Chapter 19: Addiction Test |Questions with
100% Correct Answers
A client is receiving methadone maintenance therapy. After teaching the client about this
treatment, a nurse determines that the education was successful when the client makes which
statement? - ✔️✔️"I should eat small frequent meals if I get nauseated."
High doses of alcohol produce which effect? - ✔️✔️Vomiting
A client is prescribed disulfiram as part of the alcohol treatment program to prevent relapse. The
client asks a nurse, "How will this drug help me?" Which response by a nurse would be most
appropriate? - ✔️✔️"It can help to prevent you from drinking."
The nurse is talking with a client that grew up in a home where both parents were alcoholics.
Which behavior(s) does the nurse identify when assessing this client that correlate with this
home life? - ✔️✔️Drinks alcohol to excess 3 days a week. Divorced 3 times with tumultuous
relationships with spouses. States that they hold on to bad relationships due to fear of being alone
A client enters the emergency room exhibiting tremors, agitation, and restlessness. Upon
assessment the client's blood pressure is 160/90, pulse is 110, and respirations are 22. It has been
36 hours since the client's last drink of alcohol. The nurse would suspect which conditions to be
occurring? - ✔️✔️Delirium tremens
A client is experiencing severe alcohol withdrawal. Which would the nurse identify during the
assessment that correlates with the withdrawal symptoms? - ✔️✔️Marked diaphoresis, auditory
hallucinations, gross uncontrollable tremors.
Which medication is used to prevent alcohol withdrawal symptoms? - ✔️✔️Lorazepam (ativan)
The nurse in an outpatient rehabilitation program is speaking with a group of clients who have
recently recovered from alcohol abuse. Which issue should the nurse raise before the clients
leave for the day? - ✔️✔️Help them to identify appropriate diversional activities.
Ecstasy is an example of which type of substance? - ✔️✔️hallucinogen
A group of nursing students is reviewing information about nutritional supplementation used
during alcohol detoxification. The students demonstrate the need for additional review when they
identify which of the following as being used? - ✔️✔️Naloxone
Which of the following would be used as nutritional supplementation for a patient during alcohol
detoxification? - ✔️✔️Thiamin, folic acid, magnesium sulfate
, A client has a history of consuming alcohol almost daily while pregnant. Her newborn baby has
growth deficiency and facial malformations. What is the name for the pattern of birth defects that
can occur due to exposure to alcohol? - ✔️✔️Fetal alcohol syndrome
Suspicion that a nursing professional is impaired by a substance abuse problem is most supported
by which situation? - ✔️✔️Having several clients complain that their pain medication is not
working.
A client can expect symptoms of alcohol withdrawal to begin how many hours after the last
drink? - ✔️✔️8
A client who is abusing substances is to undergo brief intervention. The nurse understands that
this technique is most effective for a client who exhibits which symptoms? - ✔️✔️Short history of
drug use
A 30yo client has been brought to the emergency department by EMS with an apparent heroin
overdose. In the immediate care of this client, what assessments should the nurse prioritize? -
✔️✔️Neurological and respiratory assessments
Which statements identify positive aspects of methadone as a substitute for heroin? - ✔️✔️It is a
legal medication, controlled by a health care provider, and available in tablet form.
In a person who abuses alcohol or is a chronic drinker, alcohol withdrawal syndrome usually
begins within which time frame from abrupt discontinuation or an attempt to decrease
consumption? - ✔️✔️12 hours
An appropriate goal for a client newly admitted to the unit for alcohol withdrawal is what? -
✔️✔️Verbalize feeling safe and comfortable
The recommended first-line pharmacologic agents for managing sever alcohol withdrawal
symptoms are in which class of medications? - ✔️✔️Benzodiazepines
A client drinks 24 oz of vodka every day, having gradually increased to this level over the past 2
to 3 years. The client continues to maintain a job and functions well in activities of daily living,
relationships, and other aspects of social life. How will the nurse document the assessment data?
- ✔️✔️Tolerance has developed with the alcohol use.
A client admitted for acute alcohol intoxication begins to experience mild sweating, tachycardia,
fever, and nausea and vomiting. Of the following, the drug treatment of choice would be what? -
✔️✔️clordiazepoxide
The nurse is teaching a client admitted with acute alcohol withdrawal about medications used to
prevent complications during the withdrawal from alcohol. The nurse recognizes that teaching
has been effective when the client makes which statement? - ✔️✔️"I will be given a benzodiapine
over several days as a substitution for alcohol."
