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The Effect Of Long Acting Injectable Psychotropic Medication Provider Education On Advanced Practice Provider Knowledge, Andrew Makowski
The Effect Of Long Acting Injectable Psychotropic Medication Provider Education On Advanced Practice Provider Knowledge, Andrew Makowski
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Schizophrenia is a debilitating disease that affects approximately 21 million people worldwide (APA, 2013). The gold standard of treatment of schizophrenia is antipsychotic medications. Unfortunately, approximately 50% of patients become non-compliant with their prescribed medications (Sadock, Sadock & Ruiz, 2015). The purpose of this DNP project was to determine the effect of implementing an education intervention regarding long acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics on the knowledge of advanced practice providers working at a state psychiatric hospital. The advanced practice providers that participated in this DNP project completed a pre-education assessment, attended a brief educational session regarding LAI antipsychotics, and completed a …