You learn that an older child diagnosed with ADHD uses nicotine ...

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You learn that an older child diagnosed with ADHD uses nicotine in the form of smoking. Concerning the effects of nicotine usage on the symptoms of ADHD, you would MOST expect the child to report that smoking:
 
  a. counteracts the therapeutic effects of prescribed stimulant medication
  b. helps control ADHD symptoms
  c. doesn't seem to affect the child's ADHD symptoms one way or the other
  d. triggers worsening of the ADHD symptoms

Question 2

When a client is placed in restraints, he or she should be left alone to ensure privacy.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer to Question 1

B
The nurse would expect a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and uses nicotine to report that the nicotine helps control ADHD symptoms. Studies do suggest that nicotine may have significant benefits in controlling symptoms of ADHD. The line between ADHD and smoking is particularly strong in girls, and there is some evidence for a genetic association between the two. Nicotine may have significant benefits in controlling symptoms of ADHD, although its therapeutic use for this purpose has not been proposed or accepted. On the other hand, alternative substances that act on nicotine receptors are currently being considered as potential treatments for ADHD.

Answer to Question 2

F

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Thank you

[AmberC1996]

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