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melly21297

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During a session on substance abuse, the nurse is reviewing statistics with the class. For persons aged 12 years and older, which illicit substance was most commonly used?
 
  a. Crack cocaine
  b. Heroin
  c. Marijuana
  d. Hallucinogens

Question 2

A woman has come to the clinic to seek help with a substance abuse problem. She admits to using cocaine just before arriving. Which of these assessment findings would the nurse expect to find when examining this woman?
 
  a. Dilated pupils, pacing, and psychomotor agitation
  b. Dilated pupils, unsteady gait, and aggressiveness
  c. Pupil constriction, lethargy, apathy, and dysphoria
  d. Constricted pupils, euphoria, and decreased temperature


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kjo;oj

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
In persons age 12 years and older who reported using during the past month, marijuana (hashish) was the most commonly used illicit drug reported.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
A cocaine user's appearance includes pupillary dilation, tachycardia or bradycardia, elevated or lowered blood pressure, sweating, chills, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. The person's behavior includes euphoria, talkativeness, hypervigilance, pacing, psychomotor agitation, impaired social or occupational functioning, fighting, grandiosity, and visual or tactile hallucinations.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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