Since the height of the opioid epidemic, doctors have been prescribing fewer of these medications. A new study from UC San Francisco shows that this trend extends to nursing home residents who may ...
The number of opioid prescriptions for United States nursing home residents sharply declined from 48.1% in 2011 to 33.5% in 2022, according to a November study published in the Journal of the American ...
Opioids kill 130 Americans per day, and nurses play a critical role in screening and identifying patients with substance use disorders, according to AJC Pulse. Nurse practitioners’ ability to ...
(WHTM) – According to Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry, several provider companies agree to comply with state and federal disability laws which do not discriminate against people who use ...
The University of Utah College of Nursing is leading a consortium of seven health care institutions and agencies striving to improve prevention and treatment of opioid addiction in rural Utah. Photo ...
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that her office recently secured commitments from several companies, which operate dozens of nursing homes within Pennsylvania, to comply ...