Opioids and Nurse Practitioners

CME available. Dr. Nathan Schlicher sits down with Mary Ellen Biggerstaff, DNP, FNP, MPH, to talk about opioid prescribing as a nurse practitioner. Mary Ellen serves as the nurse practitioner lead for the BPBT program.

Learning objectives:

• Work with different professions to responsibly prescribe opioids.
• Form a strategy to talk to an inherited patient on best practices in opioid prescribing without disparaging colleagues.
• Learn how to change opioid prescribing policies in an organization.
• Know where to find education about buprenorphine administration.

Episode 15 of the WSMA Better Prescribing, Better Treatment safe prescribing podcast. For a video version, visit the WSMA website.

Release date: February 9, 2024

Expiration date: February 8, 2027

Resources:

Opioids and Nurse Practitioners slide deck

HHS Releases New Buprenorphine Practice Guidelines, Expanding Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder | SAMHSA

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