Date of Award

Winter 12-2023

Degree Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice

Committee Chair

Dr. Carolyn Coleman

Committee Chair School

Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice

Committee Member 2

Dr. Anita Greer

Committee Member 2 School

Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice

Abstract

Medication nonadherence leads to a high risk of deterioration in patients diagnosed with a mental illness. Medication nonadherence is more likely in patients who are taking daily oral medications when compared to patients on long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) (Chakrabarti, 2014). Millions of people are diagnosed with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia and treated with various medications. However, LAIs are under-utilized as a long-term treatment option for patients diagnosed with a mental illness. Patients who are prescribed LAI have a better quality of life and are more closely monitored by their healthcare providers (Kaplan et al., 2013). The implementation of an LAI screening tool is essential to increase the utilization of LAIs for the long-term treatment of various mental illnesses, especially bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The DNP project was conducted to determine if the implementation of a screening tool increased the number of patients prescribed LAI.

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