Substance Abuse Among Health Care Professionals

This blog was established to create a supportive environment for medical professionals to talk anonymously about their experiences with substance abuse, allow the opportunity for people to share their opinions on the topic and to raise awareness of this issue. Browse through the blog, look at the interviews with actual medical professionals and learn why it is so important for our society address this problem and for a healthcare professional to help a colleague or seek treatment for himself.

What substances are commonly abused?

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When working in the medical care system, the combination of a high stress environment, long work hours, and unsatisfactory working condition...
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How do you recognize a drug-impaired co-worker?

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Depending upon the situation, the person, and the duration of the addiction, there are many signs and symptoms used to recognize a drug-impa...
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If you believed a co-worker was having a substance abuse problem, what would you do to help?

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Within the professional world it is often hard to recognize impaired or struggling co-workers, especially relating to substance addiction or...
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At what point do most healthcare professionals turn to treatment for help?

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Healthcare professionals are very good at hiding their problem and are not usually intervened upon until they have become impaired at work, ...
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What is the first step to recovery?

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Ultimately, the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Even though admitting a problem with substances may be difficult for...
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What does treatment consist of? What aids in successful treatment?

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One of the main steps to the treatment process is to achieve complete abstinence from the substance being misused. For many, this step becom...
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Does receiving treatment for substance abuse affect one's standing as a health care professional?

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Take a look at the VIDEO : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNYSqwqMe4g to see what Rebecca Mason, RN, CNS, CEAP has to say… She states that...
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What is your opinion concerning society's stigma about health care professionals knowing better than to abuse substances?

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“One would like to believe that nurses, who have studied the physiologic effects of alcohol and drugs on the system, would avoid such abuse”...
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Substance Abuse Within the Emergency Department

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ER Nurses are 3.5 times as likely to use substances as general practice or pediatric nurses (Storr, & Trinkoff, 1998). In your experienc...
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Do you believe substance abuse among healthcare professionals is a significant problem our society faces today?

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Substance abuse among healthcare professionals is a unique challenge that our society faces today in that this harmful behavior not only aff...

As a society, how do you think we should address this problem?

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Cultural reform that involves changing our perception of healthcare professionals to consider them people just like anyone else who “make mi...
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Medical & Nursing School Curriculum

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During your time as a medical or nursing student, were you educated about healthy ways to relieve stress and deal with trauma? If not, do yo...

Popular Media Clips

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1. Alcoholism on Professional Performance: (Grey’s Anatomy clip of Dr. Webber) VIDEO http://abc.go.com/watch/greys-anatomy/93515/241074/new...
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Other Opinions...

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Take a look at this video to see what Reba Moyer Childress, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, FNP, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Director-Clinical Simulat...
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