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:

T Value

A statistic used in hypothesis testing to determine if there is a significant difference between two groups.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used in a hypothesis test to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or calculation.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis stating there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption in hypothesis testing.