A nurse is discussing alcohol abuse with a group of nursing students. One student asks whether alcohol consumption has any beneficial effects. The nurse replies that, in moderate amounts, alcohol:
a. helps people to sleep well.
b. improves sexual responsiveness.
c. may protect against dementia.
d. prevents hypothermia.
ANS: C
In moderate amounts, alcohol helps preserve cognitive function in the older adult and may protect against dementia. Alcohol disrupts sleep and alters sleep cycles, reducing total sleeping time and the quality of sleep. Alcohol lowers inhibitions but diminishes sexual responsiveness. Alcohol dilates cutaneous blood vessels, which actually promotes heat loss.
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