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Integrating naloxone education into an undergraduate nursing course: Developing partnerships with a local department of health
Author(s) -
Carter Gregory,
Caudill Penny
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12707
Subject(s) - (+) naloxone , medicine , curriculum , intervention (counseling) , nursing , opioid overdose , psychology , family medicine , opioid , pedagogy , receptor
Background Substance misuse continues to be a significant concern in the United States, with over 700,000 lives lost from a drug overdose between 1999 and 2017. However, nursing curricula have failed to keep pace with the epidemic. Methods The current study used a pre‐post study design and involved a convenience sample of undergraduate nursing students ( n = 37) enrolled in a community health nursing course. Students completed an 11‐item online survey examining naloxone stigma, naloxone self‐efficacy, and naloxone knowledge. A paired sample t test was conducted to evaluate the impact of the in‐person training and education event. Results There was a statistically significant increase in post‐intervention naloxone knowledge scores from the pre‐survey ( M = 3.57, SD = 0.959) to the post‐survey ( M = 4.70, SD = 0.520). Stigma toward naloxone demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the post‐intervention stigma survey ( M = 9.00, SD = 1.312) compared with the pre‐intervention stigma survey ( M = 7.78, SD = 2.228). Naloxone self‐efficacy also demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the post‐intervention naloxone efficacy survey ( M = 10.08, SD = 1.064) compared with the pre‐intervention naloxone efficacy scores ( M = 7.38, SD = 2.22). Conclusions The students’ scores demonstrated a significant increase in naloxone knowledge, self‐efficacy, and stigma. Future research is needed to explore the impact of integrating naloxone education in the undergraduate nursing curriculum.