Drinking Patterns of Nursing Students Over Time: 1983 - 1987 Implications for Nursing Education

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1988-10
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About 67% of the disciplinary proceedings brought against nurses are related to some form of chemical abuse. Therefore, it is important to determine drinking and drug use patterns for curriculum development with nursing students . A sample of 431 nursing students was drawn from a national sample of college students over three time periods between 1983-1987. Of all nursing students, over 72.4% had consumed alcohol within the past year. 7.6% were considered heavy drinkers (consuming 5 or more drinks once a week or more). No significant difference was found between the three time periods. It was recommended that baseline data be taken to determine changes and that alcohol education be a part of the curriculum.
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Other research papers on college student drinking can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations used for the study, and the original data base can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The SAQ and CODE questionnaire used for this study is found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17206 The classic 1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissued
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Nursing students, drinking, binge drinking, harm reduction, underage drinkers, drugs
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Engs, R. (1988). “Drinking Patterns of Nursing Students OVER Time: 1983 - 1987 Implications for Nursing Education.” Paper presented at Impaired Health Professionals AMA Conference. Chicago, Illinois, USA. 27-28 October, 1988. Retrieved from the IUScholarWorks repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/16879
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This work is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For permission to reuse this work for commercial purposes, please contact Dr. Ruth Engs or the IU Archives.
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