Monday, January 16, 2012
What do I assume to be true about substance abusers?
I think that I should learn about substance abusers. I think that I should learn about them because I have strong emotions towards it yet, I do not know much about it. I have strong emotions towards it because I feel that people who choose to use substances and abuse their body do not care about other thing in life like children, working, school. They are not as motivated as people who do not use them. All they care about is about attaining the drugs and using them. I learned this from television. The part that I think will be the most difficult challenge for me will be changing how I feel about the topic as well as trying hard to not prejudge them as a group verses on an individual basis.
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Hi Beth,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your honest post. You are right--it is good to learn more about substance abusers, as you will be working with them in the Nursing field. They could be children, teenagers, adults, or senior citizens, so you could see them at any stage of life. You will find a lot of information about them during the course of this class!
Substance abusers includes a broad spectrum of people--alcoholics, and all of the people who are addicted to specific drugs. For your semester research project, you will have to narrow down this broad group to one segment of the substance abuser population (your choice) in order to have a successful project. What may be true for one segment of the population may not be true for another.
I am looking forward to hearing about how this research topic develops!