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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

MARZO 2014 N° 2 Volumen 17

Perception, knowledge and attitudes of Emergency and Mental Health nurses regarding alcoholism and other drug dependencies

Section: Cover story

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López Alabarce JA, Hernández Sánchez D, Molina Mula J, Fernández Medina JM, Castaño Fernández AI, Sanz Álvarez E, et al. Percepción, conocimientos y actitudes de las enfermeras de urgencias y salud mental frente al alcoholismo y otras drogodependencias. Metas Enferm mar 2014; 17(2): 22-31.

Authors

1Juan Antonio López Alabarce, 2Daniel Hernández Sánchez, 3Jesús Molina Mula, 1José Manuel Fernández Medina, 4Ana Isabel Castaño Fernández, 4Elena Sanz Álvarez, 4Antonia Gelabert Binimelis, 1Mercedes Montalbán Romero, 1Antonio González Trujillo, 1Eva Carnicero Viñals, 4Marta Vilardell Balasch, 1Margarida Simonet Bennassar, 1Francisco Clar Aragón, 5Alberto Nuez Aspas

Position

1Enfermera/o. Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital de Manacor (Baleares).2Enfermero. Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital de Manacor (Baleares).3Doctor en Ciencias Biosociosanitarias. Universitat de les Illes Balears.4Enfermera. Servicio de Psiquiatría del Hospital de Manacor (Baleares).5Enfermero. Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital St’s Mary Londres.  

Contact address

Jesús Molina Mula. Universitat de les Illes Balears. Ed. Guillem Cifre. Ctra. Valldemossa, km 7,5. 07122 Palma de Mallorca.

Contact email: jesus.molina@uib.es

Abstract

Objective: to describe the perceptions, knowledge and attitudes of Nursing professionals who treat alcoholic patients in the Emergency and Mental Health units of hospitals in the Balearic Islands.
Materials and method: a descriptive transversal multicenter study with nurses in the Emergency and Mental Health units of five hospitals in the Balearic Islands. For data collection, the Seaman-Mannello Scale was used, validated into Spanish, which measures the knowled­ge and attitudes of Nursing professionals regarding alcoholism and alcohol intake.
Results: 150 questionnaires were collected, out of a universe of 257. Out of these, 99.1% had become in contact with drug dependent persons during their professional experience. Almost 75% of them had had difficulties when managing them (20.6% due to lack of protocols, and 17.1% due to lack of resources). The factors which made patient care difficult were: lack of knowledge, attitude by the professional and social perception, lack of communication skills, previous experiences, organization and type of unit where they worked, and personal opinions. When they had difficulties, they consulted other professionals to clarify their doubts; only 7.1% used scientific databases as a reliable source of information.
Conclusions: nurses perceive alcoholic patients as sick persons who need therapy. Lack of knowledge is the factor with the highest negative impact on patient care offered to drug dependent patients, while attitudes appear to a lesser extent. Organization aspects and place of work are also involved.

Keywords:

Professional role; disorders associated with substance abuse; social perception; professional qualification; mental health; researchtransversal descriptive study

Versión en Español

Título:

Percepción, conocimientos y actitudes de las enfermeras de urgencias y salud mental frente al alcoholismo y otras drogodependencias

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