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Substance Abuse and Nurses - the New Mexico Board of Nursing

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Progressive<br />

• Review <strong>of</strong> Jellinik chart h<strong>and</strong>out<br />

• Applies to addictive process, not abuse<br />

• Progressive deterioration<br />

• Defense mechanisms are unconscious<br />

• Lack <strong>of</strong> insight is perplexing to outsiders<br />

• Physiological changes/brain changes due to<br />

neurotransmitters <strong>and</strong> receptor sites<br />

• Recovery is progressive too

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