Author Question: A nurse preparing a teaching plan for a group of high school athletes on anabolic steroid use and ... (Read 83 times)

meagbuch · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse preparing a teaching plan for a group of high school athletes on anabolic steroid use and abuse would include which key points in the presentation?

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1. While anabolic steroids do enhance performance, their use can also produce serious side effects such as liver disease and stroke.
2. Anabolic steroids can cause infertility, impotence, and breast enlargement in men.
3. Anabolic steroids can cause women to develop masculine traits such as increased body hair, deepening voice, and shrinking breasts.
4. Anabolic steroids can cause personality changes such as aggression, violent behavior, depression, and insomnia.
5. Anabolic steroids can be taken safely if the pyramiding method is used.

Question 2

The nurse is preparing care for a client diagnosed with substance abuse of a schedule I drug. Which drugs are schedule I drugs?

Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
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1. Heroin
2. Marijuana
3. LSD
4. Cocaine
5. Diazepam (Valium)

chjcharjto14 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1,2,3,4
Rationale 1: Liver disease, elevated cholesterol, myocardial infarction, and stroke are serious side effects of anabolic steroid abuse.
Rationale 2: Infertility, impotence, and breast enlargement are symptoms found in men who abuse anabolic steroids.
Rationale 3: Women who abuse anabolic steroids can develop masculine traits such as increased body hair, deepening voice, and shrinking breasts.
Rationale 4: Abuse of steroids can cause personality changes such as aggression, violent behavior, depression, insomnia, anorexia, and decreased libido.
Rationale 5: Taking anabolic steroids in a progressively increasing dose and then slowly decreasing the dose (pyramiding) has not been determined to be safe.
Global Rationale: Liver disease, elevated cholesterol, myocardial infarction, and stroke are serious side effects of anabolic steroid abuse. Infertility, impotence, and breast enlargement are symptoms found in men who abuse anabolic steroids. Women who abuse anabolic steroids can develop masculine traits such as increased body hair, deepening voice, and shrinking breasts. Abuse of steroids can cause personality changes such as aggression, violent behavior, depression, insomnia, anorexia, and decreased libido. Taking anabolic steroids in a progressively increasing dose and then slowly decreasing the dose (pyramiding) has not been determined to be safe.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1,2,3
Rationale 1: Heroin is a schedule I drug.
Rationale 2: Marijuana is a schedule I drug.
Rationale 3: LSD is a schedule I drug.
Rationale 4: Cocaine is a schedule II drug.
Rationale 5: Diazepam (Valium) is a benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines are schedule IV drugs.
Global Rationale: Heroin, marijuana, and LSD are all schedule I drugs. Cocaine is a schedule II drug. Diazepam (Valium) is a benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines are schedule IV drugs.