Journal article
Pain and Opioids: Call for Policy Action
Journal for nurse practitioners, Vol.14(1), pp.40-44
01/2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.10.002
Abstract
Opioids were once the cornerstone in treating severe disabling pain and are now known to underlie an epidemic of substance use disorders and overdose deaths. Nurse practitioners are in key positions to influence opioid and pain management policy. As clinicians in primary care and specialty settings, nurse practitioners frequently encounter patients in pain. A white paper developed through the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation titled Managing Chronic Pain with Opioids: A Call for Change 2017 offers a multifaceted approach to pain management and provides timely recommendations to move policies and practices forward. Key recommendations from the white paper are highlighted.
•Practice, policy, and research need to align to treat pain and minimize opioid risk.•Nurse practitioners are well positioned to recommend pain management policies.•Health care providers require specific education in pain management and opioid safety.•Policy changes must ensure access to a full range of treatment options.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pain and Opioids: Call for Policy Action
- Creators
- Barbara St. MariePaul ArnsteinPhyllis A Zimmer
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal for nurse practitioners, Vol.14(1), pp.40-44
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.10.002
- ISSN
- 1555-4155
- eISSN
- 1878-058X
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Addiction Medicine; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984064274402771
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