During an assessment, a patient tells the nurse that he drinks four alcoholic beverages every day and smokes one pack of cigarettes. The nurse realizes that these chemical agents can predispose the patient to develop:
During an assessment, a patient
tells the nurse that he drinks four alcoholic beverages every day and smokes one pack of cigarettes. The nurse realizes that these chemical agents can predispose the patient to develop:
Correct Answer: 1
The term disease describes an alteration in structure and function of the body or mind. One cause of disease is exposure to chemicals such as alcohol and tobacco. Ingesting four alcoholic beverages and smoking one pack of cigarettes per day exposes the body to chemicals that can lead to the development of a disease. An illness is a person's response to a disease and is highly individualized. There is not enough information to determine if the alcohol and cigarettes will cause the patient to develop an injury or an infection.
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