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Part 1: Nurses' guide to alcohol and promoting healthy lifestyle changes

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 01 Dec 2006Publisher:Mark Allen GroupJournal:British Journal of Nursing, volume 15, pages 1,217-1,219 (issn: 0966-0461, eissn: 2052-2819,

Authors: William Blows; Anne Harrington-Dobinson;

doi: 10.12968/bjon.2006.15.22.22558

pmid: 17346019

Part 1: Nurses' guide to alcohol and promoting healthy lifestyle changes

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Abstract

In the first of three articles we consider the mechanisms by which alcohol affects the human body and mind. In subsequent articles we will examine the impact of alcohol on health and social wellbeing and the support and health promotion measures that the nurse might use to assist patients. Alcohol has distinctive effects on physiology that are mediated by gender and the level of exposure to the drug over time. In this article we consider the ways in which alcohol acts as a mental stimulant and then as a depressant, and we examine how exposure reinforces further alcohol consumption. Consideration is given to how alcohol is metabolized and how it may then interact with other drugs within the body.

Related Organizations

City, University of London
United Kingdom
City University
Bangladesh
City, University of London
United Kingdom

Keywords

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Alcohol Drinking, Ethanol, Alcoholic Beverages, Health Behavior, Social Support, Health Promotion, Helping Behavior, Nurse's Role, United Kingdom, Food-Drug Interactions, Patient Education as Topic, Humans, Attitude to Health, Life Style

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