Cognitive Enhancement Drugs by Glen Dalisay

Cognitive Enhancement Drugs by Glen Dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct Candy for Nursing Students? en-us 2017-03-28 10:22:47 UTC 2026-02-22 01:38:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Cognitive Enhancement Drug Use Among Nursing Students glen_dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163071013 I am very interested in the use of prescription cognitive enhancement drugs among nursing students because many of my colleagues were using these drugs, with or without a prescription, while I was a nursing student. It was very easily accessible; students would offer to sell them to me for $5 each, and others would offer to try them for free. I did not try them; however, I was told that they help the student study more adequately. Many of my colleagues said the drugs are the reason why the passed nursing school. This was my proposed dissertation topic up until last semester, but I abandoned it because many have said it would be almost impossible to gain approval from the IRB. I want to use this topic for the purpose of this assignment because as of now, I do not have a proposed topic for my dissertation.
I believe this topic would be impacted by policy initiatives because ethics play a large role and there may be policies put in place in the future limiting or even restricting the use of these drugs among nursing students. Should nurses working in a clinical setting be taking these drugs in order to concentrate? What about the side effects; would the consumption of these drugs among nurses impact the safety of the patients? More studies need to be done to explore these possibilities.
One of the goals of this study is to explore the meaning of cognitive enhancing drug use for undergraduate nursing students. What is the experience described by undergraduate nursing students that use cognitive enhancing drugs? What are the reasons in which these specific students are using the drugs? There is much literature regarding undergraduate students as a whole and all students in the medical sciences as a whole, however nursing students specifically should be explored. In doing this, a quantitative approach would provide the prevalence of undergraduate nursing students using these drugs and the demographic information in one specific academic institution. The third goal would be to explore the ethical standpoint of these students that are using the drugs. This research would then help to provide the fourth goal of providing awareness of the safety of the drugs, and the fifth goal of providing some alternatives for academic success without the drug use.]]> 2017-03-28 10:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163071013 Research Method and Population glen_dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163613274 The study would utilize a mixed method of both quantitative and qualitative research. A survey instrument would be used for the quantitative part of study, specifically a questionnaire. This may be done by paper or a survey website rather than email to protect the participants who prefer to remain anonymous. These reviewers may be PhD faculty. The ethical considerations would be IRB approval, permission by the school, anonymous data to protect the participants, secure storage of data, and informed consent for the students. Collected data would be saved securely on an Excel spreadsheet in a password protected laptop owned by the researcher, myself.

The sample size would be dependent on the amount of students in the BSN program as every student on every level would be asked to participate in the study. Convenience sampling would be used because every student in the BSN program at the particular school would be asked to participate in the research study. Purposive sampling may also be exemplified. In this case, convenience sampling would be referring to college students and purposive sampling would be referring to the Bachelor of Nursing students among those college students.

]]> 2017-03-30 07:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163613274 State Policy glen_dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163620259 Currently in Florida, drugs commonly used for ADD and ADHD such as Adderall and Ritalin are in the Schedule II Category. These may be prescribed by physicians and are closely monitored. New Florida legislation allows physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners the ability to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances, but at a limit of a 7 day supply ("Online Sunshine: The Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature," 2017). There is no other legislation in Florida regarding the legal use of these drugs. As with any Schedule drug in Florida, "a person may not sell, manufacture, or deliver, or possess with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver, a controlled substance (Schedule 1 or 2) ... commits a felony of the second degree," ("Online Sunshine: The Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature," 2017). To my knowledge, there is no legislation in Florida regarding nurses or nursing students who use these drugs with a prescription.]]> 2017-03-30 07:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163620259 Advocacy Efforts glen_dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163637297 The Florida Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN) is an organization founded in 1983 that provides close monitoring of nurses who cannot practice safely due to being an impaired user or abuser of alcohol and/or drugs, or due to a mental or physical condition with may affect their ability to practice safely and skillfully, ensuring public safety and health ("Intervention Project for Nurses," 2017).

The objectives are listed on their website:

To ensure public health and safety through a program that provides close monitoring of nurses who are unsafe to practice, due to the use of drugs including alcohol and/or psychiatric, psychological or a physical condition (chapter 455.261).
To provide a program for affected nurses to be rehabilitated in a therapeutic, non-punitive, and confidential process.
To provide an opportunity for retention of nurses within the nursing profession
To facilitate early intervention, thereby decreasing the time between the nurse's acknowledgment of the problem and his/her entry into a recovery program.
To require the nurse to withdraw from practice immediately, and until such time that the IPN is assured that he/she is able to safely return to the practice of nursing.
To provide a cost effective alternative to the traditional disciplinary process.
To develop a statewide resource network for referring nurses to appropriate services.
To provide confidential consultations for Nurse Managers.

("Intervention Project for Nurses," 2017).

]]> 2017-03-30 09:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163637297 Possible Funding Resources glen_dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163639271 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing lists many grant opportunities for nursing research every month on their website. They are a great research foundation that actually funded the first nursing research grant in the United States in 1936. I am a member of this organization. http://www.nursingsociety.org/
The Florida Nurses Association has many research grant opportunities listed on their website, many of which are not restricted to any topics as long as the researcher is from Florida and conducting research in Florida. www.floridanurse.org
The American Nurses Foundation is dedicated to furthering the science of nursing through research and has many research grant opportunities listed on their website that are not restricted to any topics. http://www.anfonline.org/
The National Institute of Drug Abuse lists many research funding opportunities for topics related to drug abuse in the United States. www.drugabuse.gov
The National Institute of Nursing Research promotes nursing research and has unrestricted grant opportunities listed on their website. www.ninr.nih.gov]]> 2017-03-30 09:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163639271 References glen_dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163649818 Elite Daily. (2016, Dec 15). What it feels like to take Adderall when you don’t have ADHD [Body & Mind]. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/GVyvJTlVMkQ.

Intervention Project for Nurses. (2017). As retrieved from http://www.ipnfl.org

Online Sunshine: The Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature. (2017). As retrieved from http://www.leg.state.fl.us.]]> 2017-03-30 10:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163649818 What does it feel like to be on Adderall? glen_dalisay https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163651091 This YouTube video describes what a person feels when they are on Adderall if they are not diagnosed with ADHD.]]> 2017-03-30 10:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/glen_dalisay/ie5po2mrp4ct/wish/163651091