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Substance Abuse and Burlington Northern Railroad

because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...

Young People and the Impact of Substance Abuse

had fewer suicidal thoughts than those who used drugs and engaged in sex (2004). Those who used marijuana, and perhaps other illeg...

Soccer, Drugs, and Violence

the current status of the problem of associated violence within this sport due largely in part to drugs and/or alcohol. Soccer S...

Older Adults and Substance Abuse

B. Abuse of illicit drugs increasing among seniors. C. Prescription drugs. 1. Seniors take many more drugs than younger adults. 2....

Injuries in the Workplace Caused by Workers

But in the old days, it was rare for someone to come to work stoned on drugs or for managers to have to worry about cokeheads in t...

Teen Drug and Alcohol Abuse Countering

and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released a national survey in which 22% of teenagers said it is likely that they will u...

Should New Drugs Be Labelled As ‘New’ To Indicate A Higher Risk Than Established Dugs?

funds used to ensure drug safety focused in the approval of new drugs. After a drug is approved there are few quality reports unde...

Trends and Statistics on Drug Use

and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...

Arguing in Favor of Reallocating Funds for Programs Involving Drug Abuse and Alcohol Treatment

would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...

Substance Abuse and Adolescents

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

MSN Summary and Evaluation

homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...

Political Issues in Nursing

nurses can become political active, as these organizations frequently play an active role in establishing public policy by publica...

Hospital Nurses, Employment Stress, Performance, and Social Support Among Other Nurses

considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...

Nurse Anesthetist Issues

naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...

Should a Nurse Assist in the Suicide of a Suffering Patient

looking at a potential scenario where a patient seeks the provision of narcotics with the intention of ending their life the nurse...

Smoking az a Nursing Advocacy Issue

This research paper pertains to smoking as a nursing advocacy issue, and describes how nurses are addressing this issue. Three pag...

Management of Hypertension Among African Americans

to five-times the risk for CHD, which contrasts sharply with the double risk encountered in African American men. There is also a ...

Preceptorship in Nursing

required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...

Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit Nursing Retention

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

A Nursing Perspective on Patient Mental Illness

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

Political Activism and Nursing

The manner in which professional organizations can be used to keep nursing leaders aware of political issues that are relevant to ...

Nursing Burnout/A Literature Review

p. 311). Specifically, this study focused on discerning how indicators of the "psychosocial work climate" affected the frequency w...

Nursing Shortage Critical Issue

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

Nurse Educator Shortages and Alternatives

the very act of following the "law" (i.e., supply and demand) of economics now has exacerbated the shortage of nurses who also are...

Juveniles and Drug Abuse

similarly aged teens represent the onset of adulthood in that they help to establish a pattern self-esteem and self-perception tha...

Case Study on Workplace Drug Abuse

even though the clinic has endured periods of stress. Still, the counselors and other employees lean on each other whenever the cl...

Improving Pediatric Care in the ED

graduate nursing hires (Truman, 2004, p. 45). The novice nurses participate in six hours of classroom instruction, plus thirty hou...

NANDA

imply, a standardized nursing language provides a "uniform nomenclature for the diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation components...

High Nursing Turnover Rate

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

British Columbia and the Problems of Substance Abuse Among Canadian Youth

take to the streets rather than cope with abuse, violence or parental drug addiction. Also, as indicated above in regards to alcoh...