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The Role of the Nurse in Preventing Opioid Abuse

Nurses can play an important role in reducing opioid deaths through their assessments and monitoring of patients.

Overdose deaths related to prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has made it a topic of dinner conversation as well as a top priority in health care. Nurses can play an important role in reducing these deaths, as well as addiction problems, through their assessments and monitoring of patients. But it’s also important for nurses to be well aware of steps they can take to help protect themselves from possible legal action stemming from opioids.

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Depression Among Nurses: It’s Real

Nurses are twice at risk for depression than the general population.

from NurseBuff

Every day, nurses experience a great deal of stress. You’re thinking of problems at work, people relying on you for their care, and tons of responsibilities piling up at home. With so many things to do and think about, it’s tempting to just quit and leave—but you can’t. And that’s where things start to get worse.

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What Happens to Patient Care When There Are Not Enough Nurses?

The U.S. does not have enough RNs. What does that mean for the nation’s sick and elderly?

from Kellogg Insight

What are the repercussions of lower nurse staffing for patients? Do sick people get worse care, or possibly die more often, when there are not enough nurses on staff at a hospital or nursing home? In new research, Friedrich, an assistant professor of strategy, finds that a sharp reduction in the number of nurses at a facility can have detrimental effects on patients, particularly those residing in nursing homes. And even in hospitals, where staffing systems blunted much of the impact of a nursing shortage, patient care still suffered.

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Immigrant Nurses: Filling the Next U.S. Shortage

As the health care workforce ages, foreign nurses will step up once again.

from U.S. News & World Report

In many U.S. hospitals, nurses from other countries help keep emergency rooms and inpatient units running. From the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s to currently understaffed hospitals, foreign nurses continue to ease shortages in parts of the nation. As the U.S. braces for a wave of aging patients, and an exodus of retiring nurses, foreign nurses are expected to be needed as much as ever.

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14 Things Veteran Nurses Should Tell New Grads

Small pearls of wisdom to encourage future generations of nurses.

from NurseBuff

According to several different studies conducted between 2009 and 2016, new nurses are leaving the profession at a rate of 20-33% within the first year of employment. Note that. They are leaving the profession, not just a particular employer. If seasoned nurses would teach new grads how to self-prepare mentally, professionally and physically before and throughout each shift, I truly believe we can slow this mass exodus.

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Substance Abuse in Nursing: What Are the Signs and What to Do About It?

Do you suspect that a co-worker is abusing drugs or alcohol and impaired while at work? What are the signs? What should you do about it?

from NurseLabs

The American Nurses Association suggests that up to 10% of nurses may have a substance abuse problem, and some studies have suggested that this might be as high as 1 in 5. Many of these nurses are addicted to prescription drugs and part of what the CDC describes as the opioid addiction epidemic. Numerous addicted nurses have not been long-term abusers but get caught in the trap of tolerance and dependence after having the drugs prescribed or having self-medicated after emotional trauma.

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7 Ways to Love Your Nurse Self

Because nurses are focused on the welfare of others, we often forget to take care of ourselves. Here are 7 ways to practice better self-care.

from NurseCode.com

When I talk to nurses about the work that we do, the biggest problem I hear about is stress. There is good reason for that, since pressures weigh on nurses from multiple sources. We find ourselves in literal life-or-death situations. We are often short-staffed and over-worked.

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The Rapidly Evolving Role of Nurse Executives

Embracing innovation and becoming pivotal players on the leadership team are just two ways nurse executives are helping to guide hospitals into the future.

from Hospitals & Health Networks

Health care’s rapid changes and growing complexity necessitate that all care providers collaborate and maximize their efficiency as never before, and few health care professionals understand that better than nurses. As their leaders on the front lines of patient care, system chief nurse executives and hospital chief nursing officers bring a unique—and increasingly valuable—perspective from which to champion these efforts, from the bedside to the top of the leadership ladder.

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The Fundamentals: What Is Holistic Nursing?

Patients are more than just their illnesses or debilities. Holistic nursing focuses on the patient as a whole person.

from Nurse Buff

Because of the nature of the work, nurses are often linked to illnesses and debilities. Although it’s true that nurses care for the sick, they actually aren’t just concerned about their patients’ physical weaknesses. They care about their patients as a whole, too. To give you a clearer idea, here’s a quick rundown of what holistic nursing is.

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The Opioid Epidemic and Untreated Pain: Ethical Tensions

Research shows that since 1999, consumption of hydrocodone has more than doubled and consumption of oxycodone increased by nearly 500%.

from Johns Hopkins Nursing

I recently attended a funeral for one of my former classmates from high school who died of a heroin overdose. Tragically, there was more than one funeral that day. There had been two overdoses within my community in one week. With recent headlines such as, “21 heroin overdoses reported in Ohio in a day,” and “Maryland reports 383 overdose deaths in the first three months of 2016,” I am less surprised by such events, but increasingly alarmed.

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