title: Inhalant abuse: assessment guidelines.
abstract: It is important that nurses have full access to information that would help them identify inhalant abuse. Nurses need to take the leadership in assessing clients, in educating health care professionals and the public, and in promoting legislation to prevent minors from obtaining inhalants.
authors.affiliation: Medcenter One College of Nursing, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Espeland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology