Exam 14: Substance Use and Addictive Disorders

A nursing supervisor is offering an impaired staff member information regarding employee assistance programs. Which of the following facts should the supervisor include?

Order the following stages of the codependency recovery process according to Cermak. ________ The Core Issues Stage ________ The Reintegration Stage ________ The Survival Stage ________ The Reidentification Stage

A client with a history of heavy alcohol use is brought to an emergency department (ED) by family members who state that the client has had nothing to drink in the last 48 hours. When the nurse reports to the ED physician, which client symptom should be the nurse's first priority?

A nursing supervisor is about to meet with a staff nurse suspected of diverting client medications. Which of the following assessment data would lead the supervisor to suspect that the staff nurse is impaired?

A nurse evaluates a client's patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump and notices 100 attempts within a 30-minute period. Which is the best rationale for assessing this client for substance addiction?

Which client statement demonstrates positive progress toward recovery from a substance use disorder?