Green P
Nurs Clin North Am. 1989 Mar;24(1):81-94.
Although exact numbers are not known, it is recognized that addiction to alcohol and other drugs occurs in nurses as it does in other occupations. There is some indication that nurses may be at greater risk for the development of addictive disease because of factors present in the profession. The nursing profession is recognizing the problem impaired practice presents and is working to develop programs to ensure that the issue of the impaired nurse is no longer denied by institutions, administrators, and individual nurses. There is a need for education of the profession in regard to the nature of addictive disease and the identification of the nurse whose practice has become impaired because of the use of alcohol or other drugs. Nurses also need to know more about intervention, treatment, and monitoring of recovery. It is the responsibility of the entire profession to see that programs designed to accomplish these tasks are in place in all states. The goals of programs for the impaired nurse are to protect the safety of individual patients, to safeguard the integrity of the profession, and to facilitate treatment and rehabilitation for the chemically dependent nurse.
尽管确切数字尚不清楚，但人们认识到，护士中存在酒精和其他药物成瘾的情况，这与其他职业一样。有迹象表明，由于该职业中存在的一些因素，护士可能更容易患上成瘾性疾病。护理行业正在认识到执业能力受损所带来的问题，并努力制定相关项目，以确保机构、管理人员和护士个人不再忽视护士执业能力受损的问题。有必要对该行业进行关于成瘾性疾病的性质以及识别因使用酒精或其他药物而导致执业能力受损的护士的教育。护士们还需要更多地了解干预、治疗和康复监测。确保所有州都有旨在完成这些任务的项目是整个行业的责任。针对执业能力受损护士的项目目标是保护个体患者的安全，维护行业的诚信，并促进对药物依赖护士的治疗和康复。
