A patient says, "I felt good from drinking a six-pack a few months ago. Now I need a few extra cans to get the same high." The nurse assesses this phenomenon as related to
a. tolerance.
b. withdrawal.
c. co-dependency.
d. abstinence syndrome.
A
Tolerance refers to the need for increasing amounts of a substance to achieve the same effects. The other terms are not related to needing more of a substance to achieve the same effect.
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A nurse educator is explaining the differences in early efforts at quality improvement for health care compared to today's quality assurance efforts
. She asks participants to move items that related to quality assurance to a list on the right leaving items related to quality improvement on the left. Which items would be moved to the right under "Quality Assurance"? (Select all that apply.) Quality Improvement Quality Assurance a. Inspection oriented (detection) b. Leadership: actively leading quality efforts c. Problem solving by authority d. Correction of common causes e. Responsibility of few people
There is no single accepted definition of servant leadership
a. True b. False
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A. neglect. B. coercion. C. negligence. D. libel.