Responding to an opioid overdose in a healthcare facility visitor

Nursing. 2020 Dec 1;50(12):13-14. doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000718932.02811.de.

Authors

Michal Renihan¹, Melissa Skocdopole, Dan Sheridan

Affiliation

¹ Michal Renihan is a PharmD graduate of Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio; Melissa Skocdopole is a PharmD graduate of Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio; and Dan Sheridan is a medication safety pharmacist at OhioHealth Marion General Hospital in Marion, Ohio, as well as a member of the Nursing2020 Editorial Board.

PMID: 33497088
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000718932.02811.de

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Health Facilities*
Humans
Naloxone / analogs & derivatives
Naloxone / therapeutic use
Nursing Staff / legislation & jurisprudence
Nursing Staff / psychology*
Opiate Overdose / drug therapy
Opiate Overdose / nursing*
United States
Visitors to Patients*

Substances

Naloxone
naloxazone