In the United States the primary solution to various drug problems has been prohibition. Prohibition has often led to:
1. The elimination of substance abuse
2. An increase in violent crime and corruption
3. The need for more community health nurses
4. Better treatment facilities to treat substance abuse
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Prohibition has led to increased crime and corruption among law officials related to the illicit market.
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At a medication education meeting, a colleague asks the nurse how medications that increase acetylcholine are helpful to people with dementia. What nursing response is correct?
1. The cholinergic system is useful in helping to dull clients' awareness of their progressive losses. 2. Acetylcholine is involved in restoring serotonin and other chemicals that decrease anxiety. 3. Acetylcholine is helpful in censoring feelings that arise in the midbrain and cause distress. 4. The cholinergic system is involved in memory, problem solving, and other cognitive skills.
Which nursing intervention is most effective in preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia in an elderly patient?
a. Assist patient to cough, turn, and deep breathe every 2 hours. b. Encourage patient to drink through a straw to prevent aspiration. c. Discontinue humidification delivery device to keep excess fluid from lungs. d. Monitor oxygen saturation, and frequently assess lung bases.
Lily was admitted with generalized abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and hypotension. She says that she has not passed stool in over 1 week and has been in pain for the past 4 days. Which type of pain would you expect her to be experiencing?
a) Deeper somatic pain b) Neuropathic pain c) Visceral pain d) Chronic pain
A client reports the mole on his scalp has started itching and it bleeds when he scratches it. What other finding would be a danger sign for pigmented skin lesions?
a. Symmetry of the lesion b. Rounded border c. Color variation d. Size less than 6 mm wide