The nurse is caring for a patient who is being treated for chronic alcohol intoxication.The nurse notes that the patient's serum alcohol level is 0.40 mg%.The patient is awake and talkative even though this is a potentially lethal dose.The nurse recognizes this as alcohol

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Intoxication is a state of being influenced by a drug or other substance and may be a very small amount in the drug-naïve person or a potentially lethal amount in the chronic user.This person has developed tolerance to alcohol and is able to have a potentially lethal amount without severe effects.Addiction describes continued involvement in an activity despite the substantial harm it causes.Dependence describes physical need for the drug such that when the drug is stopped,withdrawal symptoms occur.Misuse refers to using a drug or substance to excess.

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