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Substance abuse education for clinical nurses: a controlled study

A V Graham1, K Christy, S Emmitt-Myers

  • 1Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-5036, USA.

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
|December 31, 1997
PubMed
Summary

A substance abuse educational intervention significantly improved nurses' knowledge and competence in caring for chemically dependent patients. This highlights the need for continuing education to meet practice standards.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Clinical Competence

Background:

  • Nurses often have educational deficiencies in substance abuse care.
  • Promotion to Advanced Clinical Nurse requires enhanced skills.
  • A specific educational intervention was developed for this purpose.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a substance abuse educational intervention for nurses.
  • To compare knowledge and competence gains between an intervention group and a control group.
  • To assess the impact of specialized education on nurses' ability to care for chemically dependent patients.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental design was used with 88 nurses.
  • The intervention group received a promotion workshop with a substance abuse component.

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  • The control group received the promotion workshop without the substance abuse component.

    • Main Results:

    • Nurses in the intervention group demonstrated significantly greater increases in knowledge.
    • The intervention group also showed enhanced feelings of competence in managing substance abuse cases.
    • The educational intervention positively impacted key learning outcomes.

    Conclusions:

    • Continuing education on substance abuse is crucial for hospital nurses.
    • Such education addresses knowledge gaps and meets nurses' information needs.
    • Implementing substance abuse education helps nurses adhere to professional practice standards, such as those from the American Nurses Association (ANA).