Managing Acute Pain in People with Opioid Use Disorder - Off the Charts
Photo © IStock. Have you ever used the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) to ascertain whether your patient might be experiencing opioid withdrawal? Considering the current prevalence of opioid misuse, it’s not unlikely that a patient admitted for a non-drug-related cause could be a person who uses
Betsy Todd, MPH, RN
