Analgesic Nonadherence for Cancer Pain in a Time of Opioid Crisis: A Concept Analysis

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; 2018), an estimated 68% of the 70,200 drug overdose deaths in the United States (US) in 2017 involved the use of an opioid. In fact, the number of drug overdose deaths that implicated opioids increased six-fold between 1999 and 2017 (CDC, 2018). In the current climate of the opioid addiction epidemic, various stakeholders are calling for tighter opioid access policies, more rigorous prescribing standards, and increasingly tailored patient and community education mechanisms (Christie et al., 2017; National Academies of Sciences [NAS], 2017; National Academy of Medicine, 2017).

Source: Nursing Outlook - June 26, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: William E. Rosa, Barbara Riegel, Connie M. Ulrich, Lillian S. Brunner, Salimah H. Meghani Source Type: research