Nurses generally experience difficulty in identifying behaviors and actions that could signal chemical dependency in a co-worker. Which of the following is not a behavioral change that oc-curs with chemical dependency?
a. Personality and behavioral changes
b. Job performance changes
c. Changes in educational involvement and pursuit
d. Absenteeism
C
A manager needs to be alerted when suspicions of chemical dependency are raised by behavioral changes in the employee. These include mood swings, changes in hygiene and appearance, heightened interest in the pain control of patients, frequent changes in shifts, increases in absen-teeism, and increases in tardiness.
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1. Encouraging use of fewer polluting products. 2. Promoting recycling efforts in the community. 3. Discouraging overuse of materials that generate trash. 4. Educating the community about overbuying household products.
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a. colon c. esophagus b. rectum and anus d. liver, gallbladder, or pancreas
Recommendations for treatment of gestational diabetes include
a. weight loss. b. dietary control. c. avoidance of sugar. d. oral diabetes medication.