Personal Drug and Alcohol Use by Staff Nurses at Work

Substance abuse: prevalence in a sample of nursing students

“…Although we would be satisfied to believe that nursing students and nurses, the largest group of health care providers, are immune to developing substance problems, this is not so. In fact, the nursing profession has a significant problem of substance dependency within its ranks (Finke et al, 1993). Rates of nurses affected by drug dependency range between 10 and 20% of all actively practicing nurses (Sulivan et al, 1988).…”

Uncovering the secret: giving voice to the experiences of nurses who misuse substances

“…Estimates of substance dependency in nursing have been as low as 2% and as high as 20% (Sullivan et al . 1988, Lippman 1992, Rigby et al .…”