Abstract:Nurses are on the front lines of pain management, yet in Alabama and eleven other states they are not legally authorized to prescribe any controlled pain medications. In this survey of certified registered nurse practitioners in Alabama, 83 percent of the nurses responding to a question about the connection between prescriptive authority and pain management said that the lack of prescriptive authority for controlled substances delays pain management treatment, and 88 percent of those proffering an opinion abou… Show more
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