Essay On Substance Abuse In Nursing

Because of this issue others are being affected in many different ways. This issue is not only affecting the hospital, but also the patients. In the article “When Hospital Paperwork Crowds Out Hospital Care” by Theresa Brown argues that nurses have too much paperwork to fill out about their patients. Having too many paperwork takes away from the nurses getting involved with their patients. In my opinion, neither of the arguments are valid because they lacks supporting details .Even though Robbins and Brown are passion about their topic, they both did a great job using pathos

Increase interruptions could have been a result of the medical secretary not working due to the weather in return the nurses has double duties and more interruptions. The observer noted more incidents of interruptions than the nurses did this could have been because as nurses we have become accustomed to theses “interruptions”. As a Registered Nurse I have found it normal to be constantly interrupted we are the most visible medical employees and some times the most approachable it is our nature to be accommodating and if we don’t know the answer most of us will take the time to help others. Also, as the research article stated being a competent nurse can help with interruptions the necessary as well as the unnecessary. I go to work organized and have learned proper time management to keep me on tasks especially when things are rushed and

What is a nurse? According to the dictionary, a nurse is someone who is trained to care for sick or injured people. Nurses are well respect because of the career they choose and the danger they go through every day. They can get pricked with a needle that is infected with HIV or get coughed on by a person that has the flu. Just because nurses are respected they are stereotyped day by day.

During my clinical rotations I have experience so many right and wrong practices. Nurses justify themselves about doing incorrect patient care skills to save time. In one of my rotations there was a nurse that instead of be crushing one medication at the time she crushed all of patient’s medications at once.She said that the correct way of doing it was doing one pill at a time, but that she will no do that because it was a lost of time. It is true that sometimes it is hard to complete your work by doing all your skills by the correct way, but we have to remember that it is not about us it is all about patient care. In order to to bring this nurse to practice nurse’s skill right, I would talk to her an try to get to teach her some time management

Kaysen wants her readers to understand the stigmatization that occurs not only within these institutions but in the world. She explains that by going into this hospital and being deemed mentally ill that she was hurting people or she is some type of burden to her family. She knows that having a mental illness is not something that is viewed as normal or right. People expect her to just get better and to snap out of it. Moreover, they see her as some type of monster or a pathetic excuse for a person.

The number of ER visits due to oxycodone pills, including Percocet, increased by over one fifty percent between 2004 and 2008. It is also estimated that about ten percent of the patients who are currently prescribed with Percocet for pain relief will continue to stick on to the drug leading to its addiction and abuse. Another unsettling fact about the Percocet abuse is that the adolescents use Percocet for recreational purposes and end up getting addicted to the drug over time. Even if they try to quit they will experience obsessive and compulsive thoughts about the drug. Considering the amount of awareness that the kids are exposed to, such miserable behavior is unacceptable and heart wrenching.

When nurses are dissatisfied of overall working conditions then they will typically assemble a union. I believe unfair pay is likely the most common reason for nurse to unionize. Nurses are patient caregivers, advocates, teachers, psychologist/counselors, maids, bodyguards, etc… which is hard work both physically and emotionally; therefore, nurses feel that adequate compensation is only fair for all the many duties they provide to the public. Poor management practices can be a significant reason for overall job dissatisfaction and when nurses do not have a voice because upper management does not listens their concerns then this can be demoralizing. The other reason I believe nurses want to unionize is to have viable pension plans/retirement

With the high rate of turnover resulting from high burn-out rates, managers are focused more on hiring and retaining staff, and not on implementing policy changes. In this nurse’s practice, many nurses would love to research and apply evidence to practice, but complain that lack of time is the biggest issue. Combined with the lack of encouragement from management, this has a devastating impact on the ability to perform this vital part of

For lack of control nurses believe that no matter what mistakes doctors make its always falls back onto the nurses and it is there responsibility. Sometimes nurses feel as if to much control is put onto them and it increases their workload which results in nurses feeling burnout as they are stressed and tired. For reward nurses felt that this was a common factor of burnout. (Freeney and Tiernan, 2009). Nurses argue that the salary is quite poor and that there are no incentives to invest deeply in work.

Battered Woman Syndrome While living in the modern-day busy world, men and women experience many problems, challenges and distress that negatively affect their mental and psychological health. However, both genders still have different rates of mental health problems interfering with their daily life and professional activity. Women are more likely to experience mental health issues and psychological problems compared to men, mostly due to domestic violence or intimate partner abuse becoming common social concerns in modern society. Majority of the time a female is the victim and males are the abusers. This fact leads to the higher prevalence of mental health problems in women.

In Rhea Faye D., Felicilda-Reynaldo article “Recognizing Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction, Part I”, Rhea and Reynaldo examines the effects of drug abuse on one’s life. Person health, status, study, relationship are affected by drug abuse. If one can start using drugs they might be unable to stop themselves for taking drugs. There are many prevention programs available for people who wants to stop taking drugs. The drug abuse or misuse increases day by day and the most commonly use drug is opioid analgesics.

10. medications found to work well in younger persons may not work in the older age group? Give at least three reasons why. Majority of the elderlies have more than one medical disorders. Most common ones are high blood pressure, diabetic, or Arthritis. Aiming to cure particular disease may lead to another health problem.

Opiate withdrawal symptoms are too severe to go through on your own, which will often lead to a return to opiate addiction. A quality opiate detox program should be a medically based program complete with 24-hour nursing, 24-hour addiction treatment staff and a physician trained in addiction medicine (A.S.A.M). Opiate addiction is a very serious illness, which can lead to depression, hopelessness, and sometimes death. While opiate abuse can take many forms, the general effect of any opiate is pain relief. Depression is very common for most people in withdrawal and it can be quite acute.

problem with the protection umbrella as it was known “eased the rite of passage in ways that adolescents today greatly need - and rarely receive.” Even though the female teachers in the Girl Scouts were not much older than the young girls themselves, they were much more mature and the younger girls could easily confide in them for advice. Menarche would become medicalized in the 20th century as an effort between inventors of new technology, doctors and mothers. The socialization of adolescent girls would play an important role in medicine because it “not only affects the economy, it also contributes to the way in which adolescent girls make the body into an intense project requiring careful scrutiny and constant personal control ” which is completely opposite how women viewed menarche in the Victorian era which was an important change (reproduction and fertility), not about personal hygiene and outside appearance as it is