A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of alcohol use disorder and has been hospitalized for alcohol intoxication. The nurse enters the room and finds the client shouting "Get those bugs off of me." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

Alcohol does not require digestion, is not converted to glycogen, and does provide energy but no nutritional value. The absorption of alcohol is increased by:

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has alcohol use disorder and is taking disulfiram. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing opioid withdrawal. Which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate the provider to prescribe?

The person chronically abusing drugs runs the risk of mental impairment. The area of the brain which can be affected and be permanently damaged is the:

Alcoholics Anonymous consists of abstinent alcoholics who help other alcoholics become and stay sober. The foundation of AA is: (select all that apply)

Your patient admits to using an illegal substance daily, thinking about it when not actually using it, and spending a lot of time figuring out where to get it. This patient could have:

When the nurse tries to explain alcoholism, she admits there is no one theory. The nurse is able to state that there may be a genetic tendency, because sons of alcoholic fathers have this risk of developing alcoholism:

The professional's responsibility to safeguard a patient from self-harm is:

As there is no cure for addiction, abstinence is considered to be the control of the disease. The goal of treatment is to assist the patient to abstain from substance use for the remainder of his/her life. This phase of the program is called:

The repetition of some socially unacceptable behavior, after that behavior had previously stopped (such as when a person successfully completes rehab and returns to substance abuse repeatedly) is called: