addition‚ this strategy is important to Catherine since it will enable her to identify the environments and situations that she needs to avoid. As a result‚ once Catherine is equipped with these strategies‚ she will have a better chance at maintaining sobriety in high-risk environments. According to research‚ the skills that individuals learn during the cognitive behavioral therapy approach‚ should remain beyond termination of a treatment program (NIDA‚ 2012). If conducted effectively‚ the skills
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These women must also be ninety days of documented sobriety in a halfway house or other facility that will refer them‚ must be referred by Case Manager‚ Social workers‚ or probation officer‚ and willingness to a motivation for a change. The program focus more on macro and mezzo level of practice thereby women
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Inmates with Special Needs Sarah Berry CJA/234 November 25‚ 2013 Richard Gilbert Inmates with Special Needs Inmate with special needs‚ mental illnesses‚ substance-abuse issues‚ juvenile offenders‚ and older inmates are all considered special offenders upon entering the correctional facility and classification process. These inmates are classified as special offenders‚ which refers to inmates with behavioral issues that will need close supervision‚ specific treatment plans‚ and
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Prescription drugs and Street drugs By Checeba Lawton Date: 09/15/2012 Gail McElroy Prescription drugs and street drugs that are destroying the world and the problem are increasing each year. More individuals that are realizing that they are becoming addicts. What can society do about this situation?
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erable population Vulnerable Populations Karl Brennan Health Assessment and Promotion of Vulnerable Populations NUR 440 Vulnerable Population My definition of a vulnerable population would be a group of individuals or peoples regardless of race and ethnicity‚ that have become a concern to the healthcare community and people at large due to health disparities or the lack of equality between a peoples and appropriate medical care‚ treatment and education‚ of which most of us take for granted
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Addiction Addiction is a chronic relapsing disease that affects the brains reward‚ motivation and other related systems. It is a relationship you have with an object or substance. Most addicts come to depend on that object or substance to meet emotional needs. Individuals struggling with addiction are unable to control their actions and make rational decisions about their behavior. There are two main forms of addiction‚ physiological and psychological. Psychological is an emotional dependence
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Jurisprudence (Nursing and the Law) San Jacinto College Central October 04‚ 2012 In this paper‚ I will be discussing Peer Review. I will discuss membership and responsibilities‚ the Peer Review process‚ minor incidents‚ safe harbor‚ and alternate reporting for drug/alcohol abuse or mental health conditions. I will also give a couple of my life experiences that demonstrate how important this information is and how it can affect you as a nurse. Nurse Manager and nurse supervisor responsibilities:
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violence call. The main issue is that the officers decided to give the husband a sobriety test and that was not supposed to happen since they didn’t see him driving the vehicle. 2. What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important potential economic‚ social‚ or political pressures‚ and exclude inconsequential facts. The officers gave the husband a sobriety test‚ they also gave the husband a preliminary alcohol-screening device reveals
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It is just one drink‚ right? More Americans have been killed in alcohol related car crashes than in all of the wars that the United States of America has been involved in sense it was founded. Hard to believe isn’t it? I am going to give everyone some information on what exactly drunk driving is‚ who may be affected by drunk driving‚ what can happen if you are one of the millions caught each year for drunk driving‚ and the tests that may come into to play if you happen to get pulled over. I could
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Seeing a loved one struggling with a debilitating addiction‚ whether to alcohol or drugs‚ is heartbreaking. Family members and friends can try everything to help them break their bad habits‚ but addiction runs deeper than routine use. When they cannot detox on their own‚ it may be time to consider admitting them to an inpatient treatment facility to undergo an addiction treatment plan. Rehab center Detox of South Florida‚ located in Okeechobee‚ FL‚ is open to addicts from around the country who are
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