Drug Use Incidence Recorded in a Midwestern Emergency Department
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Authors
Hartwig, Shirley L.
Issue Date
1995-06
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Emergency medical services--Middle West--Drug use , Drugs--Diagnoisis , Drug abuse--Analysis , Drug addiction--Analysis
Alternative Title
Abstract
Orem's conceptual framework of nursing was
utilized as a basis for this study of drug use
incidents. The purpose of this study was to
describe drug use incidents in a midwestern
hospital (MWH) emergency department and to
compare some of that data with DAWN and MINIDAWN
data from 1992. A retrospective review of
151 patient admissions to MWH emergency
department with the diagnosis of drug abuse, drug
overdose, or drug dependency during 1992 was
conducted. Incidents involving alcohol alone were
not included. Analyses of data showed more female
than male clients were involved in drug overdose;
the mean age of males was 6-18 years while the
mean age of females invlolved in drug use incidents was older at 30-54 years of age. Most drug incidents presented to the emergency department between 1600-1959 hours and involved alcohol in combination with other drugs. There were significantly more incidents of marijuana and
amphetamine use at MWH than were reported to
DAWN and significantly fewer incidents of cocaine
and heroin. There were significantly more
incidents of marijuana and acetaminophen use at
MVW than were reported to MINI-DAWN. This
study provides a profile of the drug use client at
MWH which may be useful to nurses to anticipate
and care for the client, implementing the nursing
system described by Orem as best meeting the
needs of the client.
Description
xi, 108 leaves. Advisor: Marion Hemstrom
Citation
Publisher
Drake University