Chapter 50: Nursing Care of the Child With an Alteration in Behavior, Cognition, Development, or Mental Health/Cognitive or Mental Health Disorder with Complete Solutions

Chapter 50: Nursing Care of the Child With an Alteration in Behavior, Cognition, Development, or Mental Health/Cognitive or Mental Health Disorder with Complete Solutions The nurse is assessing an adolescent who tells the nurse, "I have been using cocaine for a while now. At first, I would get high after smoking just once. But now I have had to smoke more and more to get the same effect." The nurse interprets the adolescent's statement as reflecting which situation? tolerance use disorder withdrawal dependence - - tolerance The adolescent's statements reflect tolerance, which is the ability of body tissues to endure and adapt to continued or increased use of a substance; this dynamic means the drug user requires larger doses of the drug to produce the desired effect. A substance use disorder is the misuse of an addictive substance that changes the user's mental state. Dependence is a compulsive need to use a substance for its satisfying or pleasurable effects. Withdrawal refers to the physical and psychological symptoms that occur when the drug is no longer being used. The mother of a 10-year-old boy phones the school nurse. The child has attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and must go to the office to take medication at lunchtime. The child informed the mother that classmates have been making fun of him because he no longer wants to take the medication. Which is the nurse's best response? "I will tell his teacher to talk with the kids causing trouble." "You can speak with your doctor about extended-release medications for the treatment of ADHD." "He must take his medication; just tell your son to ignore the kids." "Tell your son if he doesn't take his medication, his grades may suffer." - - "You can speak with your doctor about extended-release medications for the treatment of ADHD." Extended-release or once-a-day medications would eliminate the need for the boy to come in at lunch. The other responses are not therapeutic. The nurse has been working for several days with an adolescent who has anorexia nervosa. What is an indication that the adolescent is developing trust in the nurse? The adolescent stating the d