A nurse routinely assesses patients for alcohol use. What principle guides this assessment?
a. The older adult must balance risks to ben-efits of use.
b. Alcohol causes older adults to fall and should not be consumed.
c. There are no data on risks or benefits after the age of 75.
d. Alcohol-related diseases are more severe in older people.
A
There are both benefits and risks to drinking alcohol. The nurse must help the older patient de-termine which predominates when assessing and possibly counseling patients on their alcohol use.
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