Author Question: What behaviors would indicate that the treatment plan for a client in alcohol rehabilitation can be ... (Read 45 times)

bobthebuilder · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

What behaviors would indicate that the treatment plan for a client in alcohol rehabilitation can be
evaluated as effective?

a. Abstinent 10 days; states she can maintain sobriety for 1 day at a time; has spoken
with employer, who is willing to have her start work in 3 weeks
b. Abstinent 15 days; states she has her problems licked; plans to seek a new job
where she will not have to face peers who know her history
c. Attends AA daily; states many of the members are real alcoholics; thinks she may
be able to help some of them find jobs in her company
d. Abstinent 21 days; states in future she will never drink during the day or on the
job; plans to stop by the bar after work occasionally to show her friends her newly
found health

Question 2

A client asks the nurse What is the major difference between allopathic therapies and
complementary and alternative therapies (CAM)? The best reply for the nurse to make is
Allopathic medicine

a. is curative, and CAM is preventive..
b. is symptom specific, and CAM is holistic..
c. is preventive, and CAM treats actual health problems..
d. has been tested by research, and CAM is scientifically untested..

Amiracle · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Option A reflects the AA beliefs. Options B, C, and D each contain a statement that suggests early
relapse.

Answer to Question 2

D
Allopathic medicine is also known as conventional, mainstream, regular medicine, and biomedicine.
Most allopathic therapies have the benefit of having a body of scientific research that supports their
use, whereas CAM remedies are not evidence based. Option A: This difference is not the major
difference. Option B: This difference is not entirely true. Option C This difference is not entirely
true.