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The Case for Suboxone : A Practice Support Tool for Novice Nurse Practitioners Minhas, Reena

Abstract

Recent data released by the BC Coroners Service attributes 1,422 deaths in 2017 to overdose of illicit drugs in British Columbia (BC) (Office of the Chief Coroner, Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General [OCC], 2018). Not only are deaths from drug overdose are largely underreported and therefore underrepresented in statistics, this conservative estimate is expected to continue to rise as toxicology reports continue to result (OCC, 2018). In anticipation of Opiate Agonist Therapy initiation becoming a part of nurse practitioners’ scope of practice in BC, this paper will discuss relevant prescribing guidelines and present a literature review and practice support tool for initiation of buprenorphine-naloxone, a promising option for treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.

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Title
The Case for Suboxone : A Practice Support Tool for Novice Nurse Practitioners
Alternate Title
Suboxone Practice support tool for NPs
Creator
Minhas, Reena
Date Issued
2018-04
Description
Recent data released by the BC Coroners Service attributes 1,422 deaths in 2017 to overdose of illicit drugs in British Columbia (BC) (Office of the Chief Coroner, Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General [OCC], 2018). Not only are deaths from drug overdose are largely underreported and therefore underrepresented in statistics, this conservative estimate is expected to continue to rise as toxicology reports continue to result (OCC, 2018). In anticipation of Opiate Agonist Therapy initiation becoming a part of nurse practitioners’ scope of practice in BC, this paper will discuss relevant prescribing guidelines and present a literature review and practice support tool for initiation of buprenorphine-naloxone, a promising option for treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.
Subject
drug overdose; Opiate Agonist Therapy; nurse practitioners; scope of practice; prescribing; guideline; literature review; practice support tool; Opioid Use Disorder
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. NURS 596
Date Available
2018-04-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0365283
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/65190
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Copyright Holder
Reena Minhas
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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