Examples of licit drugs, include alcohol, tea, coffee, _______ and over the counter (OTC) drugs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: tobacco
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She states, "He was in pain long before he got cancer because he broke his back about 20 years ago. For that problem, though, his pain medicine wasn't just raised and raised." What would be the nurses' best response? A) "I didn't know that. I will speak to the doctor about your husband's pain control." B) "Much cancer pain is caused by tumor involvement and needs to be treated in a way that brings the patient relief." C) "Cancer is a chronic kind of pain so the more it hurts the patient, the more medicine we give the patient until it no longer hurts." D) "Does the increasing medication dosage concern you?"
A physician suggests that a ventilated patient needing immediate transport to CT scan and having severe pain be given IV fentanyl (Sublimaze) rather than morphine sulfate for pain management
One reason the physician might recommend the use of fentanyl (Sublimaze) is: 1. Rapid administration does not have any hemodynamic consequences. 2. It has a more rapid onset and a shorter duration of action. 3. Weaning of a continuous infusion is never needed due to its short half-life. 4. It is not likely to cause respiratory depression.
After abdominal surgical procedures, retention sutures are used frequently in patients for whom slow wound healing is expected
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The nurse is providing care to a client who is diagnosed with muscle spasticity. The client wants to know the difference between muscle spasticity and muscle spasm. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
1. "A muscle spasm causes certain muscle groups to remain in a continuous state of contraction." 2. "Muscle spasms include scissoring movements of the lower extremities." 3. "Muscle spasticity causes pain that is more intense than muscle spasm and produces greater impairment of mobility." 4. "Muscle spasticity is a chronic neurologic disorder that is characterized by involuntary muscle contraction that forces body parts into abnormal, painful movements or postures."