Start Date
5-3-2024 9:10 AM
End Date
5-3-2024 11:00 AM
Description
Background
- The opioid epidemic continues as a public health emergency
- Pregnant women with OUD face multiple forms of marginalization and stigma based on the complex interplay of their various social identities
- OUD education and training among healthcare providers, particularly nurses, who are frontline clinicians in treating perinatal OUD, are lacking and leave the workforce unprepared and under-resourced to effectively support pregnant persons with OUD
Keywords
nursing education, maternal opioid use disorder, stigma, health equity, pregnancy, perinatal care
Included in
May 3rd, 9:10 AM
May 3rd, 11:00 AM
Limited Education and Training for Inpatient Nurses Caring for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder
Background
- The opioid epidemic continues as a public health emergency
- Pregnant women with OUD face multiple forms of marginalization and stigma based on the complex interplay of their various social identities
- OUD education and training among healthcare providers, particularly nurses, who are frontline clinicians in treating perinatal OUD, are lacking and leave the workforce unprepared and under-resourced to effectively support pregnant persons with OUD
Comments
Presented at the 2024 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.