All good things must come to an end
My last couple of days at work in Shetland have included so many new and though-provoking things, it’s all been rather busy. On Tuesday I worked with the substance misuse team. This was a really insightful day into how they work with patients with addictions to alcohol and/or illicit drugs. I’ve had a few lectures on assessments for patients with substance misuse issues, so it was really good to get to see this in practice. Learning about the guidelines around treatments and support for different groups of service users was very intriguing and I’d certainly like to look more into it in my own time, and maybe spend time with the substance misuse team back home to see the similarities and differences. Dependency on illicit substances or alcohol can affect so many different areas of your life so as a nurse who works with those service users you have to have a good understanding of physical health, medication, mental health conditions (many patients also have a co-existing mental hea...
