Posts Tagged ‘addiction treatment’
Drug Rehab Stow Introduces New Family Therapy
Drug Rehab Stow is constantly looking for new ways to improve its treatment programs. The facility recently announced the implementation of new family group therapy techniques to assist patients who suffer from drug and alcohol addiction. New research …
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Series of talks tackle drug addiction
WAUSAU — As addiction to alcohol and other drugs soars to new heights in central Wisconsin, counselors and treatment providers spent Wednesday trying to help addicts and their families confront a disease with ripple effects that can persist for …
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Overcoming Drug Dependence Is the Specialty at Drug Detox Perth Amboy
Drug Detox Perth Amboy has established a new drug addiction treatment program intended to help patients and their families cope with substance abuse. This program relies heavily on family therapy and individual counseling. One obvious trend has been …
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FDA plan to limit painkiller abuse may have impact for patients who need them
While millions of people use prescription painkillers for relief, their abuse has reached epidemic levels in some places. To combat rising addiction rates, the FDA has a new plan to limit the distribution of pain meds, specifically containing hydrocodone.
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Earl Campbell Opens Up About His Addiction To Painkillers And His Campaign …
Ten years ago, if anyone had asked me what I knew about fighting painkiller addiction, I would have shrugged. I always believed that as an NFL player competing at a high level, and later becoming a husband and father, that it was part of my job to …
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Pain pills can be prescriptions for addiction, death
DETROIT — It typically starts with a visit to the doctor for a backache or to dull pain after surgery, an accident or a sports injury. It ends with addiction. Misuse of prescription painkillers is on the rise, and experts say increasingly, it's …
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Joe Jonas Drug Addiction, Rehab Rumors Shot Down by Rep
Additionally, a source told Star magazine that Joe has "been dealing with substance abuse issues for quite some time," adding, "the tour would have never survived with how Joe was behaving." A rep tells Entertainment Tonight that the drug/rehab rumors …
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Online Health Marketplaces Open October 1st, Bringing Addiction Treatment …
When online health marketplaces opened on October 1st, the US began enrolling Americans in low cost insurance plans that include addiction treatment as a part of basic health coverage. These new changes are currently offered on the web, under the 2010 …
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Drug Rehab Acworth Revamps Addiction Treatment With Great Success
There's a new approach to addiction treatment at Drug Rehab Acworth that has a lot of people talking. Thanks to a few fundamental changes, patients are increasingly able to make it through rehab and remain sober after finishing the treatment. Drug and …
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Question by Danyel: What type of education would I need to become an RN at a substance abuse detox facility?
I am currently going to school for pre-health with a nursing concentration, until I have the requirements to apply for nursing. I would like to be able to work as an RN in a substance abuse facility. I was wondering if anyone could give me any advise as to how to go about doing this? I do not know if I will need to specialize in a certain area in order to do so or not? If anyone could help me out in regards to what to do education wise I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
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Answer by MeMeMe
Hi,
First off, good for you for wanting to work in addiction treatment! I’m an addictions counselor and have been working in mental health (mostly suicide prevention) for 7 years and we certainly need more qualified RNs in the field. So I think you will have an easy time finding work once you’re finished with school.
As for your question… To become an RN, you need to go to nursing school. Although I’m sure you already know this. As for specializing in addiction treatment, I don’t believe there are any additional requirements, but it would be good if you have experience working with addicts or at least a greater knowledge of treating clients with addiction. So I would suggest trying to get an internship of some sort with a treatment center in your area. They may not let you do much while you’re in school, but you will be able to put it on your resume. You can learn a lot from observing how things work in treatment. The other suggestion I have would be to take some extra classes that focus on substance abuse. Drug addicts and alcoholics face a variety of special issues separate from the “normal” population you would be working with in a hospital. Most community colleges and some universities now offer programs where you can learn more about these issues. I don’t know where you live, but you may want to start looking for college programs titled “Addictions Counseling” or “Addictions Studies.” Classes you may want to take would be any type of pharmacology, a bloodborne pathogens/infectious disease class, and even alternative treatments to addiction classes. It could also help to take a few classes for addictions counselors like group therapy, individual therapy, or something similar. These will definitely help you in the future in terms of communicating with your clients.
The most important thing I would think an RN working in addiction should have to be educated about is prescription drugs of abuse. Normally when I do an intake on a client coming into treatment, they have been medically prescribed multiple addictive drugs that only contribute to and exacerbate their disease (addiction). Usually these include opiate painkillers, benzodiazepines, and other sedatives and tranquilizers. I had a client once who was on NINE different benzos which she had been on for years, all prescribed by doctors for things like insomnia, anxiety, and even hypothyroidism. This is so egregious and disgusting to me! They were killing her. She obviously had to be medically detoxed for risk of seizures and death from her meds. And needless to say, after being evaluated by our MD, she didn’t NEED any of the pills.
Anyway, I’m rambling. Just excited to see someone wanting to help in the field of addiction treatment. It is rare these days, it seems. But what a satisfying and rewarding job. Good luck to you!!!
Assumption Introduces Certificate in Substance Abuse Counseling
With overdose deaths in the Bay Sate up 47% since 1999, Continuing and Career Education (CCE) at Assumption College has introduced an alcohol and substance abuse counseling certificate program. The eight-course program includes a 300-hour …
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Prison drug counseling for theft defendant
Christian B. Merchant, 33, told Chelan County Superior Court Judge T.W.“Chip” Small he was grateful his sentence includes prison-based drug treatment. He maintained his innocence under an Alford plea but agreed he would likely be found guilty of …
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Substance Abuse Counselor – Women's Program
Wellspring has a full-time opening for a Substance Abuse Counselor for the Women's Residential Program with skills in individual and group substance abuse counseling, treatment planning, crisis intervention and case management. Must have knowledge of …
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New Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment at Drug Rehab Cookeville …
One of the biggest epidemics affecting our nation today is drug and alcohol addiction. More people are seeking treatment for substance abuse at Drug Rehab Cookeville than ever before. This has led to the facility to update and improve its treatment …
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Drug Rehab Lebanon Updates Treatment Methods to Better Prevent Relapse
Drug Rehab Lebanon recently revealed their new addiction treatment methods surrounding substance abuse treatment and the results have been very positive so far. Jessa P., one of the substance abuse counselors on hand at all times, explained how the …
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Rehab centers adopt motion-based treatments for spinal-cord patients
An emerging treatment known as locomotor is narrowing that gap. The world of rehabilitation is turning quickly toward locomotor therapies, re-creating and repeating the pattern of walking to train the spinal cord in functions formerly controlled from …
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New Assortment of Treatment Options Are Now Available at Drug Rehab Maryville
One common reason people struggling with substance abuse do not seek help is because they have predetermined ideas of what a treatment center will be like, and do not feel like these methods are for them. Drug Rehab Maryville has restructured their …
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A Forever Recovery Looks at 3 Most Common Rehab Treatments in Latest Blog …
A Forever Recovery, a leading addiction treatment center that has pioneered a moral reasoning approach to recovery that empowers each individual client to access the spiritual, cognitive, and fellowship support that they need, has published an …
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Drug Rehab Sevierville Restructures Plans to Help More Recovering Addicts
A variety of new treatment plans are now available at Drug Rehab Sevierville, and were created to appeal to anyone with reservations about seeking help for their problems with drugs and alcohol. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ …
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