PrepU 19

A client with a history of alcohol abuse is participating in a 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program. The nurse determines that the client is at step 2 when stating what?

"I realize that there is a higher power that can help me."

A client is receiving methadone maintenance therapy. After teaching the client about this treatment, the nurse determines that the education was successful when the client states what?

"I should eat small frequent meals if I get nauseated."

A client is prescribed disulfiram as part of the alcohol treatment program to prevent relapse. The client asks the nurse, "How will this drug help me?" Which response by a nurse would be most appropriate?

"It can help to prevent you from drinking."

A client has entered treatment for alcohol dependency at the client's spouse's insistence. The client's spouse has threatened to leave the marriage unless the client seeks treatment. The client admits that the client drinks every day, but that the drinking is well in control. The nurse recognizes the client's comments as denial. What is the best response by the nurse?

"What negative consequences have resulted from your drinking?"

The nurse is providing support to a client's child regarding the parent's alcohol use disorder. When integrating the disease concept treatment approach about this type of disorder, which statement by the nurse would be most effective?

"Your parent's alcohol use problem is a chronic disease but can be treated."

The nurse is providing care to a client who has abused alcohol for several years and is monitoring the client for signs of alcohol withdrawal, anticipating that they would begin within how many hours after the client has the last drink?

12

A client with a long history of alcohol abuse is hospitalized. The client's last drink was 12 noon. The nurse would anticipate symptoms of withdrawal occurring no later than what time?

12 hours

In a person who abuses alcohol or is a chronic drinker, alcohol withdrawal syndrome usually begins within which time frame from abrupt discontinuation or an attempt to decrease consumption?

12 hours

The mental health nurse is preparing a presentation about prescription drug abuse to a local community group. When describing the incidence, which age group would the nurse identify as experiencing an increase?

Adolescents

The mental health nurse recognizes that genetic intolerance of alcohol has been documented among which ethnic group?

Asians

According to the psychodynamic theory regarding addiction, it is most important that the nurse assesses the client with an alcohol use disorder by considering what?

Asking the client to describe the client's childhood relationship with the client's parents

Disulfiram has been prescribed for a client receiving treatment for alcoholism. Which should be included in the client's plan of care?

Avoid all products containing alcohol

Safe alcohol withdrawal usually is accomplished with the administration of which medication classification?

Benzodiazepines

The mental health nurse should focus on preventative efforts including educational interventions related to the abuse of prescription drugs on which client group?

Both genders between the age of 12 and 17

A client admitted for acute alcohol intoxication begins to experience mild sweating, tachycardia, fever, and nausea and vomiting. Of the following, the drug treatment of choice would be what?

Chlordiazepoxide

A client enters the emergency room exhibiting tremors, agitation, and restlessness. Upon assessment, the client's blood pressure is 160/90, pulse is 110, and respirations are 22. It has been 36 hours since the client's last drink of alcohol. The nurse would suspect which conditions to be occurring?

Delirium tremens

A client who has used IV heroin every day for the past 10 years says, "I don't have a drug problem. I can quit whenever I want." Which defense mechanism is being used by the client?

Denial

Clonidine is most effective for which symptom of opioid withdrawal?

Diarrhea

The ingestion of mood-altering substances stimulates which neurotransmitter pathway in the limbic system to produce a "high" that is a pleasant experience?

Dopamine

A nurse suspects that a client is experiencing alcohol withdrawal based on assessment of which of the following?

Elevated temperature

A client is admitted to the emergency department after using MDMA (Ecstasy). The nurse identifies this drug as which of the following?

Hallucinogen

A nurse is caring for a client who uses phencyclidine (PCP). PCP is classified as which type of substance?

Hallucinogen

Ecstasy is an example of which type of substance?

Hallucinogen

Which are effects of alcohol withdrawal syndrome? Select all that apply.

Hand tremors Seizures Increased pulse Delirium tremens

Suspicion that a nursing professional is impaired by a substance abuse problem is most supported by which situation?

Having several clients complain that their pain medication is not working

The nurse in an outpatient rehabilitation program is speaking with a group of clients who have recently recovered from alcohol abuse. Which issue should the nurse raise before the clients leave for the day?

Help them to identify appropriate diversional activities.

When discussing methadone treatment with a client, the nurse should include what?

It decreases the severity of heroin withdrawal symptoms.

