A importância da assistência de enfermagem aos usuários de drogas e dependentes químicos

Abstract

The drug abuse is, in actuality, one of the major problems of society and, consequently, public health, where the nurse shall perform activities grounded in the diagnosis and health care. Thus, the choice of this theme for the study was justified on the need to exploit the issue, given the lack of scientific contributions published on it. It restricted the number of studies that focused on drug use and the professional nursing care for their dependents. The objective was to relate to drug use , addiction and health care provided by nursing staff to the subjects involved. To this end , we sought, through the literature search and the structuring of the study, the creation of some elements for the professional practice of nursing, both for its prevention, and rehabilitatio n fr their actions. It can be concluded that preventive action is the main feature that nursing professionals have to deal with excessive drinking and drug abuse and the guys have dependent s, and that it is to prepare nurses to have knowledge of drugs and its effects, then, to provid e quality care and fully committed to the dependent, their family and society.