Facility Support Services

Each facility is unique and faces its own challenges. Nursing is often the backbone of patient care as nurses spend the most time with patients. Often in addiction treatment facilities nurses face a lack of support, division between counseling/admission and nursing staff, and high turnover of nurses leading to staff shortages, poor work performance, lack of empathy and burnout. But these things can be reduced with proper support.

In most addiction treatment centers administration outside of the medical team may not be able to provide the advice and resources needed to provide the nursing team with the support and knowledge to do their job to the highest standards. Aside from other specialties in nursing, Addiction Nurses have the additional responsibility of keeping the client engaged in treatment to maintain and promote sobriety and decreases AMAs.

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Nursing Staff Recruitment

Director of Nursing, staff nurses, admission/triage nurses....Finding quality candidates is often one of the hardest parts. Services are provided to optimize job descriptions and online hiring ads, screening, and interviewing candidates.

Regulatory Corrective Action Plans

Ensure regulatory compliance and address corrective action findings with state regulations, Department of Health, The Joint Commission, CARF, and SAMHSA.

New Facility Project Packages

Opening a new addiction treatment facility? Let me assist with setting up nursing/medical service policies and procedures for detox, rehab & pharmacy within state, federal and other regulatory compliance. Includes recruitment of nