Addiction in the Lives of Registered Nurses and Their Wake Up Jolt - to Recover

This book is a revelation and warning to the public and the healthcare community of the hidden impact and consequences of improperly confronting substance abuse within the nursing profession. It allows nurses to express in their own voices the risks and devastation of addiction and their journeys into recovery.

List of contents

SECTION I: JOURNEY OF THE HIDDEN AND FOUNDATION OF MY INTEREST..
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Trusted Hidden Population
Chapter 3: Personal Stance and Beliefs
Limitations Within this Manuscript
Definition of Terms
SECTION II: ADDICTION AND HEALTHCARE
Chapter 4: History of Substance Abuse and the Healthcare Professional
Addiction and Substance Use Disorders in the 1800s and early 1900s
From Addiction to Substance Use Disorders
Prescription Drug Abuse, America's Epidemic
Substance Abuse as An Occupational Hazard
Chapter 5: Nurses and Substance Use Disorders
Substance Abuse, an Occupational Hazard for Nurses
Chapter 6: Nursing Students and Nursing Schools
SECTION III: NURSES AND RECOVERY
Chapter 7: Nurses in Recovery
Identification and Intervention
Chapter 8: Successful Support and Recovery Systems
Recovery Expounded
SECTION IV: A QUALITATIVE STUDY: THE MEAN, METHOD AND METHODOLOGY
Chapter 9: Narrative Inquiry
Population and Recruitment
Chapter 10: Data Collec

About the author

Carol Stanford is an adjunct professor at William Jessup University and has been a part of the nursing community for over twenty-five years.

Summary

This book is a revelation and warning to the public and the healthcare community of the hidden impact and consequences of improperly confronting substance abuse within the nursing profession. It allows nurses to express in their own voices the risks and devastation of addiction and their journeys into recovery.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Stanford
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780761870241
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7024-1
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; HEALTH & FITNESS / Work-Related Health, Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / Social, Ethical & Legal Issues, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, Addiction & therapy, Abnormal psychology, Addiction and therapy, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Medicolegal issues, Nursing Sociology