Description
Impaired Nurses
Assume that you have knowledge that a nurse working on your unit has been illegally using drugs. Discuss your professional and institutional obligations to disclose this information. Discuss the referral sources for impaired nurses in your state. Analyze this issue’s impact on your advanced practice role as a practitioner, administrator, and/or educator.
Im in the State of Florida
I work as a behavioral psych nurse
Explanation & Answer
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According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, a nurse
has an ethical responsibility to disclose when they are aware of a colleague who is unlawfully
taking drugs, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses
(Bettinardi-Angres, 2017). Accordingly, this involves confronting and addressing the behaviour
with that specific co-worker. In this case, it is best to approach the co-worker with the utmost
sympathy. Institutions must offer drug-abuse education as well as rules that encourage safe
practices and drug-free workplaces (American Nurses Association, 2016). They must also adhere
to the ANA's code of ethics, which encourages reporting colleagues who are unlawfully taking
medications. According to research, nurses lack the knowledge to recognize...