Nature of the Crisis The nature of the crisis stems from Latisha’s childhood. There were several perilous events that played a major role in Latisha’s present crisis situation: Latisha was born to young parents. Both of her parents were addicted to heroin. Wright says “A hazardous event is an occurrence that starts a chain reaction of events that culminates in a crisis (Wright, 2011, 129). And when she was 4 her mother robbed a bank to supply her drug habit.
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Drug abuse is a major social and medical problem in the United States. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, or NIDA nine million women in the United States are substance abusers. Three million use prescription drugs illicitly. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecology, or ACOG, reports that 1 in 10 babies are born to mothers who abuse drugs during pregnancy. Substance abuse can have devastating effects on both the mother and her unborn child (Effects of drug abuse on pregnant women).
Some that has challenged me for the better and some for the worse. But overall it has advanced me into the woman I have become. This paper will give you a little insight from my childhood, to my adulthood, and give you the chance to learn more about Akeya Davis. Bad experiences I have encounter in my life as a child was my parents being separated. At the age of five years old my parents were drug addicts and always fighting and arguing so they never could agree to be together for me.
Date of care:_1/10/11________________________ Client Initials: __ __ Sex: ______ Age:____ Rm# __428______ Religion: _Catholic___ Allergies: __Heparin, Fetanyl__ Admission date: __01/07/11__ Code status: _Full Code________ Admitting diagnosis: __GI Bleed, Hemaemesis__________________________________________________ ________ Social Hx: __History of IV drug abuse (Heroin), and alcohol abuse___________________________________________ PMH:__EGD, cirrhosis, Hep C, PVD, Liver Failure, IV drug abuse, HTN, Hypothyroidism, splenomegaly, Thyroid Storm, Osteoarthritis, 7-year methodone program_____________________________________________________ _______ Recent Surgeries __Colonoscopy (ischemic bowel found) __________________________________________________
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Drug Counseling Teens growing up in a world of drugs In today’s world drugs are being introduced at an early age. The youngest addicted on record is a 6 year old girl in Britain, she was given heroin by her mother. This may be the youngest in Britain, but every day you hear about how a baby was born to an addict and now the baby is an addict. These cases not only start the baby off on a bad life but it even puts their life in danger of serious health problems or even death. Drugs are every where’s and it is becoming a growing problem worldwide.