A public health nurse prepares a teaching plan to address the health problems of a group of opioid-dependent patients. What should be the priority focus?
1. How to manage acute overdoses
2. Prevention of AIDS, hepatitis, and infections
3. How to recognize contaminated drugs
4. Ways to cope with hyperactivity and irritability
Correct Answer: 2
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A patient is taking memantine for Alzheimer's disease. This drug does not affect what?
A) Nicotinic receptor sites B) Glucagon receptor sites C) Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor sites D) Muscarinic receptor sites
The nurse teaches a group of primigravidas that during delivery, pressure on the fetal skull may produce changes in the shape of the skull called:
a. pressure response. b. overlapping. c. molding. d. spacing.
A client with which of the following would require the nurse to use caution when administering a skeletal muscle relaxant? Select all that apply
A) Cerebrovascular accident B) Diabetes C) Epilepsy D) Pregnancy E) Parkinsonism
A 10-year-old patient displays the signs and symptoms of splenomegaly with severe anemia. The pediatric nurse suspects that these symptoms may be a sign of:
A) Cooley anemia. B) thalassemia minor. C) thalassemia major. D) thalassemia intermedia.