The nurse is scheduled to see a client in the community mental health

The nurse is scheduled to see a client in the community mental health center. Upon arrival, the nurse can smell alcohol on the client’s breath and notes he has a history of alcoholism although he had been sober for several months.

When asked about his alcohol use, the client denies that he has a problem and that he only had a drink with a colleague to celebrate his promotion. The nurse’s best response to the client is to
A) acknowledge the drink is a one-time thing.
B) confront the client’s denial regarding the drinking and its implications.
C) call the client’s wife to come and pick him up from the center.
D) refer the client to the in-patient detoxification unit.

ESSAYBID ANSWER

B