Drugs
What drug is noted as being the most diverted and has caused the most deaths?
What is Fentanyl?
Every year the number of people who end up in the ER for taking prescription drugs incorrectly is ______.
What is more than 1 million?
The definition of Drug Diversion.
What is diverting of legal drugs for illicit purposes?
Name 3 essential components health care organizations must consider when establishing a plan to handle diversion.
What is Prevention, Detection, and Response?
Name two coping strategies to deal with workplace stress.
What is reading, exercising, debriefing.....
Name 3 of the 5 classes drugs frequently abused and diverted.
What is Anabolic Steroids, Central Nervous System Depressants, Hallucinogens, Opioids, and Stimulants?
The misuse of prescription painkillers claims the lives of more than ___ people daily.
What is 40?
What is the definition of Drug Abuse?
What is a patterned use of a substance in which the user either intentionally or unintentionally causes him or herself harm or causes harm to others?
What is the most important intervention for someone to do if they have drug diversion concerns about a co-worker?
What is See Something, Say Something?
True or False: It has been reported that accessibility to controlled substances is a risk factor for drug diversion.
What is True.
Which drug class does the drug codeine belong in?
What is schedule III?
An estimate of over __________ Americans use illicit drugs.
What is 25 million?
True or False: Schedule II drugs are substances defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence.
What is True?
True or False: Termination is guaranteed if you have drug diverted.
What is false?
In the video, what did Nurse Amie note as being stressors for her that led to drug addiction and thus drug diversion?
What is death, work schedule, difficulty coping with emotions, pace, work/life balance?
True or False: The drug valium has a low potential for abuse and low risk for dependence.
What is True?
Which gender had the highest rate of deaths from 1999 to 2017 related to opioids?
What is male?
Whet does the abbreviation DEA stand for?
What is Drug Enforcement Administration?
What agency is contacted immediately if diverted drugs were sold.
What is law enforcement?
What is one particular viral infection that has been reported to have been passed along to patients as a result of drug diversion?
What is Hepatitis C?
True or False: The drug Lorazepam is one of the commonly diverted drugs seen today.
What is True?
There are over _______ % of practicing nurses who are estimated to be abusing substances.
What is 10?
List at least 3 examples of trends/patterns you may see in an employee who is diverting drugs.
What is inaccurate volume of medication, falsifying medication record, excessive pulls of PRN meds, drug dispensing unit show discrepancies or overrides.....
Name 3 recovery/reform interventions for an employee that are available if deemed guilty of drug diversion without the sale of diverted drugs.
What is: *Conduct weekly random drug screenings *Mandatory counseling, via EAP *Peer Assistance Programs * Recovery Program *Substance Abuse Programs *Relocation to a practice without controlled substances *Education?
List some of the risks to patients as a result of drug diversion.
What is substandard care, poor pain relief, infections, undue suffering?