Question: Preparatory Questions: Answer These Required Questions And Submit Them To Your Clinical Faculty Prior To Your Clinical Day, As Instructed By Your Faculty. Time Has Been Allotted In Your Clinical Hours To Answer These Questions. 1. What Are The Effects Of Alcohol On The Body Systems? 2. Explain Detoxification. 3. Define Delirium Tremens (DTs). What Are …

Preparatory questions: Answer these required questions and submit them to your clinical faculty prior to your clinical day, as instructed by your faculty. Time has been allotted in your clinical hours to answer these questions. 1. What are the effects of alcohol on the body systems? 2. Explain detoxification. 3. Define delirium tremens (DTs). What are the signs and symptoms of DTs? Is this condition life threatening? 4. What is the role of benzodiazepines in alcohol treatment? 5. Describe how the nurse would utilize the CAGE & CIWA-AR assessment tools. 6. What lab data might suggest alcohol related disorders? (Be specific) 7. Discuss the barriers to substance abuse treatment for vulnerable populations. (Native Americans, veterans, women, African Americans, Hispanics, healthcare professionals (impaired nurses, physicians, dentists), adolescents, elderly, homeless…) 8. List the common opiates. What are the indications for opiates? 9. What are the symptoms for opiate overdose? Opiate withdrawal? 10. What are the common nursing diagnoses for a patient experiencing opiate withdrawal? 11. Describe how the nurse would use the COWS tool? 12. Identify drug class, purpose, typical dose, route, and potential adverse effects for the following medications: naloxone, suboxone, clonidine, hyoscyamine, quetiapine, pregabalin. Reflection: After completing the simulation, write a reflection, and submit it to your clinical faculty within 48 hours. This is required, and time has been allotted in your clinical hours to complete this activity. 1. Caring for patients with substance use disorder can be challenging. Based on your readings, simulation, and experiences, describe possible attitudes of nurses toward persons with substance use disorders? Discuss your observations and thoughts including your personal philosophy as a basis for your professional practice. 2. Discuss ethical obligations when a nurse coworker is in recovery. Include personal, professional, and institutional perspectives.