Open AccessImproving SBIRT in a nurse-managed clinic serving homeless patients with substance use disorder
Author(s) -
Ryan B. Kerrins,
Jean Croce Hemphill
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the nurse practitioner/the nurse practitioner
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-8662
pISSN - 0361-1817
DOI - 10.1097/01.npr.0000666200.91953.c4
Subject(s) - brief intervention , medicine , referral , substance use , intervention (counseling) , nursing , substance abuse , family medicine , medical emergency , psychiatry
A nurse-managed clinic in Northeast Tennessee that mainly serves unstably housed patients launched a process improvement project to evaluate Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) implementation and use. These findings could guide future SBIRT efforts among vulnerable groups.