Date of Conferral
2021
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Diane Whitehead
Abstract
Substance use disorder (SUD) has plagued the United States for decades and has been an ongoing issue in a Midwest hospital emergency department where SUD patients were provided discharge information that did not include SUD specific recovery and rehabilitation resources available in the community. The purpose of this project was to develop a clinical practice guideline (CPG) for nurses to use when discharging a SUD patient with an accompanying evidence-based recovery and referral resource list including Narcan, medication-assisted treatment, crisis hotlines, needle exchange programs, and treatment options. The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice framework was used to grade the levels of evidence found in the literature. The appraisal of guidelines for research and evaluation instrument was used by a three-member expert panel to assess the quality of the proposed guidelines, rating them using a 1–7 score range. Content expert scores ranged from 6.67 to 7 with the final score being 6.89, deeming the CPG to be of high quality. The use of the CPG by nurses with the recovery and rehabilitation resource list will promote positive social change for the nurses by providing them with the evidence-based knowledge to encourage SUD patients on means of success when seeking recovery and rehabilitation services and potentially decreasing ED visits and costs associated with ED SUD care. In addition, patients obtaining a measure of hope by understanding the resources available to them can lead to positive results for their health, thus improving the human condition.
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Julie Ann, "Clinical Practice Guidelines for Community-Based Resources for Substance Abuse Patients in an Emergency Department" (2021). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 11341.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/11341
