How Do Nursing Students Perceive Substance Abusing Nurses?

• Published in: Archives of psychiatric nursing Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 29 - 34
• Main Authors: Boulton, Martha A., Nosek, Laura J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2014; W.B. Saunders Company/JNL
• Subjects: Alcoholism - nursing; Alcoholism - psychology; Alcoholism - rehabilitation; Attitude of Health Personnel; Clinical Competence; Drug abuse; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Female; Humans; Male; Nurses; Nursing; Patient care; Perceptions; Positive thought; Professional Impairment - psychology; Psychiatric Nursing - education; Student attitudes; Students, Nursing - psychology; Substance abuse; Substance-Related Disorders - nursing; Substance-Related Disorders - psychology; Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; United States > US

Substance abuse among nurses was recognized by nurse leaders and professional nursing organizations as a growing threat to patient safety and to the health of the abusing nurse more than 30years ago. Although numerous studies on nurse impairment were published in the 1980s and 1990s, there was minim...