{"title":"North Carolina Board of Nursing's Alternative Program COVID-19 Response","authors":"Alison T Bailey, Sarah Griffith","doi":"10.1097/JAN.0000000000000450","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The North Carolina Board of Nursing (NCBON) implemented an alternative-to-discipline program (AP) in 1995 for nurses experiencing a substance use disorder. There have been programmatic changes since the inception of the AP. However, COVID-19 posed significant challenges related to balancing the NCBON's public protection mandate against COVID-19 impacts on the nurse's ability to comply with the AP conditions. The changes to the AP structure in response to COVID-19 included transition from in-person orientation interviews to virtual, drug screening process modifications, acceptance of virtual treatment and 12-step meeting attendance, and specific employment condition waiver accommodations. The NCBON identified modifications facilitated opportunities for nurses to remain compliant with the conditions of the AP while meeting the mandate of public protection.","PeriodicalId":54892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictions Nursing","volume":"4 1","pages":"51 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Addictions Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JAN.0000000000000450","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract The North Carolina Board of Nursing (NCBON) implemented an alternative-to-discipline program (AP) in 1995 for nurses experiencing a substance use disorder. There have been programmatic changes since the inception of the AP. However, COVID-19 posed significant challenges related to balancing the NCBON's public protection mandate against COVID-19 impacts on the nurse's ability to comply with the AP conditions. The changes to the AP structure in response to COVID-19 included transition from in-person orientation interviews to virtual, drug screening process modifications, acceptance of virtual treatment and 12-step meeting attendance, and specific employment condition waiver accommodations. The NCBON identified modifications facilitated opportunities for nurses to remain compliant with the conditions of the AP while meeting the mandate of public protection.
期刊介绍：
Journal of Addictions Nursing (JAN) – JAN is the official journal of IntNSA and is a peer-reviewed quarterly international journal publishing original articles on current research issues, practices and innovations as they related to the field of addictions. Submissions are solicited from professional nurses and other health-care professionals engaged in treatment, prevention, education, research and consultation.
Each issue of the Journal of Addictions Nursing contains original full-length papers as well as several regular features sections:
· Perspectives features points of view and commentaries on relevant issues
· Media Watch provides summaries and critiques of print and digital resources.
· Innovative Roles examines unique roles that nurses in addictions are implementing
· Research Reviews offers summaries and critiques of research studies in the field
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