A nurse administers the Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test Geriatric Version (S-MAST-G) to an older adult. The older adult receives a score of "2." The nurse knows that this score is in-dicative of:
a. no problem with alcohol.
b. a problem with alcohol.
c. a mild problem with alcohol.
d. a severe problem with alcohol.
ANS: B
A score of 2 or more on the S-MAST-G indicates that there is an alcohol problem. This scale does not rate the severity of the problem.
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