Goals of peer assistance programs to assist nurses impaired by alcohol or other substances include:
a. seeing that the nurse is publicly identified to coworkers
b. reporting the nurse to the state board of nursing
c. finding colleagues to assist the nurse in covering up problems
d. helping the recovering nurse to safely reenter the workforce
D
Peer assistance programs first appeared in 1980 . Goals of peer assistance programs include to assist impaired nurses to receive treatment; protect the public from impaired nurses; help the recovering nurse reenter the nursing workforce in a planned, safe manner; and monitor the nurse's recovery for a time.
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