Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community 9th Edition by Marcia Stanhope
Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community 9th Edition by Marcia Stanhope
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Chapter 37: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
MULTIPLE CHOICE
| a. | Working with clients who have addiction problems often puts the nurse at risk for violence. |
| b. | The population of persons with drug and alcohol addiction is found in low-income neighborhoods. |
| c. | To be therapeutic, a nurse must develop a trusting nonjudgmental relationship with clients. |
| d. | Nurses are the primary persons who treat addiction problems. |
ANS: C
To be therapeutic, the nurse must develop a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship with clients. Therefore, nurses must examine their own attitudes ahead of time. Working with clients who have addiction problems does not put the nurse at risk for violence. People with drug and alcohol addiction can be found in any neighborhood. Nurses do not treat addiction problems.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 805
TOP: Nursing process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
| a. | Tobacco addiction |
| b. | Alcohol abuse |
| c. | Substance abuse |
| d. | Caffeine addiction |
ANS: C
Substance abuse is the number one national health problem, causing more deaths, illnesses, and disabilities than any other health condition. Tobacco addiction, caffeine addiction, and alcohol abuse are part of substance abuse.
DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering REF: p. 804
TOP: Nursing process: Evaluation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
| a. | drug dependence. |
| b. | substance abuse. |
| c. | drug addiction. |
| d. | illegal. |
ANS: B
Substance abuse is the use of any substance that threatens a person’s health or impairs his or her social or economic functioning. Drug dependence is a state of neuroadaptation caused by the chronic, regular administration of a drug. Drug addiction is a pattern of abuse characterized by an overwhelming preoccupation with the use of a drug, securing its supply, and a high tendency to relapse if the drug is removed. Illegal means that it is against the law, not all substances are illegal.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 806
TOP: Nursing process: Evaluation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
| a. | presence and severity of withdrawal symptoms. |
| b. | necessary use of drugs to prevent withdrawal symptoms. |
| c. | level of intoxication associated with addiction. |
| d. | amount of substance needed to satisfy cravings. |
ANS: B
Dependence refers to the necessary use of drugs to prevent withdrawal symptoms. This occurs because of a state of neuroadaptation (a physiological change in the central nervous system).
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 806
TOP: Nursing process: Evaluation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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