The Nurse Reviews the Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Use with a Patient

Multiple Choice

The nurse reviews the long-term effects of alcohol use with a patient who has experienced chronic alcoholism for 25 years. Which patient statements indicate that addition teaching is required?

A) "My yellow skin is really just caused by the thiamine deficiency."
B) "My problems with COPD weren't because I smoke; it's because I was drinking so much."
C) "I was surprised to learn that my coronary artery disease may have been worsened by my drinking."
D) "I think I would've stopped drinking a long time ago if I had known that it may have caused my impotence."
E) "My mom was an alcoholic and died from breast cancer and it may have been the result of her drinking."