The symptoms for withdrawal from any _________________ is similar to symptoms for alcohol withdrawal.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: sedative hypnotic
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An adolescent is scheduled for outpatient arthroscopic surgery on his knee next week. As part of preparing him for the procedure, which action would be most appropriate?
A) Discussing the events with the adolescent and his mother upon arrival the morning of the procedure B) Providing detailed explanations of the procedure at least a week in advance of the procedure C) Encouraging the parent to stay with the adolescent as much as possible before the procedure D) Answering the adolescent's questions with simple answers, encouraging him to ask the surgeon
Older people have many altered reactions to disease that are considered age-related changes. When the nurse observes physical indicators of illness in the older population, that nurse must remember what?
A) Potential life-threatening problems in the older adult population are not as serious as they are in a middle-aged population. B) Indicators that are useful and reliable in younger populations cannot be relied on as indications of potential life-threatening problems in older adults. C) The same physiologic processes that indicate serious health care problems in a younger population indicate mild disease states in the elderly. D) Middle-aged people do not react to disease states the same as a younger population does.
A group of nurses have been asked to meet with the emergency department manager for stress debriefing after working an incident in which several children were killed. One of the nurses says, "I don't know why this is necessary. We are all comfortable with our role in trying to save those kids." What response by the manager is indicated?
1. "We need to meet so everyone can share their feelings about our response." 2. "I thought we could use this situation to discuss who would be the best nurse to act as charge nurse when I am away from the department." 3. "We need to meet so that you will have documented stress management education for your next pay raise consideration." 4. "We need to review everyone's actions during the incident to be sure that no one did anything wrong."
What action can each nurse take to improve the image of nursing during his or her career?
a. Provide public education on what nurses really do. b. Ignore the negative image of nurses. c. Contribute to the negative image of nurses. d. Remain silent when someone speaks ne-gatively of nursing.