Date of this Version
2021
Document Type
DNP Project
Rights
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background: Patients who have PTSD are particularly vulnerable to inefficient treatment modalities and subsequent lifelong suffering. Multiple studies have exposed these inefficiencies in conventional therapies and established a potentiality for MDMA use during psychotherapy sessions in this patient population. Ketamine represents an anesthetic with a similar psychedelic profile to MDMA that is used in current clinical settings.
Context: Mount Sinai Medical center is a 672-bed hospital in Miami Beach, Florida, where the Miami Beach Anesthesiology Associates (MBAA) group provides anesthesia services. Many procedures requiring anesthesia are carried out to a vast patient population, many of which are patients with PTSD and associative symptoms of depression.
Objectives: The objective of the Evidence-Based Learning Module is to expand CRNA knowledge of PTSD and the use of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) assisted psychotherapies in patients who have PTSD and other similar disorders.
Methods: A pre-implementation survey assessed the providers’ initial knowledge of PTSD, including current treatment modalities and overall inefficiencies, and the pharmacology and history of MDMA. A virtual educational intervention then followed this. When completed, anesthesia providers were redirected to a post-intervention survey to establish the growth of knowledge.
Results: Overall, there was an improvement in provider knowledge following the education intervention. There was no change regarding the likelihood of researching MDMA further on the CRNA’s own time.
Conclusions: Currently, there exist many insufficiencies in the treatment of patients with PSTD. During the perioperative period, an area of heightened vulnerability for this population, a universal standard of care or anesthetic plan specific to patients with PTSD is lacking. The educational intervention provided was effective in improving anesthesia provider knowledge of PTSD and MDMA.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Brittany T.; Campbell, Yasmine DNP, CRNA, APRN; and Gattorno, Jordanny DNP, CRNA, APRN, "A Learning Module in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the Use of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Assisted Psychotherapies in Patients who have PTSD and Other Alike Disorders" (2021). Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing Student Projects. 38.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cnhs-studentprojects/38