Alcoholics Anonymous

Attend a community “Anonymous” meeting to observe continued support for clients recovering from behavioral concerns or substance abuse. Reflect on your perceptions using compare/contrast of your experience and your preconceptions of these populations (after attending the meeting).

Demonstrate reflection, self-analysis, self-care, and lifelong learning in nursing practice

Reflect on one’s own beliefs and values as they relate to professional practice.

Instructions:

• Watch the video presentation of members of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.
  • Go to http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/videos-and-audios,and view:
    • “Why anonymous?” and
    • “AA video for healthcare professionals”
• Find an open virtual meeting to attend – AA, Al-Anon, Al-a-Teen, Narcotic’s Anonymous, Overeater’s Anonymous…..any of these types of supportive meeting
• After the meeting, reflect on your thoughts. Compare and contrast prior ideas and what you thought the meeting would be like to how it was.
• Answer each of the following questions:

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• What meeting did you attend?
• Did you go alone or with another student? Did that benefit you as you thought it would?
• What was the focus topic for the meeting you attended?
• Explain how the meeting was structured (facilitator guided, loosely structured, etc.).
• What insights did you gain from the meetings you attended?
• How might this experience influence your care of clients with a current or history of addiction?
• How comfortable would you be (after the meeting) referring a client to this type of support?
• How do you perceive the knowledge gained through this experience will help as you plan to care for clients and families that experience substance use?
• What questions remain for you after this experience?

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The journal should be 2 pages long in an APA format.

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**Journals need title page, times new roman font size 12, page numbers, double spaced, 1” margins; include reference page if needed.

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OptionalResources:

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• http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/videos-and-audios (there are other resources that you may find useful on this page.
• Narcotics anonymous has some videos and a resource page for professionals at ID=ResourcesforProfessionals-content” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>http://www.na.org/?ID=ResourcesforProfessionals-content.
• Al-anon/Alateen has a resource page for professionals, as well, at org/for-professionals” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>http://al-anon.org/for-professionals.