Drink a little; take a few drugs: Do nurses have knowledge to identify and manage in-patients at risk of drugs and alcohol?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-552

  Griffiths, R D ^a,b,c,e   Stone, A ^b   Tran, D T ^a   Fernandez, R S ^b,d   Ford, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c Department of Nursing ^*

^d South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research   (Australia)

^e LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Nurses; Substance use screening; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547959752     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230701499167     Document Type: Article

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