Substance abuse

Substance abuse as a community health problem.

Violence and nursing response.

Read chapters 26 and 27 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentations. Once done answer the following questions.

1. Discuss the historical trends and current conceptions of the cause and treatment of substance abuse.
2. Identify and discuss the issues related to substance abuse in various populations encountered in the community health nursing practice.
3. Describe and discuss the concepts of interpersonal and community violence.
4. Describe and discuss the role of the nurse in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of violence. APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached. A minimum of 2 evidence-based references besides the class textbook no older than 5 years must be used.