Addressing Stigma and Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Substance abuse continues to be one of the most challenging issues affecting health promotion throughout the world. Stigmatization about substance use treatment continues to be a prevalent barrier that keeps individuals from accessing resources towards prevention and treatment of substance use disorder (SUD). Stigma, often rooted in…

Addressing Stigma and Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Substance use disorder (SUD) remains one of the most pressing public health crises in the U.S., exacerbated by stigma, discrimination, and systemic barriers that hinder access to care. Despite progress in reframing addiction as a chronic, relapsing brain disease, society continues to grapple with the false perception…

  Write a reflection  following APA format and consisting of 750-1000 words in length.  Use the following questions to guide your response:    What were you expecting from the experience before you started?    Why were you expecting this?    Why did you choose this goal?    Did you learn anything about a different group in society (i.e., different age, profession, ethnic, racial…

  The patient is a 71-year-old widowed man who is seen regularly in the clinic for health maintenance and follow-up of his chronic insomnia and anxiety. He has regular prescriptions for triazolam (Halcion) and clonazepam (Klonopin) for these problems. Recently he has been reporting frequent episodes of losing his balance and falling, and eight weeks…

Post the following: A brief explanation of your personal motivations and goals in pursuing the DNP degree. A description of the expectations and role of a nurse with a practice doctorate and how they may differ from those of a nurse with a research doctorate. A description of how, as a DNP-prepared nurse, you hope to…

The field of nursing has come to understand the importance of working with disciplines other than nursing, such as the behavioral, social, and physical sciences, for example, in order to improve health outcomes. As this recognition has grown, numerous interdisciplinary theories have evolved out of the research of collaborative teams. For this Discussion, you will…

As a professional nurse, you are expected to apply your expertise to patient care. On occasion, you will also be expected to share that expertise. With evolving technology and continuous changes to regulations designed to keep up these changes, there is usually a need to share information and expertise to inform colleagues, leadership, patients, and…

 Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on the implementation team.  To Prepare: Review the steps of the Systems Development…

 The collection of evidence is an activity that occurs with an endgame in mind. For example, law enforcement professionals collect evidence to support a decision to charge those accused of criminal activity. Similarly, evidence-based healthcare practitioners collect evidence to support decisions in pursuit of specific healthcare outcomes. To Prepare: Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles…

Please select only one article to summarize. Distal and Proximal Factors of Health Behaviors and Their Associations with Health in Children and Adolescent How to write an Article Summary When writing a summary, the goal is to use your own words to synthesize what you have read. The summary should focus only on the article's…