Methaqualone Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Drug therapy: - Provide maximum benefit with minimum harm to the patient. Drug and Medication A medication is: - A drug specifically administered for its therapeutic effect on physiologic function. - Require a legal prescription / Or can be obtained without a health care providers authorization - Medications are substances that can prevent, improve, or reduce the symptoms of a medical condition. A drug is: - Any substance that positively or negatively alters physiologic...

Etiological theories of addiction - Answer disease model, moral model, psychodynamic model, learning model disease model, - Answer you have an organ that has a defect therefore you have a disease moral model - Answer model caused by sinfulness, a bad person psychodynamic model - Answer are linked to ego deficientcies, inadequate parenting, attachment disorders, hostility, homosexuality, masturbation and so on. Difficulties linked to early childhood development are not specific to alcoho...

What are the different opium-derived drugs? - Answer What are synthetic narcotics? - Answer Chemically related to opium but are produced entirely within the lab. Meperidine (Pethidine) and Methadone (treats ppl w/heroin addiction) What are stimulants? - Answer Drugs falling into the stimulants group directly stimulate the central nervous system. - Cocaine, Amphetamines, Phenmetrazine (Preludin), Methamphetamine (Ritalin), and Pemoline (Cylert), Crystallized Methamphetamine, and Methcathin...

ENA Emergency Nursing Orientation Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2023/2024 (100% Correct). According to the rule of nines, burns of the anterior trunk and both anterior arms account for which percentage of body surface area? - ANSWER 27 percent Which effect does parasympathetic stimulation have on the heart? A. It increases peripheral vascular resistance. B. It enhances atrioventricular node function. C. It shortens His-Purkinje and ventricular muscle refractoriness. D. It slows sinoatr...

ENA Emergency Nursing Orientation 3.0 Questions With Complete Solutions. Which type of shock causes a temporary loss of motor, sensory, and reflex functions below the level of a lesion? Spinal shock According to the rule of nines, burns of the anterior trunk and both anterior arms account for which percentage of body surface area? 27 percent Which effect does parasympathetic stimulation have on the heart? A. It increases peripheral vascular resistance. B. It enhances atrioventricular no...

NR565 Midterm Study Guide with Complete Solutions APRN prescribing role Prescriptive authority for nurse practitioners also regulates prescribing rights beyond medications and controlled substances. These rights include therapeutic devices and services and are outlined in state practice laws and regulations and include Durable Medical Equipment (DME) such as wheelchairs, power scooters, hospital beds, portable oxygen equipment, handicap placards, etc. and medical services such as Physi...

CASAC EXAM I Questions with Correct Answers MAST - Answer-michigan alcohol and screening test DAST - Answer-drug abuse screening test AUDIT - Answer-alcohol use disorder identification test CAGE - Answer-alcohol screening tool ASAM - Answer-american society of medicine TWEAK - Answer-alcohol screening instrument for pregnant women SASSI - Answer-substance abuse subtle screening inventory SBIRT - Answer-screening brief intervention and referral to treatment BDI - Answer-beck depressio...

What is the best way for parents to convey to their children a healthy attitude toward alcohol consumption? - Correct answer-Model responsible alcohol use in the home. What is one thing that can increase a woman's risk of incurring a UTI? - Correct answer- Sexual activity. What is the best defense against the common cold? - Correct answer-Wash hands frequently. A high school student has just been raped, what should you advise her to do? - Correct answer-Immediately call the rape-crisis...

Substance abuse - correct answer a maladaptive pattern of substance use over the last 12 months that leads to impairment of occupational, physical, or social functioning Substance dependence - correct answer substance abuse plus withdrawal symptoms, tolerance or a pattern of compulsive use What is meant by down regulation in substance abuse - correct answer abuse leads to a defective reward circuit (flat feelings, depression and ahedonia) and leaves user with a need for more or different d...

ANCC PMHNP BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED 100% CORRECT MOOD D/O: MDD CRITERIA A A. Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure. Note: Do not include symptoms that are clearly attributable to another medical condition. 1. Depressed mood daily 2. Loss of pleasure of joy in activities/inerests 3. Signific...