Nurses' work is both physically and emotionally stressful, driving
some nurses to seek relief through use of various chemical substances.
Over 150 years ago Jane Gibson, a nurse who accompanied Florence
Nightingale to the Crimean War, was fired from her post-war position
after arriving at work intoxicated; the media vilified Ms. Gibson for
ruining the image of the Nightingale nurses (Monahan, 2003).
Subsequently, chemical dependence among nurses was treated as a
minor and rather taboo subject until its growing negative impact on
the quality and safety of nursing care commanded attention in the
1980s. In one state, two recovering registered nurses and a social
worker sought to help chemically dependent nurses find access to
confidential professional treatment without losing their nursing
licenses by creating a peer assistance program in collaboration with
the state board of nursing. The program provided education about
how to recognize the downward spiral of addiction, access treatment,
and re-enter practice to nursing school faculty, students, and multidisciplinary
hospital employees
Nurses' work is both physically and emotionally stressful, driving
some nurses to seek relief through use of various chemical substances.
Over 150 years ago Jane Gibson, a nurse who accompanied Florence
Nightingale to the Crimean War, was fired from her post-war position
after arriving at work intoxicated; the media vilified Ms. Gibson for
ruining the image of the Nightingale nurses (Monahan, 2003).
Subsequently, chemical dependence among nurses was treated as a
minor and rather taboo subject until its growing negative impact on
the quality and safety of nursing care commanded attention in the
1980s. In one state, two recovering registered nurses and a social
worker sought to help chemically dependent nurses find access to
confidential professional treatment without losing their nursing
licenses by creating a peer assistance program in collaboration with
the state board of nursing. The program provided education about
how to recognize the downward spiral of addiction, access treatment,
and re-enter practice to nursing school faculty, students, and multidisciplinary
hospital employees
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