Which types of adoption studies should a nurse recognize as providing useful information for the psychiatric community?
A. Studies in which children with mentally ill biological parents are raised by adoptive parents who were mentally healthy
B. Studies in which children with mentally healthy biological parents are raised by adoptive parents who were mentally ill
C. Studies in which monozygotic twins from mentally ill parents were raised separately by different adoptive parents
D. Studies in which monozygotic twins were raised together by mentally ill biological parents
E. All of the above
E
The nurse should determine that all of the studies could possibly benefit the psychiatric community. The studies may reveal research findings relating genetic links to mental illness. Adoption studies allow comparisons to be made of the influences of the environment versus genetics.
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When teaching a patient about development of tolerance, the nurse should include which information?
1. The phenomenon occurs only with opioids. 2. The patient will require more drug for the same effect to be achieved. 3. The patient requires a stable dose of medication until the drug is discontinued. 4. Addiction is likely to develop if the drug is not tapered.
Ordered: Klonopin® 1.25 mg po tid. On hand: Klonopin® 0.5 mg scored tablets.The amount to administer is ________.If the answer results in a mixed number be sure to include a space between the whole number and the fraction. Example: 1 1/4 (read as one and one-fourth).
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).