A Client Has Just Completed an Alcohol Detoxification Program

Multiple Choice

A client has just completed an alcohol detoxification program.The client has recently experienced the loss of his wife and has been having difficulties at work.The client has some serious health effects from long-term alcohol abuse,including elevated serum liver enzymes.The client states,"Alcohol is ruining my life; I will do anything to quit drinking." The nurse should

A) ask the client what kinds of changes will be needed in order to stop drinking.
B) discuss the client's elevated serum liver enzymes and the predictive consequences of serious health problems, including premature death.
C) ask the client what life would be like without alcohol.
D) remind the client that he or she has been abstinent from drinking, allowing liver tests to significantly improve.