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Substance Abuse and Addiction

Loma Linda University

1958

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A Problem Situation Unit In In-Service Education For Graduate Nurses, Bessie E. Irvine Jun 1958

A Problem Situation Unit In In-Service Education For Graduate Nurses, Bessie E. Irvine

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The purpose of this study was to develop a problem situation unit that could be used for stimulating graduate nurses to assume their responsibility regarding the use of pain and anxiety relieving drugs, namely narcotics, tranquilizers, and barbiturates.

The general use of these drugs presents a danger to public health when they are used indiscriminately. Therefore, nurses should be informed as to their responsibility to the doctor, the patient, and to themselves in regard to the use of these drugs.

This study was developed by presenting briefly the following:

  1. Principles and history of group discussion and problem situation unit teaching; …