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patient. The elderly typically live on a fixed income and may be unable to pur- chase expensive medications—even if the benefit ...
(^58) CHAPTER 3 Pharmacology and the Nursing Process Quiz A medical diagnosis (a) is the same as a nursing diagnosis. (b) ident ...
Which of the following is a type of intervention? (a) Nurse-initiated (b) Physician or advanced practitioner initiated (c) Coll ...
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4 CHAPTER 61 Substance Abuse Substance abuse is probably one of the most publicized aspects of pharma- cology—and the least unde ...
A medication is misusedwhenever a person indiscriminately uses the med- ication (such as when an individual uses medication that ...
TAKING THE DRUG IS A SCHEDULED EVENT The person spends a lot of time to acquire the drug, self-medicate, and recover from the ef ...
For a variety of reasons, a substance abuser experiences more legal problems than the average person. The police might arrest th ...
provider is depressed, anxious, or is in pain. The information used to diagnose personal illness is subjective and as the cravin ...
a medication for pain creates a sense of distance from the real world. Trying to add a column of numbers or serve food to custom ...
Delayed Action Drug abuse in the healthcare field can go undetected because of the structure of the healthcare industry. Healthc ...
mine if someone is using drugs inappropriately is commonly done with urine testing. Urine testing can detect drugs used days or ...
CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse^69 Drug Description Xanthines A class of drugs that include caffeine and are used in coffee, tea, choc ...
(^70) CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse Drug Description Acetaminophen Commonly known as Tylenol. A leading drug resulting in visits to ...
CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse^71 Substances That Can Be Abused Nearly all drugs that are abused produce a desirable effect such as a ...
(^72) CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse Tolerance also has a metabolic effect commonly referred to as pharmacologic tolerance. Prolonged ...
CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse^73 contain cocaine are brewed or chewed by people in the mountainous regions of the Andes to decrease ...
(^74) CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse to an epileptic episode. The user may also have palpitations, loss of concentra- tion, lighthead ...
CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse^75 Acute panic and paranoia is a common side effect that can lead to homicidal thoughts and actions. T ...
(^76) CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse (dizziness) and ataxia (stagger). They also have paresthesias (numbness, tin- gling) and muscle ...
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