Nurses and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention.

Nurses and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2019 May 02;:1-5 Authors: Hughes E, Baca E, Mahmoud KF, Edwards A, Griffith KJ, Matthews E, Puskar KR, Mitchell AM Abstract Women of reproductive age who are drinking alcohol and not using effective contraception are at-risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy, which could result in a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Nurses are an important partner in addressing at-risk alcohol use. It is imperative for alcohol education to be incorporated into nursing curricula so that future nurses have the tools to identify at-risk alcohol use. Three universities have worked together to create Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Toolkit. This toolkit was designed for nurses to facilitate the recognition and prevention of FASD and address gaps that exists around alcohol use. PMID: 31045467 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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