(Solution) NURS 6630 Week 10 Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction / A Puerto Rican Woman with Comorbid Addiction.

Document Content and Description Below

Running head: A PUERTO RICAN WOMAN WITH COMORBID ADDICTION.1 A Puerto Rican Woman with Comorbid Addiction Name NURS-6630N Walden University Date of submission A PUERTO RICAN WOMAN WITH COMORBID ... ADDICTION. 2 Introduction The current case study focuses on a Puerto Rican Woman by the name Ms. Perez with Comorbid Addiction. Ms. Perez is a 53-year-old Puerto Rican female with the chief complaint that she is suffering from co-morbid addictions of alcoholism and gambling. The patient reported that she had already sought treatment for alcoholism during the past. However, being that she is living just next to casino and the area with a lot of alcohol, the treatment has not helped her as she always find herself drinking alcohol and engaging in gambling frequently. According to Ms. Perez, gambling has greatly affected her life including marriage. She has also went ahead to borrow significant amount of dollars (50,000 dollars) from her retirement account. At the present, Ms. Perez has symptoms of depression characterized with sad mood and lethargic demeanor. Therefore, the central aim of this case study is to discuss the different treatment options for Ms. Perez as a client with addiction problems. The case evaluates three decisions that would be made when it comes to offering effective treatment for Ms. Perez while discussing some of the ethical issues regarding the treatment of Ms. Perez as addicted client. Decision #1 As presented in the case, Ms. Perez is a 53-year-old woman whose past life history indicates that she suffered from alcohol abuse from her teenage years. Ms. Perez begun using alcohol at a young age when her father died and since then, she continued to consume more and more alcohol. In her 20’s she had Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and has attending intermittently for the last 25 years. At the present, her addiction has got out of control because she is also A PUERTO RICAN WOMAN WITH COMORBID ADDICTION. [Show More]

Last updated: 1 year ago

Preview 1 out of 10 pages