Which Situations Would the Nurse Interpret as Indicating the Client

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which situations would the nurse interpret as indicating the client has a true substance dependence problem rather than a substance abuse issue?

• A)At every clinical visit the client initiates a discussion about her need to stop using drugs.
• B)The client reports,"I'm going back to my plan of drinking only on weekends."
• C)The client states,"I'm trying to quit using sleeping pills but I can't do it.Without them I'm awake all night."
• D)The client reports that his parents have "kicked me out of the house" for repeatedly coming home drunk.
• E)The client was arrested for shoplifting cigarettes at a convenience store.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

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Cook's D

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Leverage

A measure of how far the values of the independent variables are from their mean values.

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