Report
Quality improvement initiative: Nurse-led medication adherence therapy program in a short term, transitional psychiatric unit
Washington State University
07/2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000003951
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/118965
Abstract
In the United States, mental illness is the leading cause of disability among people ages 15-44 years and costs the US approximately $300 billion dollars per year. An estimated 11.4 million American adults suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, and other serious mental illness each year. Serious mental illness is a significant and worsening problem in Benton-Franklin Counties, Washington; between 2011 and 2014, the rate of mental health detainments has increased from 0.83 per 1000 to 1.23 per 1000. Lourdes Counseling Center in Richland, Washington serves the mental health needs of Benton and Franklin counties, one service of which is Transitions, a local short term, outpatient residential treatment service. A risk assessment identified poor medication adherence and inadequate patient medication education as a significant clinical practice problem. A systematic literature review investigated the risks associated with this practice problem and a subsequent systematic literature review guided the development of an evidence-based nurse-led medication adherence therapy program.
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- Title
- Quality improvement initiative: Nurse-led medication adherence therapy program in a short term, transitional psychiatric unit
- Creators
- Alexandra Navarrete (Author)Mariana Sant'anna Neeway (Author) - Washington State University, Nursing, College of
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900888814701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report