Nurses General Nursing
Published Jan 21, 2001
I am writing a position paper on chemically dependent nurses and I would like to get some of your opinions! Here is the subject:
Should impaired nurses be allowed to continue to practice once they have successfully completed a treatment program?
Let me know what you think! Your help is greatly appreciated!
tattoogirl
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Originally posted by mamy:I am writing a position paper on chemically dependent nurses and I would like to get some of your opinions! Here is the subject:Should impaired nurses be allowed to continue to practice once they have successfully completed a treatment program? Let me know what you think! Your help is greatly appreciated!
I just did two presentations on chemically dependent nurses last semester. I think they should by allowed back to work as long as they have a period of monitoring as decided by supervisors. For example, they would only treat minor cases and have another RN supervise their medications. They should continue some form of counseling/ group therapy for at least 6 mos. to 1 year after they finish treatment. And then, slowly progress back to an independent, unsupervised nurse. This is my opinion along with some research I found which supports it.
Good luck with the paper!
Stacie from Baylor
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