A patient with a current history of drug abuse is admitted to the unit. The next morning the patient begins to display abstinence syndrome. The nurse anticipates signs and symptoms consistent with which of the following conditions?
a. Toxicity
b. Psychologic dependence
c. Physical dependence
d. Drug tolerance
ANS: C
Physical dependence results in abstinence syndrome.
A patient with toxicity would not display the signs and symptoms of abstinence syndrome.
Psychologic dependence is a subjective need for drugs and does not result in abstinence syndrome.
Drug tolerance simply means that the patient needs more of the drug to produce the desired effect; it does not relate to abstinence syndrome.
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