Nursing Students Respond to Opioid Crisis with Naloxone Education
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
19 November 2018
Abstract
This report describes how graduate students in nursing education have developed capacity among student nurses in response to the opioid crisis in Canada by using education on harm reduction practice and naloxone administration.
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Ce rapport décrit comment les étudiants diplômés en sciences infirmières ont développé la capacité des étudiants en soins infirmiers en réponse à la crise des opioïdes au Canada en leur offrant un enseignement sur les pratiques de réduction des méfaits et l’administration de naloxone.
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Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 37 • Number 2 • July 2018
Pages: 57 - 60
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Martha Paynter and Brianna Richardson. 2018. Nursing Students Respond to Opioid Crisis with Naloxone Education. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
37(2): 57-60. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2018-010
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