A Patient Who Is a Heroin Addict Is Admitted to a Methadone

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient who is a heroin addict is admitted to a methadone substitution program. After administering the first dose of methadone, the nurse notes that the patient shows signs of euphoria and complains of nausea. What will the nurse do?

• A) Administer nalmefene [Revex].
• B) Contact the provider to obtain an order for naloxone [Narcan].
• C) Question the patient about heroin use that day.
• D) Suspect that the patient exaggerated the amount of heroin used.

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Definitions:

Unconditional Positive Regard

A concept in client-centered therapy suggesting therapists should offer their clients acceptance and support regardless of what the client says or does.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind without censorship as a way of uncovering unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Behavior Therapy

Therapeutic orientation that employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors.

Psychoanalysis

Therapeutic orientation developed by Sigmund Freud that employs free association, dream analysis, and transference to uncover repressed feelings.