Implementation science in higher education: Identifying key determinants in the selection of evidence-based alcohol and substance prevention and treatment.

Introduction: Although there are evidence-based strategies (EBSs) for alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention and treatment for college students, there has been little focus on evaluating AOD EBS implementation in higher education. The use of implementation strategies in higher education may help bridge the gap between research and practice and improve students' access to EBSs. However, it is important to first understand determinants of AOD EBS program implementation to support AOD EBS selection and implementation strategy selection.

Alcohol and cannabis co-use: Receptiveness to treatments and application to intervention planning.

Given the prevalence of alcohol and cannabis co-use among college students, prevention for co-use is crucial. We examined hypothetical receptiveness to substance-specific interventions among students who reported co-use. Students who use alcohol and cannabis were more receptive to alcohol interventions than cannabis interventions.

A mixed-method evaluation of the adoption and implementation of the College Alcohol Intervention Matrix among prevention experts: a study protocol.

Background: Risky drinking among college campuses has been a long-standing concern and there have been dedicated efforts to develop evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies (EBSs) to decrease alcohol use and increase healthy behaviors among college students. Further, the College Alcohol Intervention Matrix (CollegeAIM) was developed as a tool with accompanying resources, to assist institutions of higher education in selecting EBSs that are appropriate and a good fit for their campuses. However, the CollegeAIM tool and selection of prevention strategies from stakeholders' perspectives has yet to be evaluated.

Effects of a campus-wide tobacco-free policy on tobacco attitudes, norms and behaviors among students, staff and faculty.

In 2016 a private Missouri university implemented a campus-wide tobacco-free policy to change social norms and prevent tobacco use among students, staff and faculty. This study assesses impact on tobacco and policy-related perceptions and behaviors. Before the policy went into effect and again one year later, all university students, staff and faculty were invited to participate in an online survey.

The suitcase simulation: an effective and inexpensive psychiatric nursing teaching activity.

A tabletop simulation was developed as a patient safety activity that involved checking in a patient admitted to a psychiatric care unit. Students were second-degree (n = 79) and traditional (n = 53) BSN students. They were given suitcases or backpacks containing various items, and following a fictional hospital policy, they had to decide whether to give the items to the patient, place them in a secured area, or send them to the pharmacy or security personnel.

Looking for a good book. Reading and teaching with psychiatric practitioner memoirs.

Memoirs can be more interesting to read than textbooks and are frequently just as informative. Many people have written excellent memoirs about their own or family member's psychiatric illness. However, psychiatric practitioner memoirs have the advantage of showing how an enthusiastic but novice clinician develops into a skilled practitioner, something students are usually eager to understand.

Taking the sting out of examination review.

Since using this method, examination reviews have focused less on arguing for points and more on comprehending the material. Examination reviews are already stressful for students and faculty; posting the examination on the walls is a quick and easy way to facilitate a difficult task.

Predictors of alcohol misuse and abuse in older women.

Purpose: To determine the predictive ability of self-report questions, physical measures, and biomarkers to detect alcohol misuse and abuse among older women.

Design And Methods: Healthy women volunteers age 60 and older who fit selection criteria were enrolled. The 135 participants were divided into nondrinkers (ND; n = 63) and drinkers (D; n = 72) based on self-reports of quantity and frequency of standard drinks consumed per month.

Moderate drinking and cardiovascular disease.

The adverse consequences of heavy alcohol use are well known. However, recent media reports of a possible cardiovascular benefit associated with moderate drinking have revived public interest in the use of alcohol for "medicinal purposes." Knowledge development regarding guidelines for moderate alcohol use has lagged behind public interest in the possible health benefits of moderate alcohol use.

Hollywood in the classroom: using feature films to teach.

Feature films have been successfully used in other disciplines to teach both undergraduate and graduate students but are seldom used in nursing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate two classes of BSN student's perceptions of viewing films as an alternative to some clinical time in a psychiatric mental-health nursing course. A 12-item, 7-point Likert-type scale was constructed to assess students' beliefs about the value of films as a learning experience.

The association between moderate drinking and heart rate variability in healthy community-dwelling older women.

The relationships among moderate alcohol use, autonomic tone, and arrhythmogenesis in older adults have not been adequately studied. Knowledge about these relationships is of increasing importance in light of population aging and recent epidemiological findings that associate moderate alcohol use with decreased rates of coronary artery disease. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between moderate drinking and autonomic tone in older women.

Moderate alcohol consumption and unappreciated risk for alcohol-related harm among ethnically diverse, urban-dwelling elders.

The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to gather data describing how older adults define moderate alcohol consumption and how they have interpreted media reports of the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. Results showed that many older adults define moderate alcohol use at levels above Federal guidelines, and a notable number of older adults agree that moderate use is good for health. The disparity between older adults' definition of moderate drinking and Federal guidelines for low-risk drinking may contribute to the underrecognition of problem drinking by nurses and other health care providers and place older adults at an unappreciated level of risk for alcohol-related harm.

A theoretical model of the role of brain stem nuclei in alcohol-mediated arrhythmogenesis in older adults.

Uncertainty about the mechanism of alcohol-mediated arrhythmogenesis and the effect of alcohol use on arrhythmic risk among older adults is an increasing concern in light of population aging and recent reports that moderate alcohol consumption may protect older adults against coronary artery disease. In this review, a theoretical model of the role of brain stem nuclei in alcohol-mediated arrhythmogenesis in older adults is developed. The model is based on the hypothesis that the effects of alcohol on central autonomic pathways of cardiac control may alter the threshold for alcohol-mediated arrhythmogenesis among older adults.