Which statements identify positive aspects of methadone as a substitute for heroin? Select all that apply.

It is a legal medication. It is controlled by a health care provider. It is available in tablet form.

A client with a long history of alcohol abuse has presented to the emergency department with hallucinations and an incoherent story about being followed by the police. The client is likely experiencing which physiologic effect of alcohol use?

Korsakoff's psychosis

An older adult client with liver disease is experiencing alcohol withdrawal. Based on the nurse's understanding of drug therapy, which of the following would the nurse expect to be prescribed?

Lorazepam

Which medication is used to prevent alcohol withdrawal symptoms?

Lorazepam (Ativan)

After a long history of intravenous heroin use, a client has expressed willingness to stop using heroin. The nurse would expect the client to receive which medication to decrease the severity of withdrawal?

Methadone

A client is admitted to the detoxification unit on Sunday evening. The client discloses that the client's last alcoholic drink was just before the client was admitted to the unit. When can the nurse expect that the client's alcohol withdrawal symptoms will begin?

Monday morning

A group of nursing students is reviewing information about nutritional supplementation used during alcohol detoxification. The students demonstrate the need for additional review when they identify which of the following as being used?

Naloxone

A nurse is implementing a brief intervention with a client who is abusing alcohol. The nurse most likely would be involved with which action?

Negotiating a conversation with the client about the need to change

Safety is the nursing priority for a client who is at risk for alcohol withdrawal. A care plan for the client who is in withdrawal must include which nursing interventions?

Observation for symptoms, vital signs, seizure and fall precautions, medications as ordered

A client has been prescribed naltrexone for treatment of alcohol dependence. The nurse has explained the drug's purpose to the client. The nurse determines that the client has understood the instructions when the client identifies which about the drug?

Reduces the appeal of alcohol

A client is brought to the emergency department with a suspected heroin overdose. Which of the following would support this suspicion?

Respiratory depression

A 52-year-old client has a history of alcohol dependence and is admitted to a detoxification unit. The client has tremors, is anxious, has a pulse that has risen from 98 to 110 beats/min, has blood pressure that has risen from 140/88 to 152/100 mm Hg, and has a temperature 0.6º above normal. The client is slightly diaphoretic. Which nursing diagnosis would be the priority?

Risk for injury

A client is brought to the emergency department after having overdosed on cocaine. When assessing the client, which would the nurse expect to find? Select all that apply.

Seizures Cardiac arrhythmia

A client is brought to the emergency department after having overdosed on cocaine. When assessing the client, which would a nurse expect to find? Select all that apply.

Seizures Cardiac arrhythmias

A client who is abusing substances is to undergo brief intervention. The nurse understands that this technique is most effective for a client who exhibits which symptoms?

Short history of drug use

A nurse who started recovering from alcohol abuse 3 months earlier is ready to return to work. When speaking with the therapist, the nurse states the nurse is nervous about how coworkers will respond to the nurse now that "they all know I'm a drunk." Which diagnosis best targets the problem implicit in the nurse's remarks?

Situational low self-esteem related to medical condition

A nurse is describing the effects of inhalants to a group of high school students attending a substance abuse prevention class. Which effects would the nurse include in the description? Select all that apply.

Slurred speech Hallucinations Euphoria Dizziness

A nursing student is aware that which accounts for more deaths, illnesses, and disabilities across the life span than any other preventable condition?

Substance abuse disorders

A nurse is preparing an educational session for family members affected by substance abuse. Which point should the nurse include in the session? Select all that apply.

Substance abuse is an illness like any other. An individual with substance abuse issues typically cannot use drugs socially.

Which statement most accurately describes the etiology of substance-related disorders?

Substance-related disorders result from the interplay of biologic, genetic, and psychosocial factors.

Which factor would contraindicate the use of disulfiram in the treatment of a client who has an alcohol use disorder?

The client had six drinks a few hours ago.

A client with opioid addiction is prescribed methadone maintenance therapy. When explaining this treatment to the client, which of the following would the nurse need to keep in mind?

The drug helps to satisfy the craving for the opioid.

