Influences on advance practice nursing education to prescribe medications for opioid use disorder.
Nurs Outlook
; 71(3): 101963, 2023.
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BACKGROUND: Opioid misuse is a major public health concern in the United States. Opioid agonist medications are evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorders (OUD) that can be prescribed by advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) with prescriptive authority and appropriate training. PURPOSE: Article examines factors influencing preparation to provide medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in APRN education. METHODS: Data from semi-structured interviews addressing the role of education in preparing APRNs to provide MOUD were grouped into key themes using thematic analysis. Data were collected in a mixed methods study in four states with high opioid overdose deaths whose main findings were previously published. FINDINGS: Two overarching themes emerged: "addressing attitudes" and "curriculum change." Sub-themes include affective barriers to providing OUD treatment; motivation to respond to the OUD crisis; and attitude change through experience with MOUD. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: APRNs can play a key role in reducing the harms caused by OUD. Attention to attitudinal issues, such as stigma, toward people using opioids is important in educating APRNs about providing MOUD.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Educación en Enfermería
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Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Nurs Outlook
Año:
2023
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos