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1. Assessing midlife women for alcohol misuse: a nursing role

Author

Withnall, Janice, Bourgeois, Sharon, and Hill, Stuart

Subjects
Alcoholism -- Diagnosis, Middle aged women -- Alcohol use, Nurses -- Practice, Health, Health care industry, Business, international
Abstract

High-risk drinking by midlife women (35 to 59 years) in Australia has continued to increase (from 8% in 1995 to 16% in 2014) without there being a corresponding increase in [...]

Published
2015

2. Focus -- drug & alcohol. Assessing midlife women for alcohol misuse: a nursing role.

Author

Withnall, Janice, Bourgeois, Sharon, and Hill, Stuart

Subjects
*DIAGNOSIS of alcoholism, *PREVENTION of alcoholism, *HEALTH promotion, *NURSES, *NURSING assessment, *PREVENTIVE health services, *WOMEN'S health, *OCCUPATIONAL roles
Abstract

The article discusses the key role of registered nurses in assessing high-risk drinking by midlife women in Australia. It outlines the capability of nurses to make early identification of an alcohol problem and help to reduce misdiagnosis by applying the women-oriented recommendations developed from the Australian study which include protect, prepare and prevent. The prepare strategy is expected to lead to care partnerships that enable midlife women to be proactive in their treatment.

Published
2015

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