A nurse suspects one of the emergency room patients is an illicit drug user. Which screening methods should the nurse use to verify this conclusion?
A. A clinician's guide
B. Both 1 and 3
C. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ASSIST tool
D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
Question 2
A nurse working on a maternity unit became concerned when one of the pregnant patients admitted to smoking. Which of the following adverse effects might eventually affect her unborn child?
A. Low birth weight
B. Increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Lower rates of asthma
Nurse-patient interaction; nonveral communication
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
First-pass effect: (a) drugs are absorbed; (b) drugs enter hepatic portal circulation and go directl
Patients unable to stand may be weighed using a chair scale.
Two modes of gene amplification leading to drug resistance
Absorption Methods in the Small Intestine