title: Identifying at risk individuals for drug and alcohol dependence: teaching the competency to students in classroom and clinical settings.
abstract: Alcohol use and other drug use affect patient healthcare outcomes. This article describes a classroom-to-clinical approach teaching nursing students to utilize motivational interviewing techniques to support patient behavior change. Through the lens of a universal prevention method, nursing students learned about reward circuit activation leading to risky substance use and the difference between addiction and at-risk use. Specific assessment tools and motivational interviewing techniques were presented in the classroom. Students then applied their knowledge in simulation laboratories and clinical rotations.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Drs Kane and Fioravanti), Associate Professors (Dr Mitchell), Professor (Dr Puskar), Grants Administrator (Ms Talcott), Graduate Student Researcher (Ms Droppa), School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh; and National SBIRT ATTC Director (Dr Hagle), Executive Director (Dr Luongo), Director of Evaluation Services (Dr Lindsay), Institute for Research, Training & Education in Addictions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Kathryn R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Puskar
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagle
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Talcott
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fioravanti
authors.forename: Mandy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Droppa
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Luongo
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lindsay
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000451:nursing*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D062405:Motivational Interviewing; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*