A Client Is Admitted for the Fourth Time in 4

question 51

Multiple Choice

A client is admitted for the fourth time in 4 years for opioid detoxification. When planning care for this client, the nurse should consider which pathophysiologic aspect of substance abuse because of its impact on care?

• A)Aging can impact the body's ability to handle detoxification from alcohol and drugs.
• B)The client's withdrawal may be greater this time than during past detoxifications.
• C)The client's dependency might have been greater this time than during past periods of abuse.
• D)Increased difficulty with opioid detoxification is likely the result of an addiction to another substance at the same time.

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Definitions:

Haploid Gametes

Haploid gametes are reproductive cells, such as sperm and eggs, that contain only one set of chromosomes, half the number present in other cells.

Chromosome Number

The total count of chromosomes present in the cell of an organism, specific to each species.

Sister Chromatids

Identical copies of a chromosome connected together by a centromere, produced during DNA replication.

Mitotic Spindle

A structure composed of microtubules that separates chromosomes into daughter cells during cell division.