Writing What Works?
Andrew Preston , Wrote this article while a community drugs and alcohol worker with North Devon Community Drug ’Team. He is now Royal College of Nursing Officer. South Western Region
Andrew Preston’s attempt to ‘tidy up' a booklet for injecting drug users soon grew into a major rewrite. Here he describes some of the dilemmas he faced
The thought of people injecting themselves with unsterile drugs used to make me cringe, but while on placement with Exeter Drugs Project during my post registration RMN training, it was something I had to get used to pretty quickly.
Nursing Standard.
5, 27, 52-54.
doi: 10.7748/ns.5.27.52.s61
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