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Survey on addictions: toward curricular change for family nurse practitioners
- Source :
- International journal of nursing education scholarship. 6
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a survey of advanced practice nurses (APNs) to determine the activities they perform related to caring for patients with addictions and or co-occurring mental health disorders, the amount of addictions education in their graduate programs, and their perceptions of the value of addictions education for their role. Data were obtained from 233 APNs in New York State using a tool adapted from a previous job analysis survey. APNs reported the greatest amount of experience in history taking for various types of addictions and cooccurring mental health disorders and least amount of experience in performing objective exams, using standardized screening tools, ordering related diagnostic tests, prescribing pharmacological treatments, and making referrals for addiction treatment. Respondents reported a mean of less than three hours addictions education in their graduate programs in contrast to their high perceived importance of this clinical area. peerReviewed
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Nurse practitioners
Attitude of Health Personnel
Substance-Related Disorders
media_common.quotation_subject
Nurse's Role
Education
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Education, Nursing, Continuing
Professional Competence
Nursing
mental disorders
Medicine
Humans
Medical history
Nurse Practitioners
030212 general & internal medicine
Nurse education
Curriculum
addictions
mental health
advanced practice nursing curriculum
advanced practice nursing
Education, Nursing, Graduate
General Nursing
media_common
Quality of Health Care
business.industry
Addiction
Mental health
United States
030227 psychiatry
3. Good health
Oncology nursing
Nursing Evaluation Research
Family medicine
Health Care Surveys
Job analysis
Female
business
Family Practice
Nurse Clinicians
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1548923X
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of nursing education scholarship
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....276ed9015029b6afcaae4da913bc0c27