Association between nurses’ knowledge and attitudes and caring behaviors toward people with opioid use disorder

Hospital nurses with lower knowledge and more negative attitudes reported lower caring behaviors toward patients with OUD. These findings identify knowledge and attitudes as potential modifiable factors in inpatient OUD care and support future research to clarify causal pathways and explore the potential of educational and empathy-based strategies to improve OUD care.

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PLoS ONE
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2026-03-12
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325874
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Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
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Association between nurses’ knowledge and attitudes and caring behaviors toward people with opioid use disorder

Danielle Leone-Sheehan, Tracie McPadden, Paula-Jo Beniers, Leslie Rideout et al.
PLoS ONE
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
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Association between nurses’ knowledge and attitudes and caring behaviors toward people with opioid use disorder

Danielle Leone-Sheehan, Tracie McPadden, Paula-Jo Beniers, Leslie Rideout, Yuan Zhang, Inyene Edem Essien-Aleksi, Alysse Wurcel, Michael Martin, Don Roosan, Amy Lund
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Abstract

Hospital nurses with lower knowledge and more negative attitudes reported lower caring behaviors toward patients with OUD. These findings identify knowledge and attitudes as potential modifiable factors in inpatient OUD care and support future research to clarify causal pathways and explore the potential of educational and empathy-based strategies to improve OUD care.

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Boston University (US), Tufts Medical Center (US), Northeastern University (US), University of Massachusetts Lowell (US), Lowell General Hospital (US), Merrimack College (US)
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