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[Outpatient withdrawal programme: advanced practice in addictology].
Laurence Tisserand1, Caroline Mezerette, Benjamin Rolland
1Service d'addictologie, Centre de soins d'accueil et de prévention en addictologie, Lille cedex, France.
Advanced nursing practices are under-developed in French psychiatry. A Lille hospital implemented an outpatient alcohol withdrawal program coordinated by nurses, improving patient care during medicalized withdrawal.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Psychiatry
- Addictology
Context:
- Advanced nursing practices, though introduced in France in 2003 and 2006, are underdeveloped in psychiatry and addictology.
- Lille regional and university hospital established an outpatient alcohol withdrawal program to address this gap.
Purpose:
- To describe an innovative outpatient alcohol withdrawal program coordinated by advanced practice nurses.
- To highlight the role of nurses in managing alcohol withdrawal within a structured, multidisciplinary framework.
Summary:
- The program is coordinated by a nurse authorized to adjust treatment dosages based on clinical status.
- Nurses are supported by a network of caregivers throughout the medicalized withdrawal period.
- This model facilitates structured and predefined care for alcohol withdrawal patients.
Impact:
- Demonstrates the potential of advanced nursing practices in specialized fields like addiction treatment.
- Offers a scalable model for managing alcohol withdrawal in an outpatient setting.
- Enhances patient access to care and potentially improves treatment outcomes.
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