title: Attitudes of nurse managers and assistant nurse managers toward chemically impaired colleagues.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to determine attitudes among nurse managers and assistant nurse managers toward impaired colleagues in a descriptive correlational study method, using the Perceptions of Nursing Impairment Inventory. The study revealed no significant differences in attitudes between groups; assistant nurse managers demonstrated a more disciplinary orientation toward impairment within nursing. Both groups tended to have supportive attitudes toward impaired colleagues. Racial/ethnic origin had the most influence on nurse managers' attitudes toward chemically impaired colleagues. The Philippine/Oriental group demonstrated a stronger need to know when a colleague is impaired or receiving treatment, exhibited less belief in the treatability of impairment and displayed a stronger belief in impairment as a personality weakness.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D011363:Professional Impairment; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires