Alcohol use disorder in hospitalized patients
A team of nurses—including a bedside nurse, a director, and a doctorally prepared nurse—launched a retrospective chart review to inform practice and to better…
Addiction
Stigma and liver transplantation
Bias associated with liver transplants reflects underlying practices within healthcare that shape how it emerges and persists. Since 2014, as noted by Pimienta and…
Eat, Sleep, Console
When people experience opioid use disorder in pregnancy, the fetus has prolonged exposure to the opioid. At birth, abrupt cessation of this exposure may…
Naloxone education for nursing staff
In 2021, 4 years after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, the Centers for…
Alcohol screening in acute care settings
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that excessive drinking is responsible for 140,000 deaths and over $249 billion in economic costs…
From stigma to support
Nurses experience higher rates of mental health issues than other professions, with suicide, substance abuse, and depression rates nearly double those of other fields.…
Fill your own cup first
As a professor of nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Susanne Fogger DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, FAAN, FAANP, combines teaching on behavioral…
Infiltration of xylazine in illicit fentanyl
Be alert for the signs of this drug, a growing contributor to the opioid epidemic. In addition to the influx of fentanyl in the…
Anticholinergics: Adverse effects
Anticholinergics, widely used in clinical practice for an extensive range of diseases, exert effects on circulation, respiration, alertness, and vision by blocking the action…
Strategies to combat implicit bias in nursing
Implicit biases (unconscious biases) are pervasive; we all have them, but they can be unlearned. Similar to medication, nurses words have the ability to…
Why addiction treatment is a growing field for nurses
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that between 2020 and 2030 careers for counselors in the fields of substance use, behavioral disorders, and…
Neonatal abstinence syndrome: A quality improvement initiative
Providers diagnose neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in newborns who’ve sustained prolonged in-utero exposure to illegal drugs or prescribed medications and begin to show signs…
Alcohol use disorder in hospitalized patients
A team of nurses—including a bedside nurse, a director, and a doctorally prepared nurse—launched a retrospective chart review to inform practice and…
Stigma and liver transplantation
Bias associated with liver transplants reflects underlying practices within healthcare that shape how it emerges and persists. Since 2014, as noted by…
Eat, Sleep, Console
When people experience opioid use disorder in pregnancy, the fetus has prolonged exposure to the opioid. At birth, abrupt cessation of this…
Naloxone education for nursing staff
In 2021, 4 years after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, the…
Alcohol screening in acute care settings
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that excessive drinking is responsible for 140,000 deaths and over $249 billion in…
From stigma to support
Nurses experience higher rates of mental health issues than other professions, with suicide, substance abuse, and depression rates nearly double those of…
Fill your own cup first
As a professor of nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Susanne Fogger DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, FAAN, FAANP, combines teaching…
Infiltration of xylazine in illicit fentanyl
Be alert for the signs of this drug, a growing contributor to the opioid epidemic. In addition to the influx of fentanyl…
Anticholinergics: Adverse effects
Anticholinergics, widely used in clinical practice for an extensive range of diseases, exert effects on circulation, respiration, alertness, and vision by blocking…
Strategies to combat implicit bias in nursing
Implicit biases (unconscious biases) are pervasive; we all have them, but they can be unlearned. Similar to medication, nurses words have the…
Why addiction treatment is a growing field for nurses
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that between 2020 and 2030 careers for counselors in the fields of substance use, behavioral…
Neonatal abstinence syndrome: A quality improvement initiative
Providers diagnose neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in newborns who’ve sustained prolonged in-utero exposure to illegal drugs or prescribed medications and begin to…