A client is in treatment for depression and alcohol abuse. The client is unwilling to confront substance abuse issues, stating the client uses alcohol to ease feelings of depression. The client's spouse reports that the spouse often has to care for the client when the client is hung over, calling in sick for the client and doing what the spouse can to help the client catch up with household or job responsibilities. The nurse diagnoses the client's family with dysfunctional family processes. The nurse and clients develop a plan of care. Which goal indicates an understanding of the family situation and the linkages between the diagnosis and the outcomes?

The spouse will refrain from the enabling the client's drinking behaviors.

Which medication is used to prevent Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?

Thiamine (vitamin B1)

A client with chronic alcoholism has been found to have Korsakoff's psychosis. This irreversible complication is characterized by what?

Thiamine, or vitamin B1, deficiency

A client drinks 24 oz. of vodka every day, having gradually increased to this level over the past 2 to 3 years. The client continues to maintain a job and functions well in activities of daily living, relationships, and other aspects of social life. Which term should the nurse use to describe this drinking behavior?

Tolerance

Which term describes a situation that occurs when very small amounts of alcohol intoxicates the person after continued heavy drinking?

Tolerance break

Which statement about clients with a dual diagnosis is accurate?

Traditional methods of treatment have not been very successful for these clients.

A 51-year-old client has been admitted to the detoxification unit with acute symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. Nursing assessment is likely to reveal what?

Tremors, headache, flushed face, and hallucinations

A nurse is conducting a class for a group of high school students about marijuana use and abuse. The nurse determines that the class needs further discussion when they state which of the following?

Use of marijuana does not lead to addiction.

An appropriate goal for a client newly admitted to the unit for alcohol withdrawal is what?

Verbalize feeling safe and comfortable.

High doses of alcohol produce which effect?

Vomiting

A client is admitted to the emergency department for intoxication with alcohol. The client has an unsteady gait, myopathy, and neuropathy and cannot remember past or recent events. When treated with thiamine, the client's symptoms greatly improve. Which condition was the client likely experiencing?

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

A client with a long history of alcohol abuse is hospitalized. The client's last drink was 12 noon. The nurse would anticipate symptoms of withdrawal occurring about which time?

12 midnight

People addicted to alcohol and drugs have a rate of suicide that is what percentage higher than that of the general population?

15

Approximately what percentage of U.S. adults have substance use disorders?

22%

A client can expect symptoms of alcohol withdrawal to begin how many hours after the last drink?

8

A client enters the emergency room exhibiting tremors, agitation, and restlessness. Upon assessment, the client's blood pressure is 160

90, pulse is 110, and respirations are 22. It has been 36 hours since the client's last drink of alcohol. The nurse would suspect which conditions to be occurring?/ Delirium tremens

While conducting an admission interview with a client, the nurse suspects the client may be in alcohol withdrawal. Which screening tool can help the nurse identify the severity of withdrawal symptoms?

CIWA-Ar

When a client is working toward the prevention of an alcohol abuse relapse, the nurse is acting in a therapeutic role when doing what?

Helping the client identify positive coping mechanisms

A 47-year-old client has been admitted to the hospital after being found unconscious in a park. Upon regaining consciousness, the client admits to heavy alcohol use over many years. Assessment reveals a low body mass index, low electrolyte levels, and impaired skin integrity. Vital signs are within normal ranges. What nursing diagnosis should be prioritized in the care of this client?

Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to chronic alcohol intake

A client is experiencing severe alcohol withdrawal. Which would the nurse most likely assess? Select all that apply.

Marked diaphoresis; Auditory hallucinations; Gross uncontrollable tremors

A 20-year-old client arrives at the emergency department by ambulance. The client is unconscious, with slow respirations and pinpoint pupils. There are "tracks" visible on the client's arms. The friend who came with the client reports that the client had just "shot up" heroin when the client became unconscious. Which medication would the nurse most likely expect to administer?

Naloxone

Which drug reverses opioid toxicity?

Naloxone

The psychiatric nurse managing the care of a client experiencing alcohol withdrawal instructs unit staff to anticipate that the client may experience which neurological response?

Tactile hallucinations

The nurse is counseling a group of clients recovering from substance abuse about the nature of denial. Which intervention should the nurse teach the clients to use to help them gain insight into their denial?

Teach them to question why they feel threatened.

The client was diagnosed with cocaine abuse at age 30. When the client was 23, the client was diagnosed with major depressive episode, and has continued to have depression off and on since then. Which statement would reflect this situation?

The client most likely has a dual diagnosis since she has both a substance dependence and depression.