Toward self-integration: the recovery process of chemically dependent nurses.
This qualitative field research explored and described the process of recovery for chemically dependent nurses. Data collection methods included participant observation in a chemically dependent nurses' self-help group for one year and in-depth interviews with 20 chemically dependent nurses who were in the process of recovery. Data analysis was done according to the grounded theory methods. In accordance with this method, a substantive theory was proposed that viewed the recovery process as a move from self-annihilation to self-integration. Stages and phases of self-integration are presented.
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College of Nursing/JHEP, University of Florida, Jacksonville.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011363:Professional Impairment; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation