GOVERNOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING NATIONAL NURSE PRACTITIONER WEEK
Senator King Speaks on Senate Floor in Support of Expanding Base of Opioid Treatment Professionals:
"Nurse Practitioners are unsung heroes."
"Nurse practitioners deliver life-saving treatment services in the fight against opioid addiction, particularly in rural counties. I spoke on the Senate floor
to encourage my colleagues to amend a recent opioid bill to give nurse practitioners the authority to provide medically-assisted treatment to those suffering from addiction."
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SAVE THE DATE
MNPA Annual Spring Conference 2019
April 24, 25, 26, 2019
Point Lookout, Lincolnville, Maine
Licensing Boards Issue New Joint Rule Chapter 21 re: Opioid Prescribing
(from "Maine Medicine Weekly Update")
Most significantly, the Joint Rule requires the use and documentation of Universal Precautions in prescribing controlled substances. The precautions including conducting a risk assessment to minimize the potential for adverse effects, abuse, misuse, diversion, addiction and overdose, developing a treatment plan, obtaining informed consent, employing a treatment agreement, monitoring, and creating and maintaining adequate medical records to document compliance. There are appropriate exceptions for emergency situations which MMA requested in comments filed on the rule in 2017. The definition of a "medical emergency" is defined in Section 2 of the rule.
The Rule clarifies the obligation of licensees when illegal acts occur and cross references the CDC Guidelines for prescribing opioids issued in 2016 (CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain- United States, 2016).
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Are you interested in Integrative Healthcare?
MNPA member Kathy Coleman, ANP is a member of the Integrative Wellness Council of Maine. She welcome's participation in the council's work from other NPs. Please check out the website. ContactTisha Bremner, council chair, t[email protected], or Meneah Haworth, [email protected] for more info.
http://integrativewellnessme.com/
The Integrative Wellness Council of Maine is a group of like-minded medical providers and holistic health practitioners who are joining together in an opportunity to network and create a platform for continued community support and education of the ways in which complementary and alternative therapies may help our patients, clients, and students lead healthy, well, and whole live.
We would love to see more APRNs involved with the Integrative Wellness Council of Maine!
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