title: Expanded roles and responsibilities for nurses in screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol use.
abstract: It is the position of the International Nurses Society on Addictions and the Emergency Nurses Association that nurses in all practice settings be prepared to deliver screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment, or SBIRT, to identify and effectively respond to alcohol use and related disorders across the lifespan.
authors.affiliation: Stephen Strobbe, PhD, RN, NP, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, and International Nurses Society on Addictions, Lenexa, Kansas. Cydne Perhats, MPH, Institute for Emergency Nursing Research, Emergency Nurses Association, Des Plaines, Illinois. Lauren M. Broyles, PhD, RN, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strobbe
authors.forename: Cydne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perhats
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Broyles
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012017:Referral and Consultation