Looking for Nurses to Interview for Project on Prescription Drug Overdose

[brightnight5]

Hello,

I am a new nursing student looking for some help. A couple of my classmates and I are doing a presentation on accidental prescription drug overdoses (the ones you would see in the ER/ED). We are planning on attending an NA meeting to speak with patients but I think it would be beneficial to hear from a nurse as well. If you are a nurse with some experience on this topic and wouldn't mind answering some questions about working with these types of patients, we would greatly appreciate your help.

Thank you!

[RED1984, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

You need to interview/question nurses in person. This is a public forum and you can be sure who is or is not a nurse. There are MANY threads about this. Good luck!

[RED1984, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

And people at NA meetings are addicts, not your patients.

Go to your local ED and ask to talk to their director to see if y'all could set up an interview with one or more of their nurses.

[brightnight5]

Our professor recommended that we go to an NA meeting but I get what you're saying...

I've never done something like this before and I'm new to the area so I don't have any connections here. I won't be bothering anyone if I walk right into the ED and ask for the director?

Thanks @RED1984

[RED1984, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

You might be bothering them... But that's where you'd wanna start.

There should be online reference libraries through your school library with a plethora of information. Talk to the librarian- they should hook you up :) Evidence Based Practice articles are great as well.

Accidental prescription drug overdose isn't why people go to NA so I would tell your teacher that.

[brattygrl]

I would also respect the fact that people going to NA meetings are there anonymously. Not to be guinea pigs for nursing research.

Just seems like a bad idea.

[brightnight5]

Accidental as in using prescription drugs for recreational use and then accidentally overdosing. If someone overdosed and realized they needed help, I can see why they would go to NA...

Also, @brattygrl "guinea pigs for nursing research" sounds a bit harsh. What's wrong with setting something up in a way that allows people to come to us if they feel comfortable talking about their personal experiences while maintaining their anonymity?