Introduction
Addiction can be extremely difficult to overcome. Drugs can alter the chemical make up in one’s brain making it crave the drug. Sometimes an intervention is needed for an individual to get their life back on track. Addiction is not only hard on the addict, but difficult on the family as well. Interventions can help an individual realize how the addiction is affecting everyone in their lives and gives them the opportunity to go to rehab and get sober.
Tiffany
Tiffany is a 32-year-old mother and wife. She has a cosmetology degree and a graphic design and animation degree. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Wesley, mother, and 14-month-old son Noah in her mother’s condo. Tiffany is a wonderful mom, but her heroin addiction is getting in the way of taking care of her son. Her mother and husband are very involved in her life. Tiffany’s mother pays for everything Tiffany and her husband need. Her mother is beginning to feel strained because she is supporting three extra people and Tiffany is spending the money on drugs. Tiffany’s husband is afraid to get a job because he does not want to leave Tiffany alone. Wesley takes care of Tiffany and says …show more content…
I plan to use this new knowledge as a nurse in multiple ways. I will be much more aware of what heroin use looks like, as well as heroin overdose. I will be able to care for patients using heroin now that I know how heroin works in the body. I will be able to provide education to patients and family members regarding addiction. After doing this assignment, I believe I will be less judgmental of the decisions addicts make regarding their loved ones, I now understand that the addiction can turn an individual into someone completely different than they once were. I thoroughly enjoyed this exercise. I watch A&E intervention frequently so it was nice to be able to add it to an assignment and think a little more critically about
Addiction can be extremely difficult to overcome. Drugs can alter the chemical make up in one’s brain making it crave the drug. Sometimes an intervention is needed for an individual to get their life back on track. Addiction is not only hard on the addict, but difficult on the family as well. Interventions can help an individual realize how the addiction is affecting everyone in their lives and gives them the opportunity to go to rehab and get sober.
Tiffany
Tiffany is a 32-year-old mother and wife. She has a cosmetology degree and a graphic design and animation degree. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Wesley, mother, and 14-month-old son Noah in her mother’s condo. Tiffany is a wonderful mom, but her heroin addiction is getting in the way of taking care of her son. Her mother and husband are very involved in her life. Tiffany’s mother pays for everything Tiffany and her husband need. Her mother is beginning to feel strained because she is supporting three extra people and Tiffany is spending the money on drugs. Tiffany’s husband is afraid to get a job because he does not want to leave Tiffany alone. Wesley takes care of Tiffany and says …show more content…
I plan to use this new knowledge as a nurse in multiple ways. I will be much more aware of what heroin use looks like, as well as heroin overdose. I will be able to care for patients using heroin now that I know how heroin works in the body. I will be able to provide education to patients and family members regarding addiction. After doing this assignment, I believe I will be less judgmental of the decisions addicts make regarding their loved ones, I now understand that the addiction can turn an individual into someone completely different than they once were. I thoroughly enjoyed this exercise. I watch A&E intervention frequently so it was nice to be able to add it to an assignment and think a little more critically about