Effectiveness of Clinical Practicum Experience in Drug Addiction Treatment Facilities in Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Alcohol, Alcohol Use Disorders, and Alcoholics: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to identify, analyze, and synthesize the best evidence on the effectiveness of clinical practicum experience in drug addiction treatment facilities on nursing students' attitudes toward alcohol, alcohol use disorder (AUD), and persons with AUD. This systematic review followed the recommendations of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and used the System for the Unified Management of the Assessment and Review of Information to assess methodological quality and extract data for meta-analysis. A comprehensive literature search of the EBSCO databases, Embase, PubMed, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, Mednar, Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses catalog was conducted. The System for the Unified Management of the Assessment and Review of Information tool was used for the extraction and critical evaluation of the selected articles followed by a meta-analysis. After removing duplicates, 2,831 publications were identified, and eight met the inclusion criteria. More positive attitudes were observed after performing practicum experience in specialized services (-1.27, 95% confidence interval [-2.85, -0.30]), and an increase in the motivation and satisfaction among the students to care for patients with AUD was also noted. In conclusion, the review suggests that clinical practicum experience in a drug addiction treatment facility has the potential to change the attitudes of nursing students toward AUD and persons with AUD.

Suicidal ideation in gender and sexual minority students in the largest Brazilian University.

OBJECTIVE: Identifying the presence of suicidal ideation and associated factors among university students from a public university in Brazil. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed with 72 university students between 18 and 29 years old. Were used a sociodemographic data questionnaire and the Beck's Suicidal Ideation Scale. RESULTS: The suicidal ideation was significantly in the participants, as well as the association of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and housing with it. CONCLUSIONS: The suicidal ideation in this population is important, and there is a need to explore the factors related, such as gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and housing.