Addictions Nursing

Provides a resource for a better understanding of the expectations for an addictions nurse and how an addictions nurse leads in the healthcare community.

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The American Nurses Association and the International Nurses Society on Addictions worked together with nurses from across the nursing profession to develop Addictions Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition. It is the definitive and up-to-date delineation of addictions nursing, articulating the competent level of nursing practice and professional performance of all addictions registered nurses, whatever their practice level or setting.

The publication’s scope of practice addresses what is expected of all addictions nurses, specifying the who, what, where, when, why, and how of their practice. The detailed discussion of that scope of practice provides the context needed to understand and use the standards, presenting the underlying assumptions, characteristics, environments and settings, education and training requirements, key issues and trends, and ethical and conceptual bases of the specialty.