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Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Poster presentation

“The intervention piece…that's still the hardest part of it all.” Enhancing brief intervention skills among public health nurses

Authors: Rebecca Porter, B Hanson, S Faulkner, D King

Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice | Special Issue 2/2015

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Nurses are likely to encounter opportunities to engage patients in alcohol interventions, yet few have received preparation for this work. Although screening procedures are relatively straightforward and easily utilized by nurse professionals, developing a personalized, brief, and effective response to promote behavior change for indicated cases is a clinical skill that, for many nurses, requires deliberate effort to acquire[1, 2]. To support development of alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) skills among nurses and implement alcohol SBI as a routine practice, Alaska Public Health Nursing (PHN) collaborated with the Arctic FASD Regional Training Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage. …
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Metadata
Title
“The intervention piece…that's still the hardest part of it all.” Enhancing brief intervention skills among public health nurses
Authors
Rebecca Porter
B Hanson
S Faulkner
D King
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-10-S2-P9

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