Date of Award
Winter 12-7-2023
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.
Copyright
Analee Ryals, 2023
Recommended Citation
Ryals, Analee, "Increasing and Monitoring Medication Adherence by Implementing a Long-Acting Injection Screening Tool" (2023). Doctoral Projects. 235.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dnp_capstone/235