Which phenomena occurs when a client with a history of alcoholism requires higher than usual amounts of opioids for pain relief?
A. Physical dependence
B. Paradoxical reaction
C. Resistance to opioids
D. Cross tolerance
Answer: D
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A) Assess the patient's previous experience with the health care system. B) Reassure the patient that treatment will be challenging but successful. C) Assess the patient's specific needs for education and support. D) Identify the patient's plan of medical care.
A nurse would like to implement an evidence-based practice change that will influence client care on the medical-surgical unit
The nurse works with the nurse manager and other members of leadership to write a new policy and produce education for the staff and clients. The nurse is practicing which of the standards of professional performance? A) Leadership B) Collaboration C) Evaluation D) Collegiality
A nurse who is alert to changes, confident, open-minded, proactive, and questioning is displaying which characteristics?
a. Alfaro's Attitudes and Characteristics of a Critical Thinker b. Benner's Five Levels of Competency in Nurses c. Hawk's Model of Critical Thinking in Registered Nurses d. Universal Intellectual Standards
The patient's first voiding after surgery should be
A) discard immediately. B) measured for I & O. C) sent to the lab immediately. D) none of the above