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Published on: August 20, 2010
Ensuring Advanced Practice Nursing Students Meet the 2023 Drug Enforcement Agency Requirements
Tammy M Slater1, Susan Renda, Jessica Peters
1Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor (Drs Slater, Peters, Mollenkopf, Rodney), Associate Professor (Dr Renda), and Professor Emerita (Dr Finnell), School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Background:
All advanced practice nursing students in the doctor of nursing practice program at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing are required to complete 3 core courses (pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment). As of June 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) required all prescribers of controlled medications to attest to at least 8 hours of substance use training.
Purpose:
To quantify the amount of time advanced practice nursing students learn substance use-related content and engage in teaching/learning activities across the 3 courses as a basis for meeting the DEA requirement.
Methods:
Lead course faculty teaching identified content related to substance use disorders, including reading assignments and skill-building activities, and the minimum amount of time that students spend in those teaching/learning experiences.
Results:
Advanced practice nursing students complete a total of 14 hours of substance use-related content in the 3 core courses.
Conclusions:
This article describes substance use-related content and strategies that can be integrated in advanced practice nursing programs for students to meet the new DEA requirement.
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