Addiction: Occupational Hazard for Nurses

Published February 12, 2014

Addiction: Occupational Hazard for Nurses — This webinar will identify three reasons nurses are at risk for developing a substance use disorder, name and describe two resources available to nurses with…

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"Come on, help me get him on his side!" It's around 1 a.m. on Oct. 6, 2012. Several teenagers have been hanging out …. Nurses draw blood and urine for a toxicology analysis. The hospital workers cannot control the seizing, and they rush Timmy to Wake …
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