{"title":"Deceitful euphoria: Spotlight on opioid use disorder.","authors":"Karen Louise Scaglione","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000343","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>More than 200 people die daily in the US from a drug overdose. Advanced practice registered nurses play an instrumental role in the opioid crisis by conducting a comprehensive assessment, understanding guidelines for use of prescription opioids, utilizing alternatives to opioids for pain, identifying possible signs of opioid misuse, managing patients with opioid use disorder, and seeking knowledge and training relevant to opioid use disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 8","pages":"43-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000343","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/7/29 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract: More than 200 people die daily in the US from a drug overdose. Advanced practice registered nurses play an instrumental role in the opioid crisis by conducting a comprehensive assessment, understanding guidelines for use of prescription opioids, utilizing alternatives to opioids for pain, identifying possible signs of opioid misuse, managing patients with opioid use disorder, and seeking knowledge and training relevant to opioid use disorder.
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With a circulation of 20,000, The Nurse Practitioner is the leading monthly source for clinical, practical, cutting-edge information for advanced practice nurses and other primary care clinicians. Each issue presents peer-reviewed articles that range from clinical topics and research to political and practice issues. In addition, The Nurse Practitioner provides regular features, columns, continuing education, staff development education, and more.