A client tells the nurse at the methadone clinic that he has a prescription for methadone 40 mg daily orally. The nurse recognizes that methadone maintenance can be used as an effective drug replacement for individuals addicted to:
1. Opiates
2. Amphetamines
3. Barbiturates
4. Hallucinogens
ANS: 1
Methadone has been the treatment of choice for morphine and heroin addicts. (option 1)
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The nurse recommends to the family of a child with severe cerebral palsy that they enroll their child in hippotherapy. The nurse would explain that hippotherapy includes:
1. Water exercises to increase muscular strength. 2. Use of braces and walkers to support walking. 3. Dietary therapy to maintain a normal weight. 4. Horseback riding, or hippotherapy, improves posture and balance and allows the child to participate in a physical activity.
The nurse is inspecting the scrotum and testes of a 43-year-old man. Which finding would require additional follow-up and evaluation?
a. Skin on the scrotum is taut. b. Left testicle hangs lower than the right testicle. c. Scrotal skin has yellowish 1-cm nodules that are firm and nontender. d. Testes move closer to the body in response to cold temperatures.
The nurse is caring for an adult patient with respirations of 18 per minute. This is known as
a. eupnea c. tachypnea b. hypoventilation d. bradypnea
A client is being started on corticosteroid replacement therapy. What should the nurse teach the client about taking this medication?
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. "Go to your pharmacy to get annual influenza immunization and a varicella vaccine." 2. "Restrict your salt intake." 3. "Take vitamin D supplements as prescribed." 4. "Do not stop taking this medication." 5. "Stop taking this medication if you have headaches, confusion, or insomnia."