A Nursing Student's Perspective on Alcoholics Anonymous abstinent. For the nursing student, this is the view she had at her first anonymous meeting about alcohol. As bad as this may seem, it is difficult to imagine what is going on in the minds and lives of people who face this struggle every day. Innervison was the eye-opener the nursing student needed to eliminate all the stereotypes and negative thoughts about people who just seemed to want to drink and never get their lives back together. Innervision is a nonprofit organization specializing in assisting patients in recovery, helping consumers find employment, education, and providing resources to patients with psychiatric disabilities. Discussion of Disability and DisordersAccording to Sheila L. Videbeck, professor of nursing at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa, "alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream." Many patients who attend alcohol anonymous meetings are those who have been drinking alcohol for a long time and cannot seem to quit on their own without any help. Some common side effects of long-term alcohol use include cardiac myopathy, Wernicke encephalopathy, Korsakoff psychosis, pancreatitis, esophagitis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and l ascites. Signs and symptoms of alcohol withdrawal usually occur 4 to 12 hours after the last drink or after a significant reduction in alcohol consumption. Many patients must take medications to help them cope with withdrawal symptoms. Most patients are prescribed benzodiazepines to suppress withdrawal symptoms. Alcohol treatment middle of paper ......p 9. Student Thoughts and Feelings Arriving at the substance abuse meeting, the nursing student was scared and nervous. She was afraid of the consumer backlash and all the stereotypes she heard about typical alcoholics. Innervison gave the nursing student a new perspective on these types of consumers. She no longer saw them as just drunks and wanted to use AA as an excuse to make it seem like they were getting help. She never really considered alcoholism a true addiction; rather, it seemed like an excuse to escape from life's problems. Sitting down and listening to these consumers gave the nursing student a dose of reality. The nursing student now has a better understanding of alcoholism, and AA has helped her realize that recovery is truly a process that takes one day and one step at a time. Works Cited Videbeck, Sheila. (2014) Psychiatric and mental health nursing

Essay / A Nursing Student's Perspective on Alcoholics Anonymous abstinent. For the nursing student, this is the view she had at her first anonymous meeting about alcohol. As bad as this may seem, it is difficult to imagine what is going on in the minds and lives of people who face this struggle every day. Innervison was the eye-opener the nursing student needed to eliminate all the stereotypes and negative thoughts about people who just seemed to want to drink and never get their lives back together. Innervision is a nonprofit organization specializing in assisting patients in recovery, helping consumers find employment, education, and providing resources to patients with psychiatric disabilities. Discussion of Disability and DisordersAccording to Sheila L. Videbeck, professor of nursing at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa, "alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream." Many patients who attend alcohol anonymous meetings are those who have been drinking alcohol for a long time and cannot seem to quit on their own without any help. Some common side effects of long-term alcohol use include cardiac myopathy, Wernicke encephalopathy, Korsakoff psychosis, pancreatitis, esophagitis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and l ascites. Signs and symptoms of alcohol withdrawal usually occur 4 to 12 hours after the last drink or after a significant reduction in alcohol consumption. Many patients must take medications to help them cope with withdrawal symptoms. Most patients are prescribed benzodiazepines to suppress withdrawal symptoms. Alcohol treatment middle of paper ......p 9. Student Thoughts and Feelings Arriving at the substance abuse meeting, the nursing student was scared and nervous. She was afraid of the consumer backlash and all the stereotypes she heard about typical alcoholics. Innervison gave the nursing student a new perspective on these types of consumers. She no longer saw them as just drunks and wanted to use AA as an excuse to make it seem like they were getting help. She never really considered alcoholism a true addiction; rather, it seemed like an excuse to escape from life's problems. Sitting down and listening to these consumers gave the nursing student a dose of reality. The nursing student now has a better understanding of alcoholism, and AA has helped her realize that recovery is truly a process that takes one day and one step at a time. Works Cited Videbeck, Sheila. (2014) Psychiatric and mental health nursing

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