title: Effects of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) education and training on nursing students' attitudes toward working with patients who use alcohol and drugs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) can reduce alcohol use and negative health outcomes in patients with risky substance use. However, negative attitudes that some health care professionals have toward patients who use substances are a barrier to implementing SBIRT.
  
  
  METHODS
  The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, in partnership with the Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addictions (IRETA), developed a curriculum to train baccalaureate student nurses to deliver SBIRT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Following SBIRT education and training, students' perceived attitudes toward patients who use alcohol became more positive. Less robust changes were found for attitudes related to patients who use drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses composing the largest group of healthcare workers are in key positions to screen, intervene, and provide education about substance use.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. krp12@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Puskar
authors.forename: Heather J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gotham
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Terhorst
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagle
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braxter
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fioravanti
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: Kimberly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Talcott
authors.forename: Gail R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Woomer
authors.forename: Helen K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016730:Program Development; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy