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Addiction in the Lives of Registered Nurses and Their Wake-Up Jolt to Recovery
Contributor(s): Stanford, Carol (Author)

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ISBN: 0761870245     ISBN-13: 9780761870241
Publisher: Hamilton Books
OUR PRICE: $43.04  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Work-related Health
- Medical | Nursing - Social, Ethical & Legal Issues
- Psychology | Psychopathology - Addiction
Dewey: 362.290
LCCN: 2018954707
Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.53 lbs) 158 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Health & Fitness
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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In this age of increasing headlines about drug addiction and prescription drug abuse, this book is a timely revelation of how the nursing profession is also impacted by substance abuse. It allows nurses, who are the most trusted profession in society, who have been hidden within their profession and living with substance use disorders, to openly voice their personal experiences with addiction. Seven nurses detail their journey through family dynamics, early use as nursing students and later career nurses as they traveled deeper and deeper into their addiction. They discuss their shame, humiliation and dejection under the throes of the compelling forces of drugs and alcohol. They also describe how their family, other nurses, the healthcare system, and society assisted them in perpetuating their deception and denial about their disease. They explain how they lied, stole and cheated those around them to maintain their addiction. Each explains in detail the confrontations and the "jolt" and "wake up call" it took for them to awaken, become sober and truly enter recovery. They are all candid and forthright in order to help others that are impacted by this horrific and complex disease. They each share how recovery is possible when appropriate attitudes and tools are put in place to support nurses suffering from the devastation of addiction. Their stories bring attention to the importance of intervention, treatment, and recovery communities within the nursing profession. Recovery is emphasized as a "gift" by each of these nurses. The nurses and the researcher provide suggestions and recommendations to assist the healthcare community in addressing addiction in nursing. This book reveals how recovery for nurses is a major public health benefit.
 
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