Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward and Empathy for Patients With Substance Use Disorder Following Mentorship

Background: Previous studies have shown that nurses have negative attitudes toward caring for patients with substance use disorder (SUD); these negative attitudes also have been noted with nursing students. This study examined nursing students' attitudes toward and empathy for patients with SUD to determine whether there were differences across practice settings. Method: Fifty-three students were surveyed before and after a 120-hour mentor-ship...