Roxie had been sober for 6 months. Last week, her best friend came to visit and they celebrated with five gin and tonics. Roxie has experienced
1. repose.
2. relapse.
3. withdrawal.
4. detoxification.
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Definition of relapse
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A) One of the oldest nursing specialties B) One of the newest means of health care delivery C) Diversity of activities and interventions D) Differences from parish nursing
A patient in active labor requests an epidural for pain management. What is the nurse's priority action for this patient?
a. Assess the fetal heart rate pattern over the next 30 minutes. b. Take the patient's blood pressure every 5 minutes for 15 minutes. c. Determine the patient's contraction pattern for the next 30 minutes. d. Initiate an IV infusion of lactated Ringer's solution at 2000 mL/hr over 30 minutes.
Adrenergic drugs mimic the action of the sympathetic nervous system. Which of the following is a response of the sympathetic nervous system?
a. decreased heart rate b. contraction of the pupils c. open the airway d. increased motility and tone of the GI tract
A nurse is explaining cognitive development in children to a client, with the help of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. What would be the best explanation by the nurse about the formal operations level of cognitive development?
A) Up to age 2, children learn by touching, tasting, and feeling. They learn to control body movement. B) Children from ages 2 to 7 years investigate and explore the environment and look at things from their own point of view. C) From ages 7 to 11 years, children internalize actions and can perform them in the mind. D) After age 12, children can think in the abstract including complex problem solving.