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Add, vio, PSY
Test 3
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| The alcoholic strives to abstain from drinking one day at a time | Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) |
| Used to assess a patient’s potential problem with alcoholism | CAGE screening tool |
| Patient tells the nurse that she has a drink every morning to stop her tremors | Physiological dependence |
| Central nervous system depressants overdose priority | Respiratory function |
| Pupillary constriction | Opiate abuse |
| This term best describes the need for increased amounts of a drug to produce the desired effect | Tolerance |
| Body aches, sweating and vomiting | Heroin withdraw |
| Severe depression | Amphetamines or cocaine withdraw |
| Treatment option for opioids | Methadone |
| Tool used to monitor the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal | CIWA-AR |
| Patient will not sit or quit talking for a long period. VS are taken and she is tachycardic | Amphetamine abuse |
| A bipolar patient who also takes her friend’s Adderall to help her focus when at work | Dual diagnosis |
| Medication taken dail by dry alcoholics to reduce their desire for alcohol | Antabuse |
| Used legally for medicinal purposes | Narcotics |
| Body system alcohol and narcotics have the greatest influence | Central nervous system (brain) |
| Patient agitated and hyperventilating. BP and temp elevated | Stimulants |
| May cause sudden death due to cardiac dysthymia or respiratory depression | Inhalants |
| Medication given for morphine overdose | Naloxone (Narcan) |
| Patient cannot remember what he does while he is drinking | Blackout |
| Signs and symptoms include poor impulse control, confidence, rapid speech, and hypertension | Cocaine intoxication |
| Defense mechanism used by patients admitted for drug abuse | Denial |
| Possible complication when withdrawing from alcohol | Seizures |
| A group of spouses and significant others to learn what to expect from their alcoholic partners | Al- Anon |
| Signs and symptoms include yawning, irritability, diaphoresis, cramps, and diarrhea | Opioid withdraw |
| Unable to obtain substance, client becomes more irritated and uncomfortable with physical complaints | Addiction |
| Following sobriety, client falls and begins to engage in abuse of substance again | Relapse |
| Muscle rigidity, tremors | Extrapyramidal side effects(EPS) |
| Hallucinations, delusions, altered speech and behavior | Positive symptoms |
| Flat affect, mutism, anhedonia, lack of motivation, doesn’t care for themselves | Negative symptoms |
| Lost of identity, an out of body experience | Depersonalization |
| Disorder of schizophrenia and a mood disorder such as depression or bipolar | Schizoaffective |
| Disorder affecting how one thinks, behaves, feels, and perceives reality | Schizophrenia |
| Characterized by a lack of peculiar motor movements | Catatonic |
| Legal term that describes any behavior that presents an immediate danger to another person | Assault |
| Ability to directly express one’s feelings or needs without compromising the integrity if self or others | Assertiveness |
| Focus is the prevent violence by establishing and maintaining a trusting therapeutic relationship with clear and honest communications | Level 1 interventions |
| 5th and last stage of assault cycle, involving a period of guilt and attempts to reconcile(make up) with others | Depression stage |
| Repeated physical abuse of a person | Battering |
| An injury for which a parents does not have an adequate explanation | Signs of physical abuse |
| Vigorous shaking of an infant that may lead to whiplash-induced bleeding within the brain | Shaken baby syndrome |
| 1st stage of assault cycle, when a stress producing event occurs | Triggered stage |
| The potential for danger is at its peak during this stage of the assault cycle | Crisis stage |
| Focus is to protect the client and other from potential harm | Level 2 intervention |
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