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Alcohol is involved in motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and homicides. Approximately how many deaths each year are related to alcohol consumption?
- A. 58,000
- B. 78,000
- C. 88,000
- D. 108,000
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: About 88,000 deaths each year are related to alcohol consumption.
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The nurse is performing an initial assessment on an alcoholic patient. Which of the following actions by the nurse would best ensure honest answers?
- A. Not asking personal questions
- B. Having a nonjudgmental attitude
- C. Including the family
- D. Promising the patient not to tell anyone
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Maintaining a nonjudgmental attitude may reassure the patient and allow him to be more honest in his responses to the admission assessment.
The nurse cautions that a person who chronically abuses drugs may experience mental impairment. The area of the brain that can be affected and permanently damaged is the system.
Correct Answer: limbic
Rationale: The most commonly abused drugs act on the limbic system of the brain and can cause permanent damage.
When assessing an alcoholic patient, the nurse notes short-term memory loss, painful extremities, foot drop, and muttered incoherent responses to questions. The nurse recognizes these symptoms as most likely related to a condition caused by long-term alcohol abuse, which is known as syndrome.
Correct Answer: Korsakoff
Rationale: Korsakoff syndrome is a permanent condition caused by long-term alcohol use. The patient mutters incoherently and experiences short-term memory loss, painful extremities, and foot drop.
When a patient denies any problems related to addiction, what is the nurse's most therapeutic response?
- A. What do you call this hospitalization?
- B. How can anybody help you if you don't see a problem?
- C. Would your family agree that you have no problems?
- D. Can you think of any time your behavior created an unpleasant situation in your life?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: When the patient denies that his behavior is problematic, the nurse should ask the patient to recount incidences when the behavior had unpleasant consequences.
A college student has brought his hallucinating roommate to the college clinic. The young man says his roommate has been experimenting with phencyclidine (PCP). How long should the nurse expect the hallucinations to last?
- A. 30 to 60 minutes
- B. 1 to 4 hours
- C. 4 to 6 hours
- D. 6 to 12 hours
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Some hallucinogenic effects of PCP can last 6 to 12 hours.