slides on nurses role in addressing the opioid epidemic

1. Discuss the impact this issue has on society. You may want to discuss it in terms of financial cost, costs to individuals/families, cost to businesses, or impact on healthcare and healthcare professionals (these are suggestions). Explain why you choose this specific article (improving or declining situation, novel approach to care, alarming facts, political impact, etc. (these are suggestions).

2. Explain your purpose in writing your paper (other than it was an assignment). Suggestions: discuss alternative pain management strategies; improve nurses’ knowledge related to opioid misuse, decrease stigma related to impaired providers, etc. Make sure you include any related or relevant facts (e.g. one in five healthcare workers have a substance use disorder, the United States uses the majority of opioids produced worldwide, more people die from opioid overdoses than car accidents in the United States, etc.).

3. Discuss what you found in the literature related to your topic (barriers to care, knowledge gaps, etc). Explain how this information directed you toward the intervention you introduced in your paper.

4. Inform the viewer on the intervention (where it’s been used, the success of the intervention, cost of intervention-if known, etc). Discuss the implication to nursing practice associated with the intervention (barriers, influence on patient care, etc.).