TY - JOUR
T1 - Opioid Overdose Harm Prevention
T2 - The Role of the Nurse in Patient Education
AU - Gilles, Selena
N1 - Funding Information:
The author declares that the article was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author has nothing to disclose.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Opioid overdose continues to affect thousands each year in the United States, with nearly 850,000 lives lost within the last 20 years. It will take a comprehensive and coordinated approach from all members of the health care team and health care institutions, in addition to governmental officials, public safety, and community organizations to mitigate this crisis. Nurses can be instrumental in educating patients, families, and community members about ways to combat this epidemic, instrumental in advocating for their patients, advocating for reform, as well as continuing to bring awareness to this health crisis and provoke dialogue about ongoing solutions to end it.
AB - Opioid overdose continues to affect thousands each year in the United States, with nearly 850,000 lives lost within the last 20 years. It will take a comprehensive and coordinated approach from all members of the health care team and health care institutions, in addition to governmental officials, public safety, and community organizations to mitigate this crisis. Nurses can be instrumental in educating patients, families, and community members about ways to combat this epidemic, instrumental in advocating for their patients, advocating for reform, as well as continuing to bring awareness to this health crisis and provoke dialogue about ongoing solutions to end it.
KW - Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use
KW - Drug Overdose/drug therapy
KW - Humans
KW - Naloxone/therapeutic use
KW - Narcotic Antagonists/therapeutic use
KW - Nurse's Role
KW - Opiate Overdose
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders
KW - Patient Education as Topic
KW - United States
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cnur.2022.04.013
DO - 10.1016/j.cnur.2022.04.013
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35985734
AN - SCOPUS:85135877181
SN - 0029-6465
VL - 57
SP - 477
EP - 488
JO - Nursing Clinics of North America
JF - Nursing Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -