title: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment: a need for educational reform in nursing.
abstract: With the prevalence of addiction-related health consequences, all nurses must maintain a basic level of knowledge and skills regarding addictions. Nurses are ideally positioned to screen, assess, refer; and, at the advanced practice level, treat clients for addiction disorders, provided the knowledge and willingness exists to intervene. A vision for nursing education is to achieve minimal competencies for all generalist nurses, facilitated by incorporation of substance-related disorder concepts into nursing education. An urgent need exists to disseminate the most recent knowledge and skills in nursing school curricula throughout the United States and internationally.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Professions, Bellet Building, Room #422, 1505 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA. dam355@drexel.edu
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murphy-Parker
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000193:education*
keywords: Addictions; Brief intervention; Nursing curricula; Referral; SBIRT; Screening