Khadejah F Mahmoud1, Deborah Finnell2, Dawn Lindsay3, Carolyn MacFarland4, Hannah D Marze5, Britney B Scolieri6, Ann M Mitchell7. 1. Khadejah F. Mahmoud, MSN, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 2. Deborah Finnell, DNS, RN, FAAN, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. 3. Dawn Lindsay, PhD, Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 4. Carolyn MacFarland, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 5. Hannah D. Marze, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 6. Britney B. Scolieri, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Summit Psychological Services, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 7. Ann M. Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Alcohol and/or opioid stigma perceptions are barriers to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) implementation. AIM: To examine SBIRT education and clinical exposure efficacy at decreasing nursing students' stigma perceptions toward caring for patients affected by alcohol and/or opioid use problems. METHOD: A single-sample, pretest-posttest design with N = 124 nursing students. The students had a 1.5-hour SBIRT education session and a 12-week clinical experience with some patients who had alcohol and/or opioid use problems. RESULTS: The participants' stigma perceptions improved toward patients who had alcohol and/or opioid use problems. CONCLUSIONS: SBIRT education and clinical exposure may provide a basis for promoting understanding of alcohol and/or opioid use-related stigma and can be used as an intervention to decrease some of stigma's negative effects.
BACKGROUND:Alcohol and/or opioid stigma perceptions are barriers to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) implementation. AIM: To examine SBIRT education and clinical exposure efficacy at decreasing nursing students' stigma perceptions toward caring for patients affected by alcohol and/or opioid use problems. METHOD: A single-sample, pretest-posttest design with N = 124 nursing students. The students had a 1.5-hour SBIRT education session and a 12-week clinical experience with some patients who had alcohol and/or opioid use problems. RESULTS: The participants' stigma perceptions improved toward patients who had alcohol and/or opioid use problems. CONCLUSIONS: SBIRT education and clinical exposure may provide a basis for promoting understanding of alcohol and/or opioid use-related stigma and can be used as an intervention to decrease some of stigma's negative effects.