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Week 7 Discussion: Opioid Epidemic

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Completion requirements

To do: Make forum posts: 2

Value: 100 points

Due: In an effort to facilitate scholarly discourse, create your initial post by Day 3, and reply to two of your classmates by Day 7.

Grading Category: Discussions

Initial Post

I live in massachusetts

In your initial post, please identify the current trends of opioid addiction in your state and region. Provide demographic data for incidence and occurrence and list what community resources are available to you.

Reply Posts

Reply to one of your classmates, identifying strategies that they, as an NP, can begin to help clients with an opioid addiction and providing strategies that can help to educate communities.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded and incorporate these guidelines in your discussion. The grading for the number of reply posts is based on individual Discussion Board instructions. If the rubric indicates a different number for reply posts, you will not be graded down as long as you have followed the reply post instructions.

In order for this assignment to be considered complete, you will need to address all the prompts including current trends of opioid addiction in your state by Day 3 and reply to at least one classmate with strategies on how they can help patients with an opioid addiction by Day 7.     

I live in massachusetts