title: The prescribing of buprenorphine by advanced practice addictions nurses.
abstract: In order to increase safe access to buprenorphine treatment for patients with opioid dependence, it is the position of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) that the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) be amended to allow for the prescribing of buprenorphine by qualified advanced practice nurses who have both prescriptive authority and specialty certification in addictions nursing.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. strobbe@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strobbe
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hobbins
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002047:Buprenorphine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000451:nursing*; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment / Q000451:nursing; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D002047:Buprenorphine