Performing a brief intervention in practice
In this step we observe how to carry out an unplanned brief intervention in practice. We meet a patient who has arrived for an appointment with their general practitioner. The …
Course: Identifying and Responding to Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Practice
Evidence for Brief Interventions in Addiction Support
A challenge often faced by healthcare professionals when they identify a person with problematic substance use is how do they help that person to recognise and change their current behaviour. …
Assessment and screening for substance use in practice
Within this step we observe how an assessment and a screening for drug or alcohol use is carried out in practice. We see how the nurse listens to the concerns …
Substance Use Assessment and Screening
In this section we will learn about accessing the needs of your patients, referred throughout the article as clients, and how to screen a client for potential substance use or …
What Factors Lead to Drug Addiction?
The pathways which lead a person into drug use are both varied and complex (4,5). These involve factors which put a person at greater risk to turn to drugs as …
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Approaches
Many people who use substances be it drugs or alcohol may ask, ‘will treatment work?’ and the simple answer is yes, treatment works. It has been shown that treatment for …
Peer Learning and the HAT Model
Learning from our co-workers, fellow learners or peers is an important aspect of learning. By sharing leadership, plans, experiences and challenges we have encountered in our practices we can learn …
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Identifying and Responding to Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Practice