NUR-590 Benchmark – Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal Final Paper

NUR-590 Benchmark – Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal Final Paper

Alcohol use disorder is a critical problem that affects a significant proportion of the population in the US. The statistics estimates shows that 25.8% of the adults aged 18 years and above in the US were victims of alcohol use disorder. Alcohol use disorder is recognized a mental disorder that contributes to premature mortality and loss of productivity. Nurses have a critical role to play in ensuring that appropriate care that addresses the needs of patients with alcohol use disorder is offered. Therefore, the purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to propose the use of behaviors strategies with care coordination to improve the withdrawal symptoms and alcohol use among patients with alcohol use disorder.

Research articles and research is extremely significant in the nursing field and practice as a whole. Nurses work directly with patients on a daily basis and because of this, they are the most aware of the needs of the patient. They are also the most informed about what procedures and policies favor the quality of patient care given and what needs to be adjusted to better cater to their needs. Rigorous research is extremely important for nursing students and nurses to keep up with at every stage of their career. This is because it advances nursing practice like aiding in the shaping of healthcare policy which leads to overall advancements in health all around the globe not just within the United States. For example, the National Institute of Nursing Research is dedicated to finding new knowledge on disease prevention, disability, illness symptom management, and improvement of end-of-life care (“Importance of research in Nursing: UNCW online,” 2016). In terms of the application of research in the modern world, the importance of research can be seen with the occurrence of the pandemic of COVID-19. The world experienced a complete lockdown and incredible spike of deaths in the past two years due to a virus that has no cure and still does not hold a cure rather than a vaccine that aims to slow and decrease the spread and prevalence of the disease. It is due to research that a vaccine could be created and that nurses and other med

Benchmark  Evidence Based Practice Project Proposal Final Paper

ical professionals found out what treatment methods and care plans work best to treat this disease.

Problem Statement

As noted above, alcohol use disorder is a critical problem with high prevalence and incidence rate in the US. Approximately 25.8% of adults aged above 18 years old in America suffer from alcohol use disorder. The prevalence of the problem is reported to be high in men (29.7%) when compared to women (22.2%). The rate of visits to the emergency department due to the disorder increased 47% between the years 2006 and 2014. The mortality rates attributed to alcohol overdose is estimated to be 22.1%. The number of people that die due to alcohol-related causes is estimated to be 95000. The economic burden due to binge consumption of alcohol is enormous as seen from the fact that the US incurred losses of $249 billion in 2010 due to alcohol misuse (NIAA.NIH, 2020).

Most victims of alcohol use disorder often express the intent to abandon their binge consumption of alcohol (Garofalo & Wright, 2017). However, the effects of withdrawal symptoms often makes it difficult for them to achieve the objective. Behavioral treatments have been shown to be effective in helping patients with alcohol abuse disorder manage their withdrawal symptoms and reduce binge intake of alcohol. Behavioral treatments enable patients to develop effective coping knowledge and skills that enable them to overcoming the cravings for alcohol (Carroll & Kiluk, 2017). The effectiveness of the treatments are long-lasting, and provide an effective approach to enhancing the effectiveness of pharmacological interventions utilized for the problem (Carroll & Weiss, 2017). Despite the existence of evidence support the use of behavioral treatments, their use in treating patients with alcohol abuse disorder has not been explored in my organization.

Organizational Culture and Readiness

The successful implementation of the interventions targeting individuals with alcohol abuse disorder will largely depend on the support from the organization. Organizational support in forms such as human and fina