Quizlet which intervention would provide comfort to the client experiencing alcohol toxicity

ANS: D
The nurse is most likely assessing the client for fine tremors secondary to alcohol withdrawal. Withdrawal from alcohol can also cause headache, insomnia, transient hallucinations, depression, irritability, anxiety, elevated blood pressure, sweating, tachycardia, malaise, coarse tremors, and seizure activity.

A client is admitted for alcohol detoxification. During detoxification, which symptoms should the nurse expect to assess?

A. Gross tremors, delirium, hyperactivity, and hypertension
B. Disorientation, peripheral neuropathy, and hypotension
C. Oculogyric crisis, amnesia, ataxia, and hypertension
D. Hallucinations, fine tremors, confabulation, and orthostatic hypotension

A nursing instructor is teaching about donepezil (Aricept). A student asks, How does this work? Will this cure Alzheimers disease (AD)? Which is the appropriate instructor reply?

A. This medication delays the destruction of acetylcholine, a chemical in the brain necessary for memory processes. Although most effective in the early stages, it serves to delay, but not stop, the progression of the AD.
B. This medication encourages production of acetylcholine, a chemical in the brain necessary for memory processes. It delays the progression of the disease.
C. This medication delays the destruction of dopamine, a chemical in the brain necessary for memory processes. Although most effective in the early stages, it serves to delay, but not stop, the progression of the AD.
D. This medication encourages production of dopamine, a chemical in the brain necessary for memory processes. It delays the progression of the disease.

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