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Page 4 Arkansas Nurse Today January, February, March 2022 ARNA Partners in Opioid and Prescription Drug Abuse Fight Encourage Your Patients to Dispose of Unused Prescription Opioids The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched Remove the Risk, an education and outreach campaign to raise awareness about the serious risks of keeping unused prescription opioids in the home and to provide information about safe disposal of these drugs. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that up to 71 percent of opioid tablets prescribed after surgery went unused. Encourage your patients to remove expired, unwanted, or unused prescription pain medicines from their home as quickly as possible to help reduce the chance of accidental or intentional ingestion. Help your patients and their families stay safe. Education about proper disposal of unused prescription opioids can save lives. Find Remove the Risk educational resources, including videos, fact sheets, and information, to help your patients determine the best disposal option for them at www.FDA.gov/DrugDisposal. You also can follow updates from the campaign and join the conversation on social media using #RemoveOpioidRisk. The Arkansas Nurses Association is partnering with the Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits/WCAAA to conduct a Rural Health Initiative Opioid RX Prevention Program. ARNA has an obligation to ensure all of our nurses are fully educated on the facts and ills of misusing Opioids and educating our populations. We ask that you take our Pre/ Post survey showing your knowledge of opioid and prescription drug abuse. Please return your completed forms to arna@arna.org. Those that return their surveys will receive a $10 gift card. COMMUNITY SURVEY QUESTIONS (Pre) Event ____________________________________ Date _____________ Demographic Information County Male/Female/Other Race Age 1) What are opioids used to treat? A. Pain B. High blood pressure C. Heart disease D. Allergies 2) Opioid dependence is the same as opioid addiction. A. True B. False 3) What are risk factors for opioid addiction? A. Genetics B. Depression C. Physical or sexual abuse D. All of the above 4) Only street drugs such as heroin can be abused A. True B. False 5) It is okay to share your prescription drugs with a family member in pain, except if they have a history of drug abuse and addiction. A. True B. False 6) Opioids can be prescribed by doctors and other medical professionals or bought on the street. A. True B. False 7) A person cannot misuse opioids as long as they were prescribed by a doctor. A. True B. False: 8) Do all opioid overdoses end in death? a. Yes b. No 9) What is the name of the drug that can “reverse” an opioid overdose? a. Narcant b. Narcand c. Naloxone or Narcan d. Aspirin e. None of the above 10) Do you feel confident asking your parents, or a medical professional, for an alternative pain-relieving medication to opioids? a. Yes, very confident b. Somewhat confident c. Not confident d. Not sure, don’t know COMMUNITY SURVEY QUESTIONS (Post) Sepsis and Opioid Use Disorder: The Intersection of Two Public Health Crises | The Sepsis Alliance Institute Webinar Description: Sepsis and opioid use disorders are major sources of morbidity, mortality, and costs to the healthcare system. While most of the national focus has been on the rising number of fatal opioid overdoses, less attention has been paid to the serious infectious complications of opioid use disorders, including sepsis. www.sepsisinstitute.org The registration URL is: https://www.sepsisinstitute.org/content/sepsis-and-opioiduse-disorder-intersection-two-public-health-crises#group-tabs-node-course-default1. Event ____________________________________ Date _____________ Demographic Information County Male/Female/Other Race Age 1) What are opioids used to treat? B. Pain B. High blood pressure C. Heart disease D. Allergies 2) Opioid dependence is the same as opioid addiction. B. True B. False 3) What are risk factors for opioid addiction? B. Genetics B. Depression C. Physical or sexual abuse D. All of the above 4) Only street drugs such as heroin can be abused B. True B. False 5) It is okay to share your prescription drugs with a family member in pain, except if they have a history of drug abuse and addiction. A. True B. False 6) Opioids can be prescribed by doctors and other medical professionals or bought on the street. A. True B. False 7) A person cannot misuse opioids as long as they were prescribed by a doctor. B. True B. False: 8) Do all opioid overdoses end in death? a. Yes b. No 9) What is the name of the drug that can “reverse” an opioid overdose? a. Narcant b. Narcand c. Naloxone or Narcan d. Aspirin e. None of the above 10) Do you feel confident asking your parents, or a medical professional, for an alternative pain-relieving medication to opioids? a. Yes, very confident b. Somewhat confident c. Not confident d. Not sure, don’t know
January, February, March 2022 Arkansas Nurse Today Page 5 Committee recruitment form 5 Things To Know About Relaxation Techniques for Stress When you’re under stress, your body reacts by releasing hormones that produce the “fight-or-flight” response. Your heart rate and breathing rate go up and blood vessels narrow (restricting the flow of blood). Occasional stress is a normal coping mechanism. But over the long-term, stress may contribute to or worsen a range of health problems including digestive disorders, headaches, sleep disorders, and other symptoms. In contrast to the stress response, the relaxation response slows the heart rate, lowers blood pressure, and decreases oxygen consumption and levels of stress hormones. In theory, voluntarily creating the relaxation response through regular use of relaxation techniques could counteract the negative effects of stress. Relaxation techniques are generally safe, but there is limited evidence of usefulness for specific health conditions. Research is under way to find out more about relaxation and health outcomes. Relaxation techniques include a number of practices such as progressive relaxation, guided imagery, biofeedback, self-hypnosis, and deep breathing exercises. The goal is similar in all: to consciously produce the body's natural relaxation response, characterized by slower breathing, lower blood pressure, and a feeling of calm and well-being. Relaxation techniques often combine breathing and focused attention to calm the mind and the body. These techniques may be most effective when practiced regularly and combined with good nutrition, regular exercise, and a strong social support system. Most relaxation techniques can be self-taught and self-administered. Most methods require only brief instruction from a book or experienced practitioner before they can be done without assistance. Do not use relaxation techniques as a replacement for conventional care or to postpone seeing a doctor about a medical problem. Talk to your health care providers if you are considering using a relaxation technique for a particular health condition. This will help ensure coordinated and safe care. NCCIH Clinical Digest is a service of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH, DHHS. NCCIH Clinical Digest, a monthly e-newsletter, offers evidence-based information on complementary health approaches, including scientific literature searches, summaries of NCCIH-funded research, fact sheets for patients, and more. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health is dedicated to exploring complementary health products and practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary health researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals. For additional information, call NCCIH’s Clearinghouse toll-free at 1-888-644-6226, or visit the NCCIH website at nccih.nih. gov. NCCIH is 1 of 27 institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health, the Federal focal point for medical research in the United States. Retrieved December 10, 2021 from Mind and Body Approaches for Stress | NCCIH (nih.gov) The Arkansas Nurses Association needs you to speak for yourself and your fellow nurses. As we make plans for 2022, your leadership and volunteer participation on our Committees and Councils are paramount to the growth and success of the organization and the nursing profession in our state. We seek your voices as we work to make change in nursing through Advocacy, Practice, Continuing Education, Professional Development, and Membership. Most of the Arkansas Nurses Association committees or councils meet on a quarterly basis with all meetings being held virtually and because of your vast expertise, many for as little as one hour. If you are able to commit to your profession, please click on this link and complete the Leadership Commitment Form. Committee and Council Leadership Commitment Form - Arkansas Nurses Association (ARNA) https://arna.org/cc-leadership-commitment-form/
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