ATI RN
ATI Psychiatric Exam 1 Questions
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A nurse is caring for a client who was recently diagnosed with an opioid use disorder. They were a student in a local community college but were recently dismissed for failing their classes. Their previous diagnoses include anxiety, Crohn's disease, and chronic back pain due to a gymnastics injury in high school. Which of the following should the nurse identify as potential underlying reasons why the client might have started using opioids?
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To treat pain and ease anxiety. Opioids are commonly used to manage pain and alleviate anxiety due to their analgesic and sedative effects. In this case, the client's history of chronic back pain from a gymnastics injury and anxiety diagnosis suggest that they may have started using opioids to self-medicate these symptoms. It is important for the nurse to identify these underlying reasons to address the root cause of the opioid use disorder. The other choices are not relevant in this context: B is more related to sedative-hypnotics, C pertains to environmental influences, and D is not typical for opioid use.
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