%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