Topics About 'Opioid'.

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome was recognized over 40 years ago at Harlem Hospital. NY where they pioneered many treatment approaches: quiet non-stimulating environment, swaddeling, low voices, skin-to-skin contact, and the use of volunteer cuddlers. ...

Dear Nurse Beth, Can you give an opioid without a Dr signing off on it? I say no but my co-worker says yes. I just don't understand if the Dr hasn't signed it than how can I legally give that? Instead, I offered Tylenol which had a Drs order. Di...

How are you all? Just wanted to ask for your inputs if you already dealt with patient who seems to be having an opioid overdosing? What are the symptoms you have seen to that patient? I don’t know if I am just overreacting but I was working nigh...

On March 2nd, a former Yale nurse pleaded guilty to altering fentanyl vials intended for outpatient surgical patients. The nurse, Donna Monticone, worked at the Yale Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility clinic in Orange, Connecticut and was re...