Staff Responsibilities During Induction
Clinical staff can assist with most steps of the buprenorphine induction process if a consistent plan is in place.
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Educate the staff on buprenorphine treatment and addiction. The more information and involvement that they have, the smoother your practice will run and the better care your patients will receive.
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Be sure to explain every staff member's role to your patients so they know who to ask for help or if there is a problem during induction.
Remember that the induction process can cause discomfort and anxiety for patients, so work with your staff to make sure that they are as calm and comfortable as possible.
Related Resources:
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A form that contains a checklist of requirements, confidentiality, instructions for initial appointment, and an area for patient information.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (4 votes)
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This form provides a list and a place to document important information that should be recorded during the intake assessment, including whether the patient is pregnant, taking other drugs, on methadone or has other addiction behaviors.
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Colleen LaBelle, RN/Boston Medical Center (4 votes)
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This form can be used by nurses to note the areas that should be covered during a follow-up visit for patients on buprenorphine treatment.
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Colleen LaBelle, RN/Boston Medical Center (3 votes)
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This PDF Document contains the Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS), a common instrument used to assess a patient's opioid withdrawal severity.
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California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) (5 votes)
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This flow chart for buprenorphine treatment displays the steps to patient recovery, from initial patient contact or referral, through intake process, induction, day #2, stabilization, maintenance, and tapering.
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Colleen LaBelle, RN/Boston Medical Center (14 votes)
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- Initial patient contact
- Screening and diagnosis
- Induction and dosing
- Stabilization and maintenance
- Dosing
- Induction
- Intake
- Maintenance
- Screening
- Suboxone
- Tapering
- Induction/first treatment
- Medical assessment/first visit
- Misc. informational materials
- Treatment Algorithm
- Just became waivered
- Setting up a practice
