Question

A woman has come to the clinic to seek help with a substance abuse problem. she admits to using cocaine just before arriving. which of these assessment findings would the nurse expect to find when examining this woman?

Answer 1

When examining this woman the nurse would likely find dilated pupils, pacing, and psychomotor agitation. A cocaine user's appearance includes pupillary dilation, tachycardia or bradycardia, elevated or lowered blood pressure, sweating, chills, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. The person's behavior includes euphoria, talkativeness, hypervigilance, pacing, psychomotor agitation, impaired social or occupational functioning, fighting, grandiosity, and visual or tactile hallucinations.