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Metfan725

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A patient's behavior has continued to escalate despite nursing interventions designed to achieve de-escalation. The patient begins to kick and strike at staff. This behavior evidences which phase of the assault cycle?
 
  a. Triggering
  b. Depression
  c. Escalation
  d. Crisis

Question 2

A patient started diazepam (Valium) 5 mg twice daily 6 months ago. Now, the patient requires 10 mg to achieve the same effect. This phenomenon results from
 
  a. addiction.
  b. tolerance.
  c. dependence.
  d. disinhibition.


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shaikhs

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
The crisis phase is characterized by a patient's loss of self-control with fighting, hitting, kicking, scratching, biting, and throwing things. Each of the other phases has selected characteristics, none of which were described in the scenario.

Answer to Question 2

B
Tolerance is the need for increasing amounts of a substance to achieve the same effects. The other terms, defined in the text, do not account for this phenomenon.


Metfan725

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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