Alcohol education and training in pre-registration nursing: A national survey to determine curriculum content in the United Kingdom (UK)

Holloway, Aisha; Webster, Brian

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2012.10.011

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“…25,26 Despite paradigm shifts in public health, the nature of alcohol education within nursing courses still tends to focus most heavily on the treatment of alcohol dependence, with 1 study showing only 10% of schools required competency in screening or brief interventions to reduce high-risk drinking. 1,2,14,16 Although nursing students have high levels of knowledge about alcohol abuse prevention, our findings reinforce previous research suggesting that this knowledge does not translate to personal behavior change and more responsible drinking. 10,11 Waiting until students are accepted into nursing programs to begin aggressive alcohol abuse prevention strategies may be suboptimal.…”

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“…These educational efforts frequently increase knowledge but are often inadequate to affect behavior change. [10][11][12][13][14][15] Although there is a need for nurse educators to reconsider the way they teach prevention and intervention strategies, 16,17 part of the issue with persistent alcohol abuse among nursing students may be that drinking patterns are well formed before entering nursing courses especially in programs that do not directly admit students. The purpose of this study is to determine if the drinking patterns of students admitted to a nursing program after a year of prerequisites differed from those of other female undergraduate students.…”

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Differences in Drinking Patterns Between Female Nursing and Nonnursing Students

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This study compared the drinking patterns of 123 female nursing students with those of 185 female students of other majors enrolled beyond the freshman year at a large public university. High-risk drinking patterns did not vary significantly between the 2 groups, suggesting that students' drinking patterns reflected the norms of their institution. Prevention strategies geared at campus culture and that target students still enrolled in prerequisites may be needed to reduce alcohol abuse in nursing students.

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“…The question remains wether the students are adequately informed about their ability to influence patients and if they estimate correctly their self efficacy. A different approach in lecturing seems to be required to improve consequences of health promotion curriculum to counseling skills and health behavior [24,25]. An evaluation of an online tobacco cessation course demonstrates that the individual ability and skill in counseling patients improves outcomes significantly [26].…”

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BMI, physical inactivity, cigarette and alcohol consumption in female nursing students: a 5-year comparison

Lehmann¹,

Lindeman²,

Klewer

et al. 2014

BMC Med Educ

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BackgroundNursing staff are often involved in counseling patients with regard to health behavior. Although care promoting healthy lifestyle choices is included in the curriculum of nursing students in Germany, several studies of nursing students have reported a high prevalence of unhealthy behavior. This paper focuses on the behavior of female nursing students with regard to body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and cigarette and alcohol consumption. It describes trends through the comparison of results from 2008 and 2013.MethodsData was collected in two waves at a regional medical training college. First, 301 nursing students were asked to fill out a 12 page questionnaire on health behavior in 2008. The questioning was repeated in 2013 with 316 participating nursing students using the previous questionnaire.Results259 female nursing students completed the questionnaire in 2013. 31.6% of them were either overweight or obese, 28.5% exercised less than once a week, 42.9% smoked between 10 and 20 cigarettes a day and 72.6% drank alcohol, wherefrom 19.7% consumed alcohol in risky quantities. In comparison to the data of 266 female nursing students from 2008, there were significant differences in the BMI and alcohol consumption: The percentage of overweight and obese students and the percentage of alcohol consumers at risk increased significantly.ConclusionsHealth behavior of female nursing students is often inadequate especially in regard to weight and cigarette and alcohol consumption. Strategies are required to promote healthy lifestyle choices.

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“…However, it is also acknowledged that non-specialist nurses feel they lack role legitimacy and clinical confidence in responding to those suffering from alcohol related harm (Holloway & Webster, 2013. The need for adequate alcohol education and training for nurses has been identified not only within the UK but also internationally (Holloway & Webster 2013).…”

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“…Despite nurses being the largest group of health professionals, who often are the first to come into contact with individuals experiencing alcohol-related harm, the evidence does suggest that they are not engaging with this role . Lack of education, role legitimacy, lack of clinical confidence and an uneasiness in raising the issue are all identified as barriers (Holloway & Webster, 2013). …”

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Screening and brief intervention delivery in the workplace to reduce alcohol-related harm: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Watson

Godfrey

McFadyen

et al. 2015

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Aims: To explore the feasibility and cost effectiveness of screening and delivery of a brief intervention for hazardous drinking employees.Methods: A pilot randomised controlled trial of a brief intervention delivered by an Occupational Health nurse versus no delivery of brief intervention (control group) conducted in a Local Authority Council (LCA) in the United Kingdom. Changes in quality of life and economic indicators were measured by the EQ-5D.Results: 627 employees were screened of whom 163 (26.01%) fulfilled the inclusion criteria with a total of 57 (35%) agreeing to participate. No significant differences were found between the groups for baseline demographics or levels/patterns of alcohol consumption. A statistically significant effect was found in the mean AUDIT scores over time (F = 8.96, p = 0.004) but not for group (F = 0.017, p = 0.896), and no significant interaction was found (F = 0.148, p = 0.702). The cost of each intervention was calculated at £12.48, the difference in service costs was calculated at £344.50 per person; that is there was a net saving of health and other care costs in the intervention group compared to the control group. The QALYs fell in both intervention and control groups, the difference -0.002 -(-0.010) yields a net advantage of the intervention of 0.008 QALYs. Conclusion:The main results from this pilot study suggest that alcohol brief interventions delivered in the workplace may offer the potential to reduce alcohol-related harm and save public sector resources. A fully powered multi-centre trial is warranted to contribute to the current evidence base and explore further the potential of alcohol brief interventions in the workplace. In a full trial the recruitment method may need to be re-considered.2

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Alcohol education and training in pre-registration nursing: A national survey to determine curriculum content in the United Kingdom (UK)

Cited by 13 publications

References 41 publications

Differences in Drinking Patterns Between Female Nursing and Nonnursing Students

Differences in Drinking Patterns Between Female Nursing and Nonnursing Students

BMI, physical inactivity, cigarette and alcohol consumption in female nursing students: a 5-year comparison

Screening and brief intervention delivery in the workplace to reduce alcohol-related harm: A pilot randomized controlled trial

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