Rehabilitation nursing might focus on patients suffering from mental illness or substance abuse. Rehabilitation nurses work closely with other members of the patient's health care team for goal setting. Rehabilitation nurses often work one-on-one with patients.
Full Definition of ALCOHOLISM. 1. : continued excessive or compulsive use of alcoholic drinks. 2. a: poisoning by alcohol b: a chronic disorder marked by excessive and usually compulsive drinking of alcohol leading to psychological and physical dependence or addiction.
Definition-an alcoholic is a person, while alcoholism is the illness. An alcoholic suffers from alcoholism. Alcoholism is a long-term (chronic) disease. Alcoholics are obsessed with alcohol and cannot control how much they consume, even if it is causing serious problems at home, work, and financially.n alcoholic is a man or a woman who suffers from alcoholism-they have a distinct physical desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it, regardless of all rules of common sense.