 minute of use. The most likely cause is a(n): Reaction to a contaminant in the heroin Increased drug purity Loss ...

Exam 3: NSG552 / NSG 552 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Psychopharmacology Exam | Complete Review with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Wilkes Q: naltrexone class Opioid receptor antagonist Q: Naltrexone can be used for Answer: both ETOH and opioid use disorders Q: What does naltrexone do Answer: o Reduces desire/cravings o First line treatment o Will precipitate withdrawal in patients with physical opioid dependence Q: o First line treatment in maintaining abstinence after...

Exam 3: NSG552 / NSG 552 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Psychopharmacology Exam | Complete Review with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Wilkes Q: naltrexone class Opioid receptor antagonist Q: Naltrexone can be used for Answer: both ETOH and opioid use disorders Q: What does naltrexone do Answer: o Reduces desire/cravings o First line treatment o Will precipitate withdrawal in patients with physical opioid dependence Q: o First line treatment in maintaining abstinence after...

Exam 3: NSG552/ NSG 552 (Latest 2024/2025 Update) Psychopharmacology Exam| Complete Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: naltrexone class Opioid receptor antagonist Q: Naltrexone can be used for Answer: both ETOH and opioid use disorders Q: What does naltrexone do Answer: o Reduces desire/cravings o First line treatment o Will precipitate withdrawal in patients with physical opioid dependence Q: o First line treatment in main...