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corkyiscool3328

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A patient was admitted to the emergency room with acute alcohol intoxication and has been diagnosed with alcohol abuse after subsequent assessment and treatment. What are the goals of long-term treatment of this patient's substance abuse disorder?
 
  A) Detoxification, abstinence, and prevention of relapse
  B) Withdrawal, reeducation, and compliance
  C) Withdrawal, abstinence, and accountability
  D) Assessment, planning, and intervention

Question 2

A patient with a diagnosis of Addison's disease has had fludrocortisone acetate (Florinef Acetate) added to his medication regimen by his endocrinologist. What is the most plausible rationale for this change in treatment?
 
  A) The patient's anterior pituitary gland is overstimulated.
  B) The patient requires increased mineralocorticoid supplementation.
  C) The patient's adrenal cortex has become resistant to hydrocortisone.
  D) The patient's GI tract is unable to tolerate hydrocortisone.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
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The major goals of treatment for substance abuse are detoxification, initiation of abstinence, and prevention of relapse. Withdrawal may occur, but this is not a goal of treatment. The nursing process may be utilized, but the steps of the process are not the goals of treatment.

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If a patient with Addison's disease requires additional mineralocorticoid supplementation, then fludrocortisone acetate (Florinef Acetate) may be indicated. Pituitary dysfunction, GI intolerance, and resistance to hydrocortisone are not plausible rationales.


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