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Substance Abuse and Nurses - the New Mexico Board of Nursing

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Fatal<br />

• History <strong>of</strong> physical/sexual abuse<br />

• Increased morbidity-78% (Winick, 1992)<br />

• Suicide attempts 4 times higher (Blume,<br />

1998)<br />

• Mortality rates 2-4 times higher (Lex,<br />

1994)<br />

• 4 out <strong>of</strong> 10 U.S. aids deaths are related to<br />

drug abuse (NIDA,2007)

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