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Addiction Among Health Care Providers
An Interview with Jack Stem, CRNA

Jack Stem, CRNA, is a Peer Assistance Advisor for the Ohio State Association of Nurse Anesthetists and maintains an educational website for health care providers on the risk of addiction at www.jackstem.com/. Click on any of the links to read the full story. Questions 1: Tell us your story and why you started your website? 2: Do health care workers view addiction as a disease or a moral weakness? How does this effect their management of chronic pain? 3: Are there specific professions or groups of health care workers who are at higher risk of addiction? 4: What are some signs of a drug impaired co-worker and what should I do if I have concerns about someone? 5: Can a health care worker in recovery continue in clinical practice? 6: Do health care professional organizations, on a local or national level, provide peer assistance hot lines or other resources for their members who are concerned about their own impairment?