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You need to answer four short-answer questions for the exam. Pick the four you wish to answer and leave the others blank.Why is it so hard for someone addicted to psychoactive drugs to stop using? Use what you learned in this class to answer the question in a full paragraph.

You need to answer four short-answer questions for the exam. Pick the four you wish to answer and leave the others blank.A young woman is diagnosed with schizophrenia after a psychotic break. Her family help arrange for her to receive treatment from an outpatient psychiatrist and an outpatient psychotherapist. What are three reasons she may not improve?

You need to answer four short-answer questions for the exam. Pick the four you wish to answer and leave the others blank.How do abstinence and harm reduction approaches to treatment differ? What are examples of each kind of treatment? Name and describe them.

A Spanish-speaking client is admitted to the emergency department with a urinary tract infection and is experiencing a stress response from hospitalization. What is the priority nursing intervention?

A nurse completing admission paperwork asks the client about having an advanced directive. The client states, “I do not know, what is an advanced directive?” What is the nurse’s best response?

A nurse and an older adult client with chronic back pain are in the working phase of the nurse–client relationship. Which activity occurs in the working phase?

When teaching a group of unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) about race, which statement by a UAP requires intervention by the nurse?

A client reports to the emergency department with ankle pain due to a minor road accident. By asking the client to describe the accident, which type of nursing skill is the nurse using?

The nurse is caring for an older adult client who has been hesitant to seek health care. Which action(s) by the nurse would develop a trusting nurse–client relationship? Select all that apply

A client who is a drug addict visits a health care facility for treatment. During counseling, he discloses that he took to drugs because it helped him deal with stressful situations. The nurse explains that he is not using the correct coping strategy to overcome his stress-related problems. What kind of strategy has the client used in this case?