Nursing

Needs to be at least 300 words with at least 1 scholarly article within the past 5 years.

In the past few years, there has been an increasing push to expand the number of providers trained to treat substance use disorder and opioid use disorder. There has been an expansion to allow the prescription of buprenorphine by advanced practice providers such as NPs and PAs. How does this expansion align with initiatives to improve population health for underserved communities in particular?