The role of the nurse in helping to reduce and prevent levels of alcohol misuse

There are many available topics of discussion in relation to the issues raised in Target 8 of Health 21. This section of the essay will concentrate on the role of the nurse in helping to reduce and prevent levels of alcohol misuse (a topic raised in Target 8). The chosen client group are women in the middle adulthood. Alcohol is a factor in many of the priority health issues that health visitors (including nurses) need to address, including …

…are many ways in which the nurse can serve a positive role in improving the health of women in relation to alcohol, which is one of the factors highlighted in Target 8 of Health 21. Ultimately it is up to the individual to get help for him or herself, but if the nursing staff, along with other willing collaborators, work together to ensure that help is available then at least it is something to improve health matters.