A Patient with a History of Daily Alcohol Use Says

question 40

Multiple Choice

A patient with a history of daily alcohol use says, "Drinking helps me cope with being a single parent." Which response by the nurse would help the individual conceptualize the drinking more objectively?

• A) "Sooner or later, alcohol will kill you. Then what will happen to your children?"
• B) "I hear a lot of defensiveness in your voice. Do you really believe this?"
• C) "If you were coping so well, why were you hospitalized again?"
• D) "Tell me what happened the last time you drank."

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