Journal article
Nursing Education in the Midst of the Opioid Crisis
Pain management nursing, v 21(1), pp 35-42
01 Feb 2020
PMID: 31358464
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Abstract
Objectives: The current opioid addiction crisis highlights two chronic health conditions which have traditionally received relatively little emphasis in nursing curricula: addiction and chronic pain. In an effort to provide direction to nursing programs in the US on the curriculum needed to prepare students to care for patients and meaningfully intervene in the opioid crisis, this paper presents an overview of the curricular elements which require integration.
Design and Data Sources: Specifically, the state of current nursing education in pain and addiction are reviewed, followed by foundational knowledge for nursing practice to address the opioid crisis.
Review/Analysis Methods: Practice competencies for generalist registered nurses as well as advanced practice nurses will then be detailed, and, recognizing the role nurses play in policy development and implementation, policy interventions to address the opioid crisis will also be presented.
Result and Conclusions: Both addiction and chronic pain are sources of suffering for patients; the key role nursing can play in reducing the experience of these illnesses in these vulnerable populations is critical to addressing the opioid addiction crisis. (C) 2020 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Nursing Education in the Midst of the Opioid Crisis
- Creators
- Peggy Compton - University of PennsylvaniaSuzan Blacher - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Pain management nursing, v 21(1), pp 35-42
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- R21DA046364 / NIH, NIDA; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Van Ameringen Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Nurse Practitioner Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000507919700004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85069692068
- Other Identifier
- 991019167634104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Nursing