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NUR 180 EXAM 2 |Completeed With A+ Graded Answers Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Microcephaly Small gestational age (body) Fail to develop normally Habituation + Adaptation = Tolerance S/S of heroin use Dilated pupils Drowsiness Euphoria Respiratory depression S/S of heroin use that...

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NUR 180 EXAM 2 |Completeed With A+
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Microcephaly
Small gestational age (body)
Fail to develop normally


Habituation + Adaptation =
Tolerance


S/S of heroin use
Dilated pupils
Drowsiness
Euphoria
Respiratory depression


S/S of heroin use that is main priority
Respiratory depression


S/S of PCP use
Increased VS (BP)
Agitated movements
Belligerence
Nonsensical talk
Violence
Bizarre behaviors


S/S of PCP use that is main priority
Safety


A patient comes into the ER staggering. When the nurses try to get VS on him, he kicks and fights. He
refuses to let anyone touch him and insists that all he wants is to lie down.
Which blood alcohol level do you expect?
0.20% (at least 5 drinks)


Dual diagnosis (or "co-occurring")
75% of patients with mental illness abuse substances


Stress reaction (effect)
Results from stress of stopping the addictive behavior
- Anxiety
Affects ANS
- Increased HR
- Increased BP
- Sweating


Rebound symptoms (effect)

,Occur when adaptive changes in the brain that encounter the effects of the addiction continue
despite cessation of the addictive substance or behavior
- Low mood
- Fatigue
- Opposite effect of abused drug


S/S of alcohol withdrawal
Occurs within 6 - 9 hrs
Tremors
HBP
Change in mental status
Prone to seizures


What assessment question should you ask someone who has struggled with alcohol abuse and is
being seen for withdrawal symptoms?
When was the last time you had a drink?


Symptoms/behaviors of addiction
Insomnia
Fatigue
Changes in mood
Weight loss
Anorexia
Overabundant use of mouthwash or toiletries
Unkempt appearance
DUIs
Financial problems
Poverty
Absenteeism from work


Wernicke's encephalopathy
Acute
Controls language reception
Left temporal lobe
Reversible brain damage
- Tx with thiamine


Korsakoff's syndrome
Chronic alcohol abuse
Results from severe thiamine deficiency
Not reversible
Brain damage


S/S of anxiety
Muscle rigidity
Sweating
Dry mouth
- Explore stressors


Denial

, Refusal to acknowledge conflict and thus escapes reality of situation
- A child covered with chocolate refuses to admit eating candy


Displacement
Redirecting of energies to another person or object
- A husband shouts at his wife, the wife then berates her child, who then scolds the dog


Projection
Putting off one's own unacceptable thoughts, wishes, and emotions onto others
- A woman is afraid to leave her house because she knows people will ridicule her


Rationalization
Use of a "good" (but not real) reason to explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more
acceptable
- A student justifies failing an exam by saying there was too much material to cover


Regression
Coping with present conflict, stress by returning to earlier, more secure stage of life
- A 4 year old's parents are going through a divorce so she begins to suck her thumb and wet the bed


Suppression
Removal of conflict by removing anxiety from consciousness
- A woman with a family history of breast cancer "forgets" her mammogram appointment


Stages of grief by Kubler-Ross
DABDA

Denial

Anger

Bargaining

Depression

Acceptance



Types of Loss
Situational - Divorce, Death
Maturational - Child leaves home, Elder to NH
Unexpected
Anticipatory - Impending


Children with a terminal illness are more concerned with what?
Illness interfering with their play time


Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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