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Telephone Management In Substance Abuse Treatment, J. A. Hall, Diane L. Huber May 2012

Telephone Management In Substance Abuse Treatment, J. A. Hall, Diane L. Huber

Diane Huber

The purpose of this article is to describe the results of a clinical trial in which telephonic case management was evaluated as a supplement to substance abuse treatment. An interactive voice response system (IVR) was developed by the research team for use in the case management of randomly assigned participants in a clinical trial research project. The features of the software program facilitated a double caseload for the case manager as well as real-time data capture. At intake, no significant differences were found between participants in the telecommunication condition and the general project. Thus, the effectiveness of random assignment was …


Telephone Management In Substance Abuse Treatment, J. A. Hall, Diane L. Huber Mar 2012

Telephone Management In Substance Abuse Treatment, J. A. Hall, Diane L. Huber

Diane Huber

The purpose of this article is to describe the results of a clinical trial in which telephonic case management was evaluated as a supplement to substance abuse treatment. An interactive voice response system (IVR) was developed by the research team for use in the case management of randomly assigned participants in a clinical trial research project. The features of the software program facilitated a double caseload for the case manager as well as real-time data capture. At intake, no significant differences were found between participants in the telecommunication condition and the general project. Thus, the effectiveness of random assignment was …


Telephone Management In Substance Abuse Treatment, J. A. Hall, Diane L. Huber Mar 2012

Telephone Management In Substance Abuse Treatment, J. A. Hall, Diane L. Huber

Diane Huber

The purpose of this article is to describe the results of a clinical trial in which telephonic case management was evaluated as a supplement to substance abuse treatment. An interactive voice response system (IVR) was developed by the research team for use in the case management of randomly assigned participants in a clinical trial research project. The features of the software program facilitated a double caseload for the case manager as well as real-time data capture. At intake, no significant differences were found between participants in the telecommunication condition and the general project. Thus, the effectiveness of random assignment was …


Conflict And Retention Of New Graduate Nurses, Diane Gardner Nov 2011

Conflict And Retention Of New Graduate Nurses, Diane Gardner

Diane Huber

No abstract provided.


Career Commitment In Nursing, Diane Gardner Nov 2011

Career Commitment In Nursing, Diane Gardner

Diane Huber

There are different patterns and styles to careers in nursing. The concept of career commitment in nursing is explored, and the results of some research are discussed for their implications for nursing careers. A longitudinal, repeated-measures descriptive survey was used to measure career commitment and explore its relationship to turnover and work performance in 320 newly employed registered nurses at one hospital. Career commitment scores dropped significantly over the first year. Although career commitment does correlate with turnover, and there is a relationship with job performance, the direct association is weak. Career commitment is not a stable phenomenon in the …


Patient Preferences And Discharge Planning Transitions, Diane Huber, E. Mcclelland Nov 2011

Patient Preferences And Discharge Planning Transitions, Diane Huber, E. Mcclelland

Diane Huber

Discharge planning is an urgently needed nursing intervention. The purpose of this article is to investigate the importance of patient and family preferences and participation for discharge planning and to describe the pilot testing of an instrument to measure patient preferences for discharge planning. The results identified a lack of congruence between patients' and caregivers' preferences, suggesting the need to assess both patients' and families' preferences early and incorporate this in discharge planning that begins at admission to a hospital. The instrument, Patient Participation Preferences Assessment (PPPA), is shown to be a useful, reliable, and valid instrument that can be …


Psychometric Evaluation Of The Structured Clinical Interview For Dsm-Iv Childhood Diagnoses (Kid-Scid), D. Smith, Diane Huber, J. Hall Nov 2011

Psychometric Evaluation Of The Structured Clinical Interview For Dsm-Iv Childhood Diagnoses (Kid-Scid), D. Smith, Diane Huber, J. Hall

Diane Huber

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of selected modules of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV (KID-SCID, Version 1.0). The Disruptive Behavior Disorders (i.e., ADHD, ODD, CD) and Substance Related Disorders modules of the KID-SCID were administered to 50 adolescents receiving residential treatment for substance abuse and severe behavioral problems. This study examined available evidence for inter-rater reliability and convergent validity. Convergent validity was demonstrated for the Disruptive Behavior Disorders module, however, the Substance Abuse Disorders module failed to converge with frequency of use for most substances. Inter-rater reliability was generally high. This …


Evaluating The Impact Of Case Management Dosage, Diane Huber, M. Sarrazin, T. Vaughn, J. Hall Nov 2011

Evaluating The Impact Of Case Management Dosage, Diane Huber, M. Sarrazin, T. Vaughn, J. Hall

Diane Huber

BACKGROUND: Because of the broad range of activities involved and high variance in clients' needs, it is challenging to measure the actual dose of case management in order to assess quality and manage outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of intervention dosage on client outcomes in different case management models within substance abuse treatment. METHOD: A descriptive and repeated measures analysis from a clinical trials data set measured the dosage of case management and evaluated impact on client outcomes. A sample of 598 clients from a substance abuse treatment facility was randomized into one …


Telephone Nursing Interventions In Ambulatory Care, Diane Huber, K. Blanchfield Nov 2011

Telephone Nursing Interventions In Ambulatory Care, Diane Huber, K. Blanchfield

Diane Huber

Telephone nursing practice is becoming a major nursing activity in ambulatory care settings, yet little is known about the type and extent of nursing interventions that occur during telephone interactions. A pilot study was conducted in two sites to see whether nursing diagnoses and interventions could be captured and related to nursing care during telephone consultation. This initial pilot demonstrated that nurses have an appropriate role in telephone interactions and that standardized nursing language can be used in telephone nursing to document nursing care despite the many challenges in its use in the field.


Client Satisfaction With Rural Substance Abuse Case Management Services, T. Kopelman, Diane Huber, B. Kopelman, M. Sarrazin, J. Hall Nov 2011

Client Satisfaction With Rural Substance Abuse Case Management Services, T. Kopelman, Diane Huber, B. Kopelman, M. Sarrazin, J. Hall

Diane Huber

Although many substance abuse organizations offer case management services, little is known about clients' satisfaction as consumers of case management services. The purpose of this study was to evaluate consumer preferences regarding the delivery of case management services in a rural substance abuse treatment program. For this study, 120 clients (30 in each of four research conditions) were interviewed about their experiences in the Iowa Case Management Project (ICMP), a field-based clinical trial evaluating a strengths-based model of case management for rural clients in drug abuse treatment. A mixed-method approach evaluated clients' responses from a semistructured interview. Most clients preferred …