Support systems of nurses recovering from chemical dependency: a pilot study

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Health practitioners, including nurses, are at high risk for substance abuse. Nurses who have developed chemical dependencies, however, also have high rates of recovery. Their chances of recovery are related to the existence and quality of their support systems. A study of 26 nurses with a history of chemical dependency indicates that many come from families with a history of substance abuse and that their relationships with the families are difficult. Participants rated counselors, friends and nursing support groups as most supportive while they were in recovery.

Care and treatment, Nurses, Substance abuse, Drug addicts, Drug abusers, Social networks, Drug use, Substance abuse treatment

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Reflections on Loss without Death: The Lived Experience of Acute Care Nurses Caring for Neurologically Devastated Patients

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A natural and recognizable process of grieving occurs when a family member dies. The phases of grief include a state of alarm, searching behaviors, mitigation, anger and guilt, and the development of new identity. Sleep patterns are often altered and panic attacks occur frequently. The grief process associated with death is unlike that involved individuals who have been severely brain injured by disease or trauma.

Grief, Neurological nursing

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Nutritional adaptation of women living with HIV: a pilot study

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HIV-positive women may not follow similar nutritional deterioration patterns to HIV-positive men. Physical signs of nutritional deterioration were examined in 13 HIV-positive women. Measurements of arm muscle, body mass, and upper arm skin thickness ranged from slightly below the 50th to the 75th percentiles when compared with similarly aged but healthy women. CD4+ counts were below normal.

Analysis, HIV patients, Sex factors in disease, Disease sex factors

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