Self-Help Organizations

• Alcoholics Anonymous


• Fort Wayne AA


• Southern IN AA


• Narcotics Anonymous


• NA for Indiana


• Nurses in Recovery - an online forum for nurses in recovery
  
• Indianapolis AA
  
• Michiana AA
  
• East Central Indiana AA


• Cocaine Anonymous Indiana


• International Nurses Society on Addictions


• Nurses in Recovery

Assistance Programs Other Than Indiana

• Illinois Nurses Association


• Kentucky Peer Assistance Program for Nurses


• Tennessee Professional Assistance Program TNPAP


• Florida Intervention Project

Professional Nursing Organizations

• American Nurses Association


• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists


• Emergency Nurses Association Position Statement Chemical Impairment of Emergency Nurses

Links to Useful Resources

• ANA Code of Ethics


• Alcoholics Anonymous Fact File


• National Assn. for Adult Children of Alcoholics


• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition


• SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center


• National Sexual Violence Resource Center EMAIL


• Children's Bureau Admin for Children & Families EMAIL


• Screening for Mental Health Inc.


• Hepatitis Foundation


• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.


• Department of Health & Human Services (Women's Health)


• online 4th edition of Alcoholic Anonymous Big Book

Governmental Sources

• Indiana Board of Nursing-Professional Licensing Agency
  402 W Washington St. Rm W066
  Indianapolis, IN 46204
  (317) 234-2043
  Fax (317) 233-4236
  Email pla2@pla.IN.gov
  http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/isbn



• Indiana Law - statute and administrative rules regarding nursing practice
  http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/isbn/statruls.html



• Attorney General Office
  Consumer Protection Division
  (317) 232-6330; (800) 382-5516
  http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/



• Center for Disease Control. Alcohol & Public Health
  http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/factsheets/general_information.htm

Articles About Recovery

• Article - Nurses and Addiction: Finding Alternatives to Discipline
  By Suzanne Trossman, RN
  American Journal of Nursing
  September, 2003
  
  
• www.silencekills.com


• Healthy Work Environment Standards
  www.aacn.org/hwe

Articles Pertaining to Impaired Nurses

• '1 in 3' Nurses battle Drug Addiction
  http://www.channelcincinnati.com/health/6695910/detail.html

 

• Five High-Risk Practice Areas for Nurses Enrolled in ISNAP 2010

 

• Identifying High and Low Risk Practice Areas and Drugs of Choice of Chemically Dependent Nurses  2010

• Substance Abuse among Nurses 2010

 

• Sloan, A Vernarec E. (2001). Impaired Nurses: Reclaiming Careers,
  http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=31398

• US Department of Justice. Addiction in Health Care Professionals,
  http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/drug_hc.htm