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Bob-Dole

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on: Jul 19, 2018
An appropriate goal for a client newly admitted to the unit for alcohol withdrawal is what?
 
  A) Verbalize feeling safe and comfortable.
  B) Demonstrate knowledge of the deleterious effects of alcohol.
  C) Attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings each week.
  D) Make amends to people in his or her life that he or she has harmed.

Question 2

A client with chronic alcoholism has been found to have Korsakoff's psychosis. This irreversible complication is characterized by what?
 
  A) Thiamine, or vitamin B12, deficiency
  B) Hypothalamic and mammillary body lesions
  C) Inability to learn new skills and short-term memory loss
  D) Double vision and rapid eye movement


steff9894

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
The client should verbalize feeling safe and comfortable. The other answer choices are goals for longer-term treatmenti.e., after the detoxification process has been successfully completed.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Korsakoff's psychosis is associated with a deficiency in thiamine, or vitamin B12.


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