Opioid addiction — share your stories with ANA
We're facing a new public health crisis in communities across America. Opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 2000.
As a nation, we aren't doing enough to prevent more deaths. We need to address this crisis head-on – and it begins by working directly with providers like you.
Lawmakers and the public need to know what YOU are seeing day-to-day – the reality on the ground, in hospitals and clinics across the America – in order to address this epidemic and heal communities.
In areas of the country most impacted, restrictions on who can provide treatment have left patients without care when they need it most.
Patients need treatment, no matter what disease they are suffering from – and nurses need the tools and resources to help patients recover.
That's why ANA is joining with a nationwide coalition of providers and advocates making recommendations to lawmakers on how to help nurses help their patients. Congress is talking a lot about this epidemic, and they're ready to listen to us – but our best chance to make an impact is to share the on-the-ground expertise of nurses like you.
Can you share your story now? Tell us: as a healthcare provider, have you had experience with opioid addiction?
Thank you for helping us develop the best policies we can to help all those fighting addiction.