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Substance Abuse and Nurses - the New Mexico Board of Nursing

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Impairment <strong>and</strong> abuse are underreported<br />

<strong>and</strong> overlooked<br />

• The primary method for identifying impaired<br />

nurses is coworkers<br />

• 37% <strong>of</strong> nurses working with an impaired<br />

colleague would not report <strong>the</strong>m (Beckstead,<br />

2002)<br />

• Coworkers least likely to report impairment due<br />

to alcohol (Beckstead, 2005)<br />

• Most admissions into alternative programs come<br />

via workplace complaints (NM DP annual report)

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