Khadejah F Mahmoud, Deborah S Finnell, Susan M Sereika, Dawn Lindsay, Janet Cipkala-Gaffin, Ann M Mitchell
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Abstract
Background: There is a high human and economic cost associated with alcohol use and alcohol use-related problems. Nurses have a pivotal role in addressing the needs of this patient population. Purpose: The study aimed to examine the correlation between nurses' demographics/background characteristics, personal attitudes, professional attitudes, and their motivation to provide care to patients with alcohol use and alcohol use-related problems.
Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional correlational design was utilized. Nurses were recruited from four Southwestern Pennsylvania hospitals. The study variables were examined using questionnaires that explored nurses' demographic/background characteristics, their personal and professional attitudes, and motivation to care for patients with alcohol use and alcohol use-related problems.
Results: The sample included 234 nurses. Demographic/background characteristics were identified as associated with nurse's alcohol use-related motivation, including gender, primary work setting and specialization. Previous personal experience with alcohol use-related problems (nurses themselves or co-workers), familiarity, perceived dangerousness, fear, social distance, personal responsibility beliefs and disease model were also associated with nurses' alcohol use-related motivation to care for these patients. In addition, all professional attitudes were associated with nurses' motivation toward caring for patients with alcohol use and alcohol use-related problems.
Conclusions: The study revealed that certain demographic/background characteristics and personal and professional attitudes were associated with nurses' motivation to provide care to this patient population. This study provides the foundation for future studies aimed at exploring predictors of nurse's motivation to care for patients with alcohol use and alcohol use-related problems.
期刊介绍:
Now in its 4th decade of publication, Substance Abuse journal is a peer-reviewed journal that serves as the official publication of Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) in association with The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) and the International Coalition for Addiction Studies in Education (INCASE). Substance Abuse journal offers wide-ranging coverage for healthcare professionals, addiction specialists and others engaged in research, education, clinical care, and service delivery and evaluation. It features articles on a variety of topics, including:
Interdisciplinary addiction research, education, and treatment
Clinical trial, epidemiology, health services, and translation addiction research
Implementation science related to addiction
Innovations and subsequent outcomes in addiction education
Addiction policy and opinion
International addiction topics
Clinical care regarding addictions.