Author Question: A novice nurse on the chemical dependence unit mentions, The drugs of abuse all seem to cause ... (Read 218 times)

geoffrey · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A novice nurse on the chemical dependence unit mentions, The drugs of abuse all seem to cause patients to become violent.. The best reply would be:

a. Violence is usually associated with abuse rather than with drug withdrawal..
b. There are abused drugs, such as heroin, that rarely produce violent behavior..
c. The observation is generally true since most abusers have observable antisocial tendencies..
d. Ineffective nursing actions toward patients are more responsible for violence than drugs are..

Question 2

For psychiatric nurses, an essential part of outcome measurement is the:

a. development of practice guidelines.
b. systematic review of research literature.
c. systematic use of reliable patient-rating scales.
d. identification of the core knowledge and skills of psychiatric nurses.

Awesome · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Heroin, a CNS depressant, causes sedation. Opiate withdrawal produces flulike symptoms rather than acute psychosis.

Answer to Question 2

C
Each of the options listed above is important to evidence-based nursing practice, but only the use of rating scales directly relates to outcome measurement.