100% Correct Answers
A client is receiving methadone maintenance therapy. After teaching the client about this
treatment, a nurse determines that the education was successful when the client makes which
statement? - ✔️✔️"I should eat small frequent meals if I get nauseated."
High doses of alcohol produce which effect? - ✔️✔️Vomiting
A client is prescribed disulfiram as part of the alcohol treatment program to prevent relapse. The
client asks a nurse, "How will this drug help me?" Which response by a nurse would be most
appropriate? - ✔️✔️"It can help to prevent you from drinking."
The nurse is talking with a client that grew up in a home where both parents were alcoholics.
Which behavior(s) does the nurse identify when assessing this client that correlate with this
home life? - ✔️✔️Drinks alcohol to excess 3 days a week. Divorced 3 times with tumultuous
relationships with spouses. States that they hold on to bad relationships due to fear of being alone
A client enters the emergency room exhibiting tremors, agitation, and restlessness. Upon
assessment the client's blood pressure is 160/90, pulse is 110, and respirations are 22. It has been
36 hours since the client's last drink of alcohol. The nurse would suspect which conditions to be
occurring? - ✔️✔️Delirium tremens
A client is experiencing severe alcohol withdrawal. Which would the nurse identify during the
assessment that correlates with the withdrawal symptoms? - ✔️✔️Marked diaphoresis, auditory
hallucinations, gross uncontrollable tremors.
Which medication is used to prevent alcohol withdrawal symptoms? - ✔️✔️Lorazepam (ativan)
The nurse in an outpatient rehabilitation program is speaking with a group of clients who have
recently recovered from alcohol abuse. Which issue should the nurse raise before the clients
leave for the day? - ✔️✔️Help them to identify appropriate diversional activities.
Ecstasy is an example of which type of substance? - ✔️✔️hallucinogen
A group of nursing students is reviewing information about nutritional supplementation used
during alcohol detoxification. The students demonstrate the need for additional review when they
identify which of the following as being used? - ✔️✔️Naloxone
Which of the following would be used as nutritional supplementation for a patient during alcohol
detoxification? - ✔️✔️Thiamin, folic acid, magnesium sulfate
, A client has a history of consuming alcohol almost daily while pregnant. Her newborn baby has
growth deficiency and facial malformations. What is the name for the pattern of birth defects that
can occur due to exposure to alcohol? - ✔️✔️Fetal alcohol syndrome
Suspicion that a nursing professional is impaired by a substance abuse problem is most supported
by which situation? - ✔️✔️Having several clients complain that their pain medication is not
working.
A client can expect symptoms of alcohol withdrawal to begin how many hours after the last
drink? - ✔️✔️8
A client who is abusing substances is to undergo brief intervention. The nurse understands that
this technique is most effective for a client who exhibits which symptoms? - ✔️✔️Short history of
drug use
A 30yo client has been brought to the emergency department by EMS with an apparent heroin
overdose. In the immediate care of this client, what assessments should the nurse prioritize? -
✔️✔️Neurological and respiratory assessments
Which statements identify positive aspects of methadone as a substitute for heroin? - ✔️✔️It is a
legal medication, controlled by a health care provider, and available in tablet form.
In a person who abuses alcohol or is a chronic drinker, alcohol withdrawal syndrome usually
begins within which time frame from abrupt discontinuation or an attempt to decrease
consumption? - ✔️✔️12 hours
An appropriate goal for a client newly admitted to the unit for alcohol withdrawal is what? -
✔️✔️Verbalize feeling safe and comfortable
The recommended first-line pharmacologic agents for managing sever alcohol withdrawal
symptoms are in which class of medications? - ✔️✔️Benzodiazepines
A client drinks 24 oz of vodka every day, having gradually increased to this level over the past 2
to 3 years. The client continues to maintain a job and functions well in activities of daily living,
relationships, and other aspects of social life. How will the nurse document the assessment data?
- ✔️✔️Tolerance has developed with the alcohol use.
A client admitted for acute alcohol intoxication begins to experience mild sweating, tachycardia,
fever, and nausea and vomiting. Of the following, the drug treatment of choice would be what? -
✔️✔️clordiazepoxide
The nurse is teaching a client admitted with acute alcohol withdrawal about medications used to
prevent complications during the withdrawal from alcohol. The nurse recognizes that teaching
has been effective when the client makes which statement? - ✔️✔️"I will be given a benzodiapine
over several days as a substitution for alcohol."
