A cross-sectional study of drinking patterns, prelicensure nursing education, and professional identity formation

Abstract

This collection is found at IUScholarWorks: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/16829 When in the collection and within a category, click on "title" to see all items in alphabetical order. The CollectionThis document is part of a collection that serves two purposes. First, it is a digital archive for a sampling of unpublished documents, presentations, questionnaires and limited publications resulting from over forty years of research. Second, it is a public archive for data on college student drinking patterns on the national and international level collected for over 20 years. Research topics by Dr. Engs have included the exploration of hypotheses concerning the determinants of behaviors such as student drinking patterns; models that have examine the etiology of cycles of prohibition and temperance movements, origins of western European drinking cultures (attitudes and behaviors concerning alcohol) from antiquity, eugenics, Progressive Era, and other social reform movements with moral overtones-Clean Living Movements; biographies of health and social reformers including Upton Sinclair; and oral histories of elderly monks. Summary PURPOSE: The purpose of this cross-sectional, descriptive study was to describe drinking behaviors and professional identity formation among student nurses. METHOD: Survey data were collected from 333 students enrolled in a traditional BSN program on three campuses of a large Midwestern university using the Nurse Self-Concept Questionnaire and the Student Alcohol Questionnaire. ANOVA and Pearson r statistical tests were used to analyze data. RESULTS: Self-perceptions related to leadership were found to be the weakest aspect of the students' self-concepts, and the only dimensions of professional self-concept that differed significantly among students enrolled at varying program levels were knowledge and communication. A negative relationship was found between increased alcohol use and general self-concept and communication, but the associations were very weak. CONCLUSIONS: More research is needed to understand how best to facilitate the acquisition of an identity consistent with the profession's values and how to recruit candidates that will contribute to nursing's preferred future. Indiana University Archives

Outcomes of a Bystander Intervention Community Health Service-Learning Project

“…Nurses, regardless of their roles in the health care system, are called upon to be leaders and advocates who have a moral responsibility to promote the health and safety of all people (17), but traditional methods in pre-licensure education have not always led to the development of strong leaders (3,21). Others have used service learning as an effective strategy to cultivate leadership in pre-licensure students (22,23).…”

“…Approximately 1 in 5 college females between the ages of 18 and 25 experiences an attempted or completed sexual assault and more than 599,000 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 are injured annually from an alcohol-related incident (1,2). Nursing students themselves are very likely to engage in behaviors that put them at risk for alcohol-related injuries (3,4).Therefore, it is likely that nursing students will encounter campus situations where other students need assistance.…”

Differences in Drinking Patterns Between Female Nursing and Nonnursing Students

“…of .86. 8 On the basis of NIAAA definition of high-risk drinking as more than 7 drinks a week for women, we classified students as abstainers, low-risk drinkers, or high-risk drinkers. 2 The university's institutional review board granted approval to conduct this study.…”

“…5,6 The research suggests that high-risk drinking and problem behaviors that endanger others may begin in prelicensure education. [7][8][9] Nursing students are taught that they have an ethical responsibility to protect patients from injury that might result from impaired practice, but 1 study found that 4% of the nursing students engaged in patient care while under the influence. 5,6 Another study found approximately 10% of the nursing students endangered others within the previous year by driving when they knew that they had too much to drink.…”

“…5,6 Another study found approximately 10% of the nursing students endangered others within the previous year by driving when they knew that they had too much to drink. 8 Accordingly, nurse educators seek the best strategies to prevent alcohol and other substance abuse among prelicensure students. These educational efforts frequently increase knowledge but are often inadequate to affect behavior change.…”