Student nurses' attitudes to illicit drugs: A grounded theory study

The aim of this research was to identify the factors that influence the attitudes of student nurses towards illicit drugs. This insight is important in providing a foundation for the development of educational approaches aimed at challenging what appear to be negative attitudes to illicit drug users...

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Published inNurse education today Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 235 - 240
Main Authors Harling, Martyn R., Turner, Warren
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2012
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
College students
Drug abuse
Drug use
Female
Focus Groups
Grounded Theory
Humans
Illicit/illegal drugs
Interviews
Male
Middle Aged
Narcotics
Negative Attitudes
Nurses
Nursing education
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Students
Nursing Theory
Personal experiences
Qualitative Research
Semi Structured Interviews
Social Stigma
Street Drugs
Student attitudes
Student nurses
Students, Nursing - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - nursing
Young Adult
United Kingdom > UK
Attitudes
Student nurses
Grounded theory
Illicit/illegal drugs
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Summary:The aim of this research was to identify the factors that influence the attitudes of student nurses towards illicit drugs. This insight is important in providing a foundation for the development of educational approaches aimed at challenging what appear to be negative attitudes to illicit drug users within nursing. The absence of a testable hypothesis prior to the investigation led to the generation of theory from the data (inductive enquiry) with a constructivist approach to grounded theory (Charmaz, 2006), being employed. Data generation involved informal conversational interviews (n=12), semi-structured interviews (n=9), four focus groups and an audit of the education received by students (n=61) around substance misuse issues. The final grounded theory indicated that:
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ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.002