Explain the Impaired Professional and Opioid disuse. Your choice of Nurse, MD, or Pharmacist. How do you recognize, and report suspected diversion or problems?  What clinical manifestations may be present? What are the potential risk factors? What education is required? Please, explain about the process for an impaired nurse in Massachusetts, or MD, or pharmacist returning to work. What helps to avoid diversions? What safety precautions are needed? References for evidentiary support.  What about harm to patient? Minimum word count of 400 for initial post. Follow the grading rubric for discussion boards on the downloadable syllabus, please. Use APA style citations and references for evidentiary support of current knowledge and practice. Post 2 robust, respectful replies to course mates with a reference a piece. One hundred word count minimum for each reply with a reference.

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Hello professor and class, Today, minimal data exists regarding the proportion of impaired health professionals engaged in opioid disuse as well as other drugs. My choice for this discussion is the nurses. They rarely recognize, appreciate, and report themselves for fear of punitive measures being taken against them. Healthcare professionals are highly trained, self motivated and are often expected to assume leadership roles, therefore may have great difficulty in acknowledging personal needs.  However,……………………………………..$5