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EXPLORING INFLUENCES ON THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE’S PERCEIVED ROLE IN OPIOID EDUCATION AT DISCHARGE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Mosbacher, Abigail Lorraine
http://orcid.org/0009-0005-2794-2959
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1683025723451586

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2023, BS, Kent State University, College of Nursing.
Education regarding opioid prescriptions upon discharge from the Emergency Department (ED) is essential to ensuring the safe use of opioid analgesics. ED nurses are on the front lines fighting the opioid epidemic, and effective discharge education is one of the primary tools used to reach individuals that are receiving opioid prescriptions either for the first time or after a long history of exposure. Current literature explores nurse perceptions of pain management in the ED as well as effective education techniques; however, it does not address the factors that influence an ED nurse regarding discharge education about opioid analgesics. The purpose of this study is to identify these factors. Interviews were conducted with 12 ED nurses from three hospitals in northeastern Ohio (one urban, one suburban, and one critical access hospital). The data was analyzed and coded, and three overarching factors that influence discharge education in the ED were identified: patient characteristics, nursing factors, and professional resources. Patient characteristics can be broken into demographics, the presence of family or a caregiver at discharge, a patient’s history of exposure, and a patient’s access to health resources. Nursing factors include personal experiences with opioid prescriptions or addiction and alternatives to opioids for pain management. Examples of professional resources are patient NARx scores, discharge materials, the amount of time allotted for discharge, the physician writing the prescription, and recent changes in prescribing practice. All these factors influence discharge education by increasing or decreasing the amount of time spent on discharge, as well as the amount of detail that is included in discharge education. Keywords: Opioid; Emergency Department; Discharge Education; Nursing
Tracy Dodson (Advisor)
Amy Miracle (Committee Member)
Cassandra Storlie (Committee Member)
Pamela Stephenson (Committee Member)
76 p.
Demographics; Education; Health Care; Health Education; Medicine; Nursing; Pharmaceuticals; Teaching
Opioid; Emergency Department; Discharge Education; Nursing;

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  • Mosbacher, A. L. (2023). EXPLORING INFLUENCES ON THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE’S PERCEIVED ROLE IN OPIOID EDUCATION AT DISCHARGE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1683025723451586

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mosbacher, Abigail. EXPLORING INFLUENCES ON THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE’S PERCEIVED ROLE IN OPIOID EDUCATION AT DISCHARGE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY. 2023. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1683025723451586.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mosbacher, Abigail. "EXPLORING INFLUENCES ON THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE’S PERCEIVED ROLE IN OPIOID EDUCATION AT DISCHARGE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1683025723451586

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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