%0 Journal Article
%T Changing BSN Students¡¯ Stigma Toward Patients Who Use Alcohol and Opioids Through Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Education and Training: A Pilot Study
%A Ann M. Mitchell
%A Britney B. Scolieri
%A Dawn Lindsay
%A Holly Hagle
%A Kathryn R. Puskar
%A Khadejah F. Mahmoud
%J Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
%@ 1532-5725
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1078390317751624
%X BACKGROUND: Stigma associated with substance use is considered a barrier to implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and assisting patients to receive appropriate treatment. OBJECTIVES: To test the efficacy of SBIRT education and training in changing undergraduate nursing students¡¯ attitudes about working with patients who have problems with alcohol and opioid use. DESIGN: A sample of 49 undergraduate nursing students were surveyed, using five subscales, at three time points. RESULTS: After a 15-week semester that included (a) SBIRT education and (b) weekly clinical experiences with patients who had alcohol use problems the undergraduate nursing students¡¯ stigma decreased as measured by three of the five subscales. The students¡¯ attitudes toward working with patients who had opioid use problems exhibited favorable change as measured by four of the five subscales. CONCLUSION: SBIRT education and training for undergraduate nursing students might help mitigate some of their stigma toward working with patients who have mild to moderate alcohol and opioid use problems
%K stigma
%K undergraduate
%K nursing
%K alcohol
%K opioids
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1078390317751624