Barriers and Facilitators of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Participation in Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Mixed Methods Study

Background The misuse of opioids is a health crisis in the United States. Medication treatment for opioid use disorder reduces negative health outcomes, but there are widespread shortages of appropriately trained and credentialed providers. Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) have recently become eligible for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) waivers that allow them to prescribe the most common medication, buprenorphine, but many...