A patient is brought to the emergency department by a family member who reports that the patient has been acting strangely for the past three hours and is hypervigilant, grandiose, and irritable. Based on this data, along with vital signs reveal hypertension, tachycardia, and arrhythmias, the nurse correlates to the use of which substance?

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The symptoms described, including hypervigilance, grandiosity, irritability, hypertension, tachycardia, and arrhythmias, are consistent with the effects of cocaine use. Cocaine is a stimulant drug that can cause these physical and psychological effects.

A Patient Is Brought to the Emergency Department by a Family