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A Client Is Treated in the Emergency Department for an Overdose

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A client is treated in the emergency department for an overdose of cocaine. What does the nurse monitor based on her knowledge of the effect of cocaine?


Definitions:

Entropy

A measure of the disorder or randomness in a system, often associated with the second law of thermodynamics.

Disorder

A disruption to regular bodily structure and function, leading to disease or ailment.

Heat

A form of energy transfer between two substances or systems due to a temperature difference.

Energy

The capacity to do work or produce change, existing in various forms such as kinetic, thermal, electrical, chemical, nuclear, or solar.

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