• Examine the issues regarding the opioid crisis in the city of Sault Ste Marie, ON
• Apply the College of Nurses (CNO) 2020 Entry to Practice Guidelines to this issue
The following will help you to develop an understanding of the crisis city of Sault Ste Marie is facing.
Watch: “Steel Town Down” https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1316742 that highlighted the drug problem in SOO city.
Read:
https://saultonline.com/2020/11/pandemic-aggravates-opioid-crisis-as-overdoses-rise-and-services-fall-out-of-reach/
View Point: Drugs – Where we are at in Sault Ste. Marie | SaultOnline.com
Sault Ste. Marie news: Opioid-related hospital visits spike | CTV News
https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Task_Forces/OpioidTaskforceReport_June2019.pdf
https://choosingwiselycanada.org/perspective/cautious-but-compassionate-approach-to-opioid-prescribing/
http://www.cno.org/en/learn-about-standards-guidelines/educational-tools/ask-practice/can-i-distribute-naloxone/http://www.cno.org/globalassets/docs/prac/41007_medication.pdf
http://www.cno.org/en/learn-about-standards-guidelines/magazines-newsletters/the-standard/march-2018/quality-standards-opoids/
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/2018-preventing-problematic-substance-use-youth/2018-preventing-problematic-substance-use-youth.pdf
https://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/engaging-clients-who-use-substances
Please answer the following questions
• Analyze the opioid epidemic from a local, provincial, national, and global viewpoint.
• Relate one CNO Entry to Practice competency framework (clinician, professional, communicator, collaborator, coordinator, leader, advocate, educator, scholar) to the nurse’s role in this issue.