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The Chemically Dependent Nurse Complete Set

  The full set of 3 videos at a special price ---  includes:

The Nurse's Story
Describes the characteristics of nurses who become chemically dependent and discusses the high cost to healthcare facilities of such addiction. Describes attitudes contributing to drug abuse, then, using Hutchinson's model of "trajectory toward self-annihilation," discusses the process of chemical dependency in depth.

Identification and Response
Describes, in depth, behaviors which are indicative of substance abuse in both nursing students and graduate nurses, including problems at home, job shrinkage, and changes in attendance records. Describes different methods of drug diversion and ways of detecting it. Illustrates enabling by co-workers and gives guidelines to counteract this non-therapeutic behavior. Discusses responses and interventions by supervisory staff that are helpful and those that are not.

Nurse to Nurse: From Addiction to Recovery
Compiled from candid interviews with nurses in recovery, this program provides a compelling look at the internal struggle of addiction and the challenging road to recovery. Both sobering and inspirational, it is aimed directly at nurses and nursing students, offering an insightful, compassionate look at this problem. Addresses the dire consequences of chemical dependency and staff enabling, as well as the profound life changes possible through confronting addiction in oneself and others. Emphasizes the importance of overcoming the stigma and denial common among caregivers, and the disturbing tendency nurses have while taking care of others to overlook the care of themselves and their colleagues.

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