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NURSING-DUAL DIAGNOSIS2IntroductionIn healthcare, various ailments exist that need the attention of health practitioners. However, there are those that pose a great challenge on the workforce because, among other reasons, they are complicated to treat. Dual diagnosis is one of them and creates challenges in many ways. Therefore, below is an essay that intends to elaborate on the challenges in handling dual diagnosis. It also intends to elaborate on the strategies, policies, and recommendations that can be put in place to counter or remedy the problem on workforce. Lastly, but most importantly,is to give an elaborate meaning of dual diagnosis.Description of the Condition and Challenges Dual diagnosis is a mental health condition resulting from a combination of mental health and alcohol or substance addiction. Therefore, it is a case of treating two conditions at the same time. In healthcare, medics tasked with the responsibility of treating and managing patients under this condition face several challenges. To start with training, there are insufficient personnel trained to handle such a cases (Antai-Otong, Theis, & Patrick, 2016). Nurses, for instance, are not well equipped with skills necessary to tackle the condition. Moreover, there is no elaborate and accurate way of treatment out there suitable for all clients. Below are some of the problems, strategies and possible solutions.Challenges of WorkforceFirstly, there is the problem of identification of specific ailments. Where two or more conditions affecting the clients exist, it is hard for nurses to identify and treat each one of them independently categorically. In the worst case scenario, one condition may overshadow the other making it go unnoticed for so long while treating the one that is causing the overshadowing.
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NURSING-DUAL DIAGNOSIS3Research indicates that most nurses or psychiatrist often get confused when dealing with clients (McGovern et al., 2014). Thus, one condition blurs symptoms of the other, and in effect, the client does not get proper treatment in regards to his or her condition. For instance, a person withfamily difficulties may engage in drug and substance abuse and seek intervention from a psychotherapist or family therapy. Although that is the right intervention, there is also the drug or substance abuse case which may be overlooked, and as a result, the treatment will not be effective for all that is troubling or affecting the client (Murthy, & Chand, 2012). Thus, within a short period, he or she may drop out of the treatment program. Another challenge is insufficient training to handle such cases. There is considerably lacking in formal education. In particular, about evaluation of substance abuse and effective treatment. There is minimal training in medical schools in this specialty. More often than not, theprogram is an elective one, which suggests that only those interested in studying substance abuseand not dual diagnosis take such classes (Mestre-Pintó et al., 2014). Without adequate training ofprofessionals supposed to act as a major problem solver, it becomes difficult to tackle it in totality. In addition to that, there is a problem of lack of experience, deliberate discrimination by private hospitals and medics in handling dual diagnosis. For any professional to be competent in any profession, working experience is important. With the rise of cases of dual diagnosis, it is plausible to think that medics can run away from treating this group (Minassian, Vilke, & Wilson, 2013). Thus, avoiding this group or neglecting to learn about dual diagnosis makes it unlikely that this group will ever learn to handle these clients. Additionally, whenever patients with dual diagnosis present themselves to medics, they are often referred to psychiatrists. Many private practitioners demonstrate an unwillingness to treat clients with the same condition.
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