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viki

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As part of providing care to clients of a chronic pain clinic, the nurse's role:
 
  a. includes screening for those persons susceptible to dependency or abuse
  b. is to dispense controlled substances to anyone who presents a prescription
  c. requires making judgments as to which clients have legitimate pain and which do not
  d. shares responsibility with the provider to optimize responsible prescription of opiates

Question 2

A community health nurse observes that the number of homeless individuals in the area has increased over the past year. Which factors most likely led to the increase in the number of homeless individuals? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Poverty
  B) Deinstitutionalizat ion
  C) Fragmented health care system
  D) Addiction
  E) Lack of affordable housing


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Carissamariew

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

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Nurses can work together with prescribing physicians to optimize the responsible prescribing of opiate medications for persons in pain. Nurses who work in settings where chronic pain is treated have to be aware of the important need to balance duty to relieve suffering with a responsibility to not dispense controlled substances to persons likely to abuse them.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C, D, E


viki

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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