MN568 FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ 2. What age of onset of alcohol consumption is most predictive of
alcohol addiction?
a. 8 or younger
b. 10 or younger
c. 12 or younger
d. 14 or younger. Answer: ANS: D
Forty-four percent of those who start drinking at the age of 14 or
younger will develop
alcoholism.
◉ 3. Alcohol is involved in motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and
homicides. Approximately
how many deaths each year are related to alcohol consumption?
a. 50,000
b. 70,000
c. 80,000
d. 100,000. Answer: ANS: D
About 100,000 deaths each year are related to alcohol consumption.
,◉ 4. What stage of dependence is described by a patient when he
tells the nurse that he has
tried to stop his drug habit, but he does not feel normal without it?
a. Early
b. Prodromal
c. Middle
d. Late. Answer: ANS: C
In the middle stage, the user shows signs of withdrawal with
abstinence and must use the drug to
feel normal.
◉ 5. What must a patient in the late stages of dependence do in
order to recover?
a. Gain insight into the addiction
b. Receive treatment for substance abuse
c. Pledge to lead a completely different lifestyle
d. Seek a nondrug-oriented support system. Answer: ANS: B
Very few people in the late stage of dependence will recover without
treatment. The other
options
may aid in the recovery, but it is the treatment that is essential for
recovery.
,◉ 6. What is the best response by a nurse when a patient inquires
how alcohol acts so quickly
on his system?
a. Alcohol is digested quickly.
b. Alcohol is converted to glycogen immediately.
c. Alcohol is metabolized into ethanol rapidly.
d. Alcohol is excreted in urine slowly.. Answer: ANS: C
Alcohol is not digested or converted into glycogen, but it is
metabolized quickly by the liver to
ethanol.
◉ 7. The nurse reminds a group of high school students that most
states have laws limiting
blood alcohol levels of drivers. What is the legal blood alcohol serum
level in most states?
a. 0.08%
b. 0.20%
c. 0.40%
d.. Answer: ANS: A 0.08%
Most states designate blood alcohol serum levels of 0.08% as the
legal limit for driving a motor
vehicle.
, ◉ 8.A pregnant adolescent tells the nurse that she only drinks a
little. How many drinks per day
can cause an adverse effect in an infant?
a. One drink a day
b. Two drinks a day
c. Three drinks a day
d. Four drinks a day. Answer: ANS: B
As few as two drinks per day may cause adverse effects in an infant.
◉ 9. The nurse assesses an alcoholic patient carefully for signs of
withdrawal. How soon after
cessation of alcohol intake do withdrawal symptoms usually appear?
a. 3 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 5 hours
d. 6 hours. Answer: ANS: D
Withdrawal signs can occur as early as 6 hours after cessation of
alcohol intake and sometimes
last for 3 to 5 days.
◉ 10. The nurse is performing an initial assessment on an alcoholic
patient. Which of the
following actions by the nurse would best ensure honest answers?
COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ 2. What age of onset of alcohol consumption is most predictive of
alcohol addiction?
a. 8 or younger
b. 10 or younger
c. 12 or younger
d. 14 or younger. Answer: ANS: D
Forty-four percent of those who start drinking at the age of 14 or
younger will develop
alcoholism.
◉ 3. Alcohol is involved in motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and
homicides. Approximately
how many deaths each year are related to alcohol consumption?
a. 50,000
b. 70,000
c. 80,000
d. 100,000. Answer: ANS: D
About 100,000 deaths each year are related to alcohol consumption.
,◉ 4. What stage of dependence is described by a patient when he
tells the nurse that he has
tried to stop his drug habit, but he does not feel normal without it?
a. Early
b. Prodromal
c. Middle
d. Late. Answer: ANS: C
In the middle stage, the user shows signs of withdrawal with
abstinence and must use the drug to
feel normal.
◉ 5. What must a patient in the late stages of dependence do in
order to recover?
a. Gain insight into the addiction
b. Receive treatment for substance abuse
c. Pledge to lead a completely different lifestyle
d. Seek a nondrug-oriented support system. Answer: ANS: B
Very few people in the late stage of dependence will recover without
treatment. The other
options
may aid in the recovery, but it is the treatment that is essential for
recovery.
,◉ 6. What is the best response by a nurse when a patient inquires
how alcohol acts so quickly
on his system?
a. Alcohol is digested quickly.
b. Alcohol is converted to glycogen immediately.
c. Alcohol is metabolized into ethanol rapidly.
d. Alcohol is excreted in urine slowly.. Answer: ANS: C
Alcohol is not digested or converted into glycogen, but it is
metabolized quickly by the liver to
ethanol.
◉ 7. The nurse reminds a group of high school students that most
states have laws limiting
blood alcohol levels of drivers. What is the legal blood alcohol serum
level in most states?
a. 0.08%
b. 0.20%
c. 0.40%
d.. Answer: ANS: A 0.08%
Most states designate blood alcohol serum levels of 0.08% as the
legal limit for driving a motor
vehicle.
, ◉ 8.A pregnant adolescent tells the nurse that she only drinks a
little. How many drinks per day
can cause an adverse effect in an infant?
a. One drink a day
b. Two drinks a day
c. Three drinks a day
d. Four drinks a day. Answer: ANS: B
As few as two drinks per day may cause adverse effects in an infant.
◉ 9. The nurse assesses an alcoholic patient carefully for signs of
withdrawal. How soon after
cessation of alcohol intake do withdrawal symptoms usually appear?
a. 3 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 5 hours
d. 6 hours. Answer: ANS: D
Withdrawal signs can occur as early as 6 hours after cessation of
alcohol intake and sometimes
last for 3 to 5 days.
◉ 10. The nurse is performing an initial assessment on an alcoholic
patient. Which of the
following actions by the nurse would best ensure honest answers?
