Substance Abuse and Nurses - the New Mexico Board of Nursing

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Who is the impaired nurse (Bissell & Jones, 1981). • Graduated in top 1/3 of class • Holds advanced degrees • Has responsible, demanding position • Greatly respected by peers and bosses • High pressure & stressful jobs • Often promoted • Ambitious and achievement oriented • One or both parents abused substances
Conclusions • Drug addiction is a treatable brain disease • Addiction is a developmental disease • All drugs of abuse hijack the brain’s reward system & change neurobiology • Drugs are more addictive than natural rewards • Drug use is an epidemic • Addiction need not be a life sentence
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Substance Abuse, Nurses and the Div
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Theories of addictions (43 in 1980,
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Disease Concept of Addiction: DSM I
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Disease Concept of Addiction 1. Pri
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Progressive • Review of Jellinik
Page 12 and 13: Fatal • History of physical/sexua
Page 14 and 15: Stereotypes about addiction: Alcoho
Page 16 and 17: Stereotypes about health care profe
Page 18 and 19: Problem of Addiction: • Winick (1
Page 20 and 21: Occupations with highest risk for s
Page 22 and 23: Impairment • Nurses report that a
Page 24 and 25: Impairment and abuse • USA has a
Page 26 and 27: Prevalence: • Abuse and addiction
Page 28 and 29: Prevalence : Women: cont. • Tripl
Page 30 and 31: Identification: signs & symptoms co
Page 32: Risk Factors for Nurses • Substan
Page 35 and 36: Risk Factors: The Big 4 Attitude co
Page 37 and 38: Risk Factors: The big 4 Access cont
Page 39 and 40: Risk Factors: The big 4 Lack of Edu
Page 41 and 42: Intervention: Worst thing is to do
Page 43 and 44: Why alternative to discipline progr
Page 45 and 46: 3 general types of programs #1: Alt
Page 47 and 48: Purpose of Regulation • Protectio
Page 49 and 50: Mandatory compliance with DP • DP
Page 51 and 52: Benefits of DP • Opportunity for
Page 53 and 54: Why do individuals relapse • With
Page 55 and 56: Relapse: Depends as much on environ
Page 57 and 58: Relapse: Slip vs Relapse • Relaps
Page 59 and 60: Recovery: A difficult, full time jo
Page 61: Recovery • 85-90% of health care
Page 65 and 66: QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
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