NUR-550 Benchmark -Evidence-Based Practice Project: Literature Review

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) remains a challenging problem for many Americans aged over eighteen years. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), alcohol use disorder (AUD) entails a condition characterized by the inability to stop or control alcohol use despite the adverse social, occupational, and health effects. Nurse practitioners, especially psychiatry nurses, are responsible for developing evidence-based care interventions to help patients with AUD (Rombouts et al., 2019). The NIAA asserts that close to 15 million individuals in the country suffer from AUD (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, n.d.). As direct caregivers, nurses are ideally positioned to improve patient outcomes by translating research into practice.

Hello! Nursing shortages continues to be an ongoing problem, and our patients are affected greatly when we continue to work short. Our patients are growing sicker and are requiring more time and care. Our nursing workload is increasing and the time that we are able to spend with our patients is decreased. When we have such as heavy workload, our time being spent collaborating with our patients and with the physician, decreases. This is where medical errors can happen and can lead to a poor communication amongst the interdisciplinary team, including our patients. Our patient’s quality of care decreases as well. Our patients are at a great risk for infection and poor outcomes when we are not able to spend time understanding and caring for their needs. Our nurses are having to take on such a great deal of workload that we are seeing an increase in our nurse burnout. Our nurses are being burned out by limited resources and shortages; our nurse satisfaction rates are going down. When nurses are feeling unsatisfied with their jobs, our patients care is also affected. Our nurses are not able to practice at the highest level that they can when they are feeling burned out, and unsatisfied with their positions. This is leading to an increase in workload and an increase in errors as well.  We are not able to spend our time and kn

Benchmark Evidence Based Practice Project Literature Review

owledge in using our critical thinking skills. We may not be able to notice with the decrease in time spend on patient care when something may be going on with our patients.

PICOT Question/Statement

In individuals from low socioeconomic status and poor educational levels suffering from alcohol use disorder (AUD) (P), does offering behavioral treatments and coordinated care with other providers (I) compared to non-interventions (C) lead to improvement in handling of alcohol withdrawal symptoms and treatment of alcohol use disorder (0) within 12 months (T)?

Search Methods

Nursing literature should be sourced from current and scholarly evidence. Articles should have the appropriate features and examine the study topic in depth using the PICOT as the guidance. The main search approach involved searching different journal databases that include MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library for clinical trial and observation studies. Embase and ScienceDirect were also considered. Keywords included alcohol use disorder (AUD), behavioral treatments, coordinated care, and alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Articles used have been published in the last five years and centered on translational research.

Synthesis of Literature

Ray et al. (2021) deployed a qualitative review of treatment interventions for AUD and the current development. After discussing how to use translational research in developing AUD treatment, Ray et al. (2021) found that transitional research models can help stakeholders develop new AUD treatment interventions and translate the knowledge to patient care. Accordingly, stakeholders are advised to consider translational research in developing AUD treatment interventions. The article supports the EBP practice project proposal by showing the significance of translational research in developing treatment interventions.

Hass-Koffler and Schank (2020) evaluated the present translational research into neurobiological targets in alcohol and substance use

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