A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses foster the nurse's independent practice (e.g., patient comfort or relief) compared to dependent interventions driven by physician's orders (e.g., medication administration).
The Sinclair Method. 1  The Sinclair Method (TSM) is a treatment for alcohol addiction that uses a technique called pharmacological extinctionâthe use of an opiate blocker to turn habit-forming behaviors into habit erasing behaviors. The effect returns a personâs craving for alcohol to its pre-addiction state.
Action Set. There are many ways to help a person who has an alcohol use problem to get treatment. Follow these steps to help both yourself and the person with the alcohol use problem. 1  Educate yourself about alcohol's effects on a person and the person's family.2  Learn how alcohol affects health and how it can lead to serious health problems, such as stroke, depression, and cirrhosis.ction Set. There are many ways to help a person who has an alcohol use problem to get treatment. Follow these steps to help both yourself and the person with the alcohol use problem. 1  Educate yourself about alcohol's effects on a person and the person's family.