Essays on Chemical Dependency

Business

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY When a person is considered to be chemically dependent, it means that he has lost the power and authority over his own life and moods. They might stop temporarily from using the mood-altering chemicals, but they cannot stay away from it. Even if the person claims to have a lot of resistance and will-power, still it would be difficult to quit it. It involves many risks like being in a bad relationship with friends and family, being neglected at workplace due to anti-social behavior, always being under observation and checking by police, being labeled as the bad guy among ...

Drug addiction is chronic and is usually a relapsing brain disease causing compulsive drug use and seeking. Irrespective of the harmful consequences resulting from the drug addiction, it influences the users and those around them. Drug addiction remains a critical brain disease as the misuse of drugs leads cause changes in the brain’s structure and function. Even though it is profound that most people make a voluntary initial decision into taking drugs, with time, such brain changes are in place due to repeated drug abuse. They also affect the level of self-control of a person and the ability making sound decisions. They ...

Beth Mancini, RN, Ph.D.

Introduction

The cooperative nursing work experience is designed to give BSN students practical experience and a chance to relate nursing practice to the theoretical knowledge acquired in class. Besides integrating class knowledge to nursing practice, the course gives BSN students a chance to develop skills in leadership and professional conduct, technology management and appreciate lifelong learning. I did my cooperative nursing work experience in a psychiatric hospital with various units for children, adults and chemical dependency. My goals in the program were to develop skills in evidence based practice, professional conduct in line with APNA guidelines, and performance in a ...

PRESENTATION ON CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYEE ASSISSTANCE

[Writer’s Name] [Institution’s Name] PRESENTATION ON CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYEE ASSISSTANCE With the aggravating fast pace of modern world, stress is also increasing as a consequence. People of all ages have their own measures to cope with stress. In this reference, chemical dependency is a measure with considerable share in proposition. The relative impact of stress on each individual is different according to the nature of challenges one face in very day life. It further varies along with the personality type of an individual. The chemical dependency can distort the performance of an individual at ...

People who engage in extensive abuse alcohol have a high likelihood of further engaging in various behaviors which subject them to the risks for contracting HIV. For instance, the standing drug use rates through injection have been on the increase among many alcoholics especially in terms of their treatment. On the other hand, the increasing levels of ingestion of alcohol have been associated with the greater injection drugs that narrow down to the sequent risk behaviors such as sharingof needles.The continuous alcohol use history is correlated with the lifetime tendency of engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors such as unprotected intercourse ...