HR Lens: Managing Substance Use Disorder Among Nurses About
Proactive Strategies for Nurses Struggling with Problematic Substance Use
Nurses work in a high-stress environment that is characterised by demands to exude professionalism, and calm while dealing with stress, fatigue, trauma exposure and workplace violence. High job stress coupled with ready access to potent medications can make nurses vulnerable to becoming dependent in order to cope. Nurses with a substance use disorder need help. They have impaired judgement and slower reaction times. They may harm themselves, patients and the nursing profession as a whole.
Hospital administrators in Human Resources and Nursing have a role to play in the prevention, intervention, recovery and the return to work of nurses afflicted with addiction illnesses. The HR Lens: Managing Substance Use Disorder Among Nurses Conference is your opportunity to dive deep into challenges around impaired nurses in the workplace and have informal yet important discussions about areas where you can help them.
