A client in her early 20s comes to the Emergency Department complaining of rapid heart rate and states she has passed out a couple of times recently. You suspect her symptoms are related to substance abuse. What additional information will you gather from this client? What body system will you focus your nursing assessment on? What laboratory values would help you determine if substance use played a role in the development of your client’s symptoms? The client’s symptoms are related to substance use. What information will you use to differentiate which substance the client may be abusing? What nursing interventions will you need to deliver to this client?

A client in her early 20s comes to the Emergency Department complaining of rapid heart rate and states she has passed out a couple of times recently. You suspect her symptoms are related to substance abuse. What additional information will you gather from this client? What body system will you focus your nursing assessment on? What laboratory values would help you determine if substance use played a role in the development of your client’s symptoms? The client’s symptoms are related to substance use. What information will you use to differentiate which substance the client may be abusing? What nursing interventions will you need to deliver to this client?

Intro To Health Care

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ISBN:9781337338295

Author:Mitchell

Publisher:Mitchell

Chapter6: Organization Of The Human Body

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