Abstract
Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:
Knowing that an estimated 1 in 10 nurses suffers from substance use disorder (SUD), makes this topic poignantly relevant for all nurse & related professionals. Deficient education, cultural stigma and avoidance set up nurses with SUDs for greater risk than recovery. Recognizing that addiction is a disease, it is a failure in the nurse profession to perceive nurses with SUDs as weaker or having moral shortcomings. This promotes ignorance and drives the disease deeper underground. It's time to get the conversation started: How do we become more informed and proactive in addressing SUDs in the workplace? How do we treat our colleagues with substance use disorder as patients rather than failures? The presentation covers: A general introduction to: How nurses become addicted : How to spot symptomology : Preparation for encountering substance abuse in staff : Strategies for responding to potential substance abuse : Educating staff to respond to substance abuse. Considerations for working with nurses in recovery
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Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
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Research Approach
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Keywords:
Empowerment, Substabce Use Disorder, Impairment
Recommended Citation
Crowley, Karolyn and Morgan, Carrie J., "From impairment to empowerment: Addressing substance use disorder in the nurse profession" (2013). Convention. 38.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2013/presentations_2013/38
Conference Name
42nd Biennial Convention
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Conference Year
2013
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From impairment to empowerment: Addressing substance use disorder in the nurse profession
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:
Knowing that an estimated 1 in 10 nurses suffers from substance use disorder (SUD), makes this topic poignantly relevant for all nurse & related professionals. Deficient education, cultural stigma and avoidance set up nurses with SUDs for greater risk than recovery. Recognizing that addiction is a disease, it is a failure in the nurse profession to perceive nurses with SUDs as weaker or having moral shortcomings. This promotes ignorance and drives the disease deeper underground. It's time to get the conversation started: How do we become more informed and proactive in addressing SUDs in the workplace? How do we treat our colleagues with substance use disorder as patients rather than failures? The presentation covers: A general introduction to: How nurses become addicted : How to spot symptomology : Preparation for encountering substance abuse in staff : Strategies for responding to potential substance abuse : Educating staff to respond to substance abuse. Considerations for working with nurses in recovery
Description
42nd Biennial Convention 2013 Theme: Give Back to Move Forward. Held at the JW Marriott