Quiz 3 Flashcards
A client with an alcohol dependent problem asked whether the nurse can see the bugs are crawling on the bed. What is the nurses initial reply?
No I don’t see any bugs
A client with a history of alcoholism is diagnosed with wernicke encephalopathy associated with Korsakoff syndrome. What does the nurse anticipate will be prescribed?
Intramuscular injections of Thiamine
Are coming alcoholic join to help maintain sobriety. What type of group AAA?
Self-help group
Clients addicted to alcohol often use the defense mechanism of denial. What is the reason why this defense is so often used?
It helps reduce the feelings of guilt
What should the nurse include that a client doing with me sorry to fill in the blank spaces of memory?
Confabulation
Discussing plans with a client who is decided to withdraw from alcohol. What should the nurse recommended one of the most effective treatment for alcoholism?
Active membership in AA
The nurse using the cage screening test for alcohol as I’m to determine the potential and individual has a problem. Which is one of the four questions included in this test?
Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking ?
A client in a detoxification unit has an alcoholic drawl seizure. Valium 7.5 mg intramuscularly status prescribed. Valium is available 5 mg/milliliter. How many milliliters should the nurse administer?
1.5 ml
A client undergoing alcohol detox of Acacian ass about attending AA meetings after discharge. What is the nurses best initial reply?
What feelings you have about going to meetings?
My client is attending an AA meeting a nurse talked with the client spouse about the purpose of AAA. What is the priority goal of this group?
To change destructive behavior
A client who is just begun attending AA ask a nurse how important it is a 10 meetings regularly. What is the nurses best response?
Do you think that attending these meetings may not be helpful?
The client with a long history of alcohol dependence fence 28 days and alcohol rehabilitation unit. What type of referral does the nurse anticipate will be included in the discharge plan?
Community-based self-help group
