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A school nurse is teaching a high school health class about the effects of marijuana use. Which statement by a student indicates a need for further teaching?
 
  a. Chronic use of marijuana can result in irreversible brain changes.
  b. Higher doses of marijuana are likely to produce increased euphoria.
  c. Marijuana is unique in that it produces euphoria, sedation, and hallucinations.
  d. Marijuana has more prolonged effects when it is ingested than when it is smoked.

Question 2

A patient arrives in the emergency department with a heart rate of 128 beats per minute and a temperature of 105F. The patient's skin feels hot and moist. The free T4 level is 4 ng/dL, the free T3 level is 685 pg/dL, and the TSH level is 0.
 
  1 microunits/mL. The nurse caring for this patient will expect to administer: a. intravenous levothyroxine.
  b. iodine-131 (131I).
  c. methimazole Tapazole.
  d. propylthiouracil (PTU).



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Answer to Question 1

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With higher doses of marijuana, euphoria may be displaced by intense anxiety. Chronic use may cause irreversible brain changes. Euphoria, sedation, and hallucinations can all occur with mari-juana use. Ingesting marijuana causes prolonged effects.

Answer to Question 2

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Propylthiouracil is used for patients experiencing thyroid storm, and this patient is showing signs of that condition. Levothyroxine is given IV for hypothyroidism. 131I is used in patients over age 30 who have not responded to other therapies. Methimazole is used long term to treat hyperthy-roidism, but PTU is more useful for emergency treatment.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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