Partnership to prevent chemical dependency in nursing using Neuman's systems model.
1. Neuman's theory of optimal client system, which has the goal to maintain or to bring about the system's stability by the process of reconstitution, is used as the basis for the prevention efforts of the West Tennessee Nurses' Peer Assistance Program. Efforts are directed at bringing the client system to a state of stability or wellness that is higher than the previous state of chemical dependency. 2. The program has grown in both number of clients and in comprehensiveness of its prevention activities. Prevention in three specific areas--primary, secondary, and tertiary--is needed to combat the chemical dependency problem in nursing. 3. A continued partnership between the university, the school of nursing, the TNF, the TBN, and the various health care providers and nurse practitioners is needed to address the problem of chemical dependency in nursing.
Mynatt
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Memphis State University, Loewenberg School of Nursing, TN 38152.
O'Brien
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D011363:Professional Impairment / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology