Substance-use assessment for hospital inpatients.
Many patients are not assessed for substance use and few are assessed comprehensively. Nurses are more likely than doctors to take a comprehensive substance-use history. A substance-use history assessment tool can be used hospital-wide.
Conway
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Division of Continuing and Community Services, St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
Fairbrother
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires