A review of evidence showing the effectiveness of the “rescue” medication naloxone to prevent fatal overdose among people who use opioids.Integrating information on medication-assisted treatment and other evidence-based therapies for OUD into the graduate nursing curriculum.Unique insights into the unmet social support needs of Iranian women undergoing methadone maintenance therapy for OUD.In a guest editorial, Mitchell introduces the seven studies, drawing attention to the “numerous programs and treatment options that are available to impact the overdose and mortality rates among persons who use opioids.” The research topics include: Mitchell, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FIAAN, FAAN, of University of Pittsburgh and Diane Snow, PhD, APRN, BC, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN, of University of Texas, Arlington. The papers were selected by two eminent clinicians and educators who served as Guest Editors of the special issue: Ann M. The special issue presents seven original research papers understanding and addressing the needs of people with opioid abuse and opioid abuse disorder. “The Journal of Addictions Nursing is adding its contribution to the literature to offer a nursing perspective in addressing this international scourge.” “The opioid crisis is at the forefront of the US and global drug use problem conversation,” writes JAN Editor-in-Chief Christine Vourakis, PhD, RN, FIAAN, FAAN, in an introductory editorial. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
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Addictions nursing specialists have a unique role to play in caring for patients, families, and communities affected by the crisis. A series of original research and expert commentaries provide the nursing specialist’s perspective on the opioid crisis, appearing in the July/September special issue of Journal of Addictions Nursing (JAN), the official journal of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA).
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