title: Nursing assessment of children of alcoholics.
abstract: Children of alcoholics frequently grow up in families that do not foster growth. They learn roles and rules that help them survive in the family but that are not always helpful in the world outside. These children are at risk for a wide range of problems including teratogenic effects, academic problems, child abuse, psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, and other psychosocial and behavioral difficulties. Nurses who work with children or parents should be prepared to identify the possibility of parental alcoholism and the associated risks.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rowe
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010290:Parents; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012380:Role