Theory of High Functioning Alcoholics in response, affects health and who is the common

VOLUME-CONTROL STRUGGLE STAGE recipient of nursing.

-They have trouble controlling their intake even after
deciding that they will drink no more alcohol than a given
amount. Blood Type Antigen Antibody
OBSESSION STAGE A A B
-They find themselves thinking obsessively about drinking B B A
— when and where and with whom they will drink next. AB AB
AFTER EFFECT STAGE O O A1B1
-When they drink, they behave in ways that are
Blood Transfusion-introduction of whole blood or blood
uncharacteristic of their sober self.
components into the venous circulation.
-They experience blackouts, unable to remember what
took place during a drinking bout.
RH-Rhesus Factor
“It’s not the number of drinks that defines an alcoholic, it’s
what happens to you when you’re drinking.”
Purposes of blood transfusion
DOUBLE LIFE STAGE
 To increase oxygen-carrying capacity in blood as
-A further problem in identifying and getting help for high-
in anemia.
functioning alcoholics is that they often do not meet the
 To replace circulating blood volume or for
criteria for alcohol abuse described in the psychiatric
expansion (WB) for cases of hemorrhage
diagnostic manual. They have good jobs, perform the
 provision of coagulating factor
expected tasks of daily life and avoid legal problems.
 prevent bleeding if there is platelet deficiency
 to combat infection if there is a decline in WBC
As Dr. Mark L. Willenbring of the National Institute on

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism put it in Ms. Benton’s book:
Blood products
“People can be dependent and not have abuse problems
1. Fresh whole blood-replaces blood volume and all blood
at all. They’re successful students. They’re good parents,
products
good workers. They watch their weight. They go to the
2. RBC-to increase oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood
gym. Then they go home and have four martinis or two
3. Platelets-replaces platelets for client and bleeding for
bottles of wine. Are they alcoholics? You bet.”
platelet deficiency
4. Fresh frozen plasma-expands blood volume and
As for herself, Ms. Benton said: “Having outside
provides clot free slots
accomplishments led me and others to excuse my drinking
5. Autologous RBC
and avoid categorizing me as an alcoholic. My success was
6. Clotting factor and cryo-precipitate
the mask that disguised the underlying demon and fed my
7. Albumin and plasma protein factor
denial.”

Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care

of individuals of all ages, families, groups and
communities, sick or well and in all settings.

Health - the condition of being sound in body, mind,

emotions or spirit and a person's response to their
situation or condition, or response "in order to deal" which
reflects mostly in physical and/or psychological aspects.

Environment - the natural world, the surroundings or

conditions in which a person operates which affect health
directly or indirectly in a balance or unbalanced response
to situations or events.

Person - a human being, whether an adult, teen or child

which is an individual interacting with environment which