The wife of a long-term alcoholic wants to help her husband quit drinking. The nurse tells her that an initial approach might be for a group of friends and family to confront the patient with his alcoholism and tell him that:
1. he needs help; his drinking is out of hand.
2. they are fed up with him and will no longer be his friend.
3. they reject his drinking but think he is a valuable person.
4. he is still their friend, even if he doesn't stop drinking.
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The implementation for encouraging an alcoholic to go into treatment consists of a group of people telling the alcoholic that they think his drinking is destructive but they do not reject him as a person.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1270
OBJ: 3 TOP: Implementation
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
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