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NUR 313 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Exam 2Questions With Complete Solutions
Addiction Correct Answer compulsive drug craving and use
Agoraphobia symptoms Correct Answer Anxiety in spaces
they feel they can not escape. (ex. public transportation, parking
lots, bridges, grocery stores, theaters, crowds, standing in line)
This causes the patient to avoid those spaces to avoid the anxiety
and panic that come from them
Alcohol intoxication symptoms Correct Answer Aggressive
impulses
sexual inhibition]
mood lability
impaired judgement
impaired social or occupational functioning
slurred speech
incoordination
unsteady gait
nystagmus
flushed face
Alcohol use disorder: Phase I Correct Answer Prealcoholic
phase:
characterized by use of alcohol to relieve everyday stress and
tensions of life
Alcohol use disorder: Phase II Correct Answer Early alcoholic
phase:
,begins with blackouts—brief periods of amnesia that occur
during or immediately following a period of drinking; alcohol is
now required by the person.
Alcohol use disorder: Phase III Correct Answer The crucial
phase:
person has lost control; physiological dependence is clearly
evident.
Alcohol use disorder: Phase IV Correct Answer The chronic
phase:
characterized by emotional and physical disintegration. The
person is usually intoxicated more often than sober.
Alcohol withdrawal Correct Answer tremor of hands, tongue,
eyelids
Nausea, vomiting
malaise, weakness
tachycardia
sweating
elevated BP
anxiety
depressed mood, irritability
transient hallucinations
headache
insomnia
Starts 4 to 12 hours after cessation. Lasts 7 days
Alcoholism long term effects on the body Correct Answer
Peripheral Neuropathy: pain, burning, tingling in extremeties
, Alcoholic Myopathy: sudden onset of muscle pain, swelling, and
weakness. Red tinge in urine
Wernicke's Encephalophy: most serious form of thiamine
deficiency. Paralysis of ocular muscles, diplopia, ataxia,
somnolence, stupor
Korsakoff's psychosis: confusion, loss of recent memory
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy: enlargement and weakening of the
heart. Decreased exercise tolerance, tachycardia, dyspnea,
edema, palpitations, nonproductive cough
Esophagitis, Gastritis, pancreatitis
Alcoholic Hepatitis: inflammation of the liver
Cirrhosis of the liver: destruction of liver cells replaced with
scar tissue. End stage of Alcoholic liver disease
Leukopenia: impaired white blood cells
Thrombocytopenia: impaired platelet production
Sexual dysfunction: diminished libido, decreased sexual
performance, impaired fertility, gynecomastia, changes in
menstrual cycle
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