Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Exercise 1

Your health history and physical examination of a young adult female patientalerts you to the possibility of alcohol abuse.Explain how you would pursue this.What is the evidence base for available assessments to assist in a more comprehensiveevaluation of substance abuse? Identify the criteria used to evaluate the strength ofthe evidence for this practice.