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Deborah S Finnell1, Christine L Savage, Bryan R Hansen
1Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Finnell and Dr White), Adjunct Professor (Dr Savage), and Assistant Professor (Dr Hansen and Dr Sanchez), School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Associate Professor (Dr Johnson), Institute of Public and Preventative Health, Augusta University, Georgia; and Professor (Dr Seale), Department of Family Medicine, Navicent Health and Mercer University School of Medicine, Georgia.
Abstract:
Various factors have compelled nurse educators to address the lack of substance use-related content in nursing curriculum. Initiatives to add this content are often met with resistance because of an already crowded curriculum. This article describes a 4-phase process that guided the integration of this specialty content into a prelicensure nursing curriculum and a master's level advanced practice nursing curriculum. Lessons learned and recommendations from those experiences are provided to guide nurse educators undertaking similar efforts.
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