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A patient has been receiving morphine sulfate 5 mg IV every 4 hours for the past several days. She states that the pain is not being relieved as well as it was in the past. What is the reason for this development?
 
  A) She has developed a dependency on the morphine.
  B) She has metastatic cancer and is dying.
  C) She has greater pain with inactivity.
  D) She has developed tolerance to morphine.

Question 2

A team of community health nurses have been commissioned to plan and implement a community-based health promotion initiative aimed at addressing obesity.
 
  During the planning stages, the nurses should be aware that the prevalence of obesity is highest in which of the following groups? A) Caucasian women
  B) Caucasian men
  C) African American women
  D) African American men



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Larger-than-usual doses of morphine are required to treat pain in opiate-tolerant people. The patient has not developed a dependence on morphine. A patient with metastatic cancer will require increasing pain management, but this feature is not the rationale for the patient's statement. The increased pain is not related to inactivity.

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African American women and Mexican American men and women have the highest rates of overweight and obesity in the United States.





 

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