Med Surg Nursing Case Study

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c) The top two specialties are Med-Surg and Adult ICU. The average age for the Adult ICU is 45.4 years old and Med-Surg average age is 31 years old. Reviewing the years of nursing and additional training, the majority of Med-Surg nurses have been working for 1-5 years. Between 50-80% of their patients are negatively affected by the addiction or other substance use disorders (SUDs). Additionally, these nurses have not received any additional training on SUDs besides informal training. The majority of their training and experience is completed in nursing school. The nurses working in the Adult ICU specialty reports 25-50% of their patients are negatively affected by SUDs or some sort of addiction. Just like the Med-Surg, the majority of their