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NUR 253/ NUR253 Exam 4 – Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Review| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION Why do we see so much substance abuse? Answer: self medication QUESTION What are some comorbidities from alcohol? Answer: cirrhosis fatty liver pancreatitis QUESTION For substance abuse to be dx'ed they have to have? Answer: negative consequences QUESTION Examples of negative consequences d/t substance abuse? Answer: crime health issues loss of job failure in school violence QUESTION Whose at large risk for alcohol poisoning? Answer: college students QUESTION Alcohol poisoning? Answer: A dangerous toxic condition that occurs when a person drinks a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time can result in aspiration or shut down of CNS QUESTION What are alcohol poisoning s/s? Answer: inability to arouse RR10 cool and clammy cyanosis vomiting QUESTION What are signs of alcohol intoxication? Answer: staggering slurred speech repeats self lack of coordination QUESTION What are signs of alcohol withdrawl? Answer: hyper alert anorexia irritable startles easily seizures elevated vs tremors n/v QUESTION Complications of alcohol withdrawal? Answer: Wernickes and Korsakoffs QUESTION What is the tx for Wernickes and Korsakoffs? Answer: Give thiamine QUESTION Wernickes is? Answer: acute/reversible QUESTION Korsakoffs is? Answer: chronic QUESTION What are s/s of wernickes & korsakoffs? Answer: altered gait vestibular dysfunction confusion ocular motility abnormalities sluggish reaction to light unequal pupil size QUESTION What puts someone at higher risk for DTs? Answer: medical dx or experienced them before people who have been using hard & heavy for a long time QUESTION What are delirium tremens (DTs)?

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NURl 253/l NUR253l Examl 4l –l Conceptsl
ofl Mentall Healthl Nursingl Review|l Galenl
(Latestl 2026/l 2027l Update)l 100%l
Verifiedl Questionsl &l Answersl |l Gradel A


Q:l Whyl dol wel seel sol muchl substancel abuse?
Answer:
selfl medication



Q:l Whatl arel somel comorbiditiesl froml alcohol?
Answer:
cirrhosis
fattyl liver
pancreatitis



Q:l Forl substancel abusel tol bel dx'edl theyl havel tol have?
Answer:
negativel consequences



Q:l Examplesl ofl negativel consequencesl d/tl substancel abuse?
Answer:
crime
healthl issues
lossl ofl job
failurel inl school

,violence



Q:l Whosel atl largel riskl forl alcoholl poisoning?
Answer:
collegel students



Q:l Alcoholl poisoning?
Answer:
Al dangerousl toxicl conditionl thatl occursl whenl al personl drinksl al largel amountl ofl
alcoholl inl al shortl periodl ofl time
canl resultl inl aspirationl orl shutl downl ofl CNS



Q:l Whatl arel alcoholl poisoningl s/s?
Answer:
inabilityl tol arouse
RR<10
cooll andl clammy
cyanosis
vomiting



Q:l Whatl arel signsl ofl alcoholl intoxication?
Answer:
staggering
slurredl speech
repeatsl self
lackl ofl coordination



Q:l Whatl arel signsl ofl alcoholl withdrawl?

, Answer:
hyperl alert
anorexia
irritable
startlesl easily
seizures
elevatedl vs
tremors
n/v



Q:l Complicationsl ofl alcoholl withdrawal?
Answer:
Wernickesl andl Korsakoffs



Q:l Whatl isl thel txl forl Wernickesl andl Korsakoffs?
Answer:
Givel thiamine



Q:l Wernickesl is?
Answer:
acute/reversible



Q:l Korsakoffsl is?
Answer:
chronic



Q:l Whatl arel s/sl ofl wernickesl &l korsakoffs?
Answer:

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