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Title: Safe Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care Through Implementation of Evidence-Based Guidelines
Author: Starnes, Michelle
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Many people are affected by chronic pain. The use of opioids for pain has resulted in an increase in the number of opioid-related overdose deaths. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) created opioid prescribing guidelines to help providers safely ...

Title: IMPLEMENTING SBIRT IN THE ADULT TRAMA POPULATION ADMITTED BY NORTHEAST ACUTE CARE SURGERY AT CHS NORTHEAST
Author: Ragan, Mallory
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: ABSTRACTMALLORY RAGAN ROYALL: Implementing SBIRT in the Acute Care Trauma Population admitted by Northeast Acute Care Surgery at Carolinas Healthcare Center Northeast. (Under the direction of DR. ALLISON BURFIELD) Background: Abuse of alcohol and ...

Title: High-Risk Medication Use: The Dilemma in the Older Adult
Author: Freeland, Julie
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: JULIE FREELAND. High-Risk Medication Use: The Dilemma in the Older Adult Population. (Under the direction of DR. MEREDITH TROUTMAN-JORDAN) Introduction: The use of high-risk medications in the older adult population is an issue currently gaining a...

Title: Evaluation of Acute Care Providers' Opioid Prescribing Practices in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Author: Buckner, Kimberly
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Over 760,000 people have died from an opioid overdose since 1999. In 2019, the opioid epidemic claimed more than 70,000 lives, with over 1.6 million having an opioid use disorder. Literature suggests an association between increased opioid prescri...