Meet the 2014 DC/Maryland/Virginia Nurse.com Nursing Excellence GEM

Meet the 2014 DC/Maryland/Virginia Nurse.com Nursing Excellence GEM
Tordella restructured treatment protocols to ensure the use of evidence-based practice protocols and implemented EBP for alcohol and opiate detoxification throughout the hospital. She has presented clinical programs on the unit and in the hospital and … Read more on Nurse.com

Support for Alcoholism After Rehab? There's an App for That
The investigators studied 349 patients with alcohol use disorder who were leaving 1 of 3 residential programs operated by 1 nonprofit treatment organization in the Midwestern United States and 2 residential programs that were also operated by a … Read more on Medscape

Therapist says Southwest Virginia's drug, mental health problems are extensive
This week, he's in Bethesda, Md., beginning a six-month educational program designed to bolster his skills to help meet those needs. Michael Hayter, a licensed clinical social worker who is certified in substance abuse counseling, owns Appalachian … Read more on Southwest Virginia Today