Background: Drug abuse is a global health problem and it's growing every day. Patients with a drug addiction leap a higher risk at hospitals because of their background history, patients are stigmatized as manipulative, shameful, aggressive and violent. It’s important that Nurses who will be taking care of patients with drug know their role and can see other factors then just what meets the eye. Purpose: The goal is to have nurses with the knowledge and experience to promote health in patients with a drug addiction. Method: This method" were found in two different databases, PsycInfo and PubMed. The eight scientific articles found for the result were examined on the basis of Polit and Beck's nine-step model. Result: It is important that nurses are offered extra training on patients with a drug addiction in order to alleviate the patients suffering. Conclusions: Take each patient as a unique case and give care based on their special need.