Answer to Question 1
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Depression can accompany physical withdrawal, but physical signs are what require medical management.
Rationale 2: Over time, the body's cells become accustomed to the presence of the unnatural substance. Specific physical withdrawal symptoms will occur; the client needs to be medically withdrawn from the substance.
Rationale 3: Alcohol does produce euphoria, but a craving for the substance is not a medical issue.
Rationale 4: Psychological dependence, or craving, does not involve physical withdrawal symptoms.
Global Rationale: Over time, the body's cells become accustomed to the presence of the unnatural substance. Specific physical withdrawal symptoms will occur; the client needs to be medically withdrawn from the substance. Depression can accompany physical withdrawal, but physical signs are what require medical management. Alcohol does produce euphoria, but a craving for the substance is not a medical issue. Psychological dependence, or craving, does not involve physical withdrawal symptoms.
Answer to Question 2
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Withdrawal from cocaine is uncomfortable, but it is not life threatening.
Rationale 2: There is virtually no withdrawal from marijuana.
Rationale 3: Withdrawal from heroin is very unpleasant, but it is not life threatening.
Rationale 4: Secobarbital is a barbiturate. This drug, which is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant, will likely lead to the most life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in a client who has stopped taking it.
Global Rationale: Secobarbital is a barbiturate. This drug, which is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant, will likely lead to the most life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in a client who has stopped taking it. Withdrawal from cocaine is uncomfortable, but it is not life threatening. There is virtually no withdrawal from marijuana. Withdrawal from heroin is very unpleasant, but it is not life threatening.