A Nurse Routinely Assesses Patients for Alcohol Use

question 9

Multiple Choice

A nurse routinely assesses patients for alcohol use.What principle guides this assessment?

• A)The older adult must balance risks to benefits of use.
• B)Alcohol causes older adults to fall and should not be consumed.
• C)There are no data on risks or benefits after the age of 75.
• D)Alcohol-related diseases are more severe in older people.

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Classical Conditioning

A method of learning that happens by associating a stimulus found in nature with one introduced from the environment.

CS (Conditioned Stimulus)

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

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