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Are Nurses High Risk For Experience With Behavioral Health Problems?, Farrah Alayne Thornsberry
Are Nurses High Risk For Experience With Behavioral Health Problems?, Farrah Alayne Thornsberry
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Abstract
Behavioral health problems impact approximately 19% of the United States population and nurses are not exempt from these experiences. In fact, nurses may be at higher risk for developing a behavioral health issue than the general public. The purpose of this study was to identify specific demographic, work-related, and behavioral variables associated with substance use and personal experience with any mental and or behavioral health problems among nurses in an academic healthcare system. Being female, younger in age, higher level of education and increased use of alcohol were risk factors associated with self-reported experience with behavioral health problems. Additionally, …