Reviewing opioid use, monitoring, and legislature: Nursing perspectives.

ABSTRACT: The phenomena of prescription opioid misuse and abuse have a complicated history of contributing factors including policies, practices, and prescribing leading to contemporary phenomena. Some factors implicated in the opioid drug abuse problem include inefficient prescribing and improper use, lack of knowledge related to interpretation and assessment of pain levels, and decreased oversight and regulation from government and policy agents. Nurses, often frontline providers, need to be knowledgeable and embrace the guidelines, and necessary implications associated with both prescribing and administration of opioids. Additionally, all providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and bedside nurses must have a firm understanding of the improper use and abuse of op

SUBMITTER: Jukiewicz DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626213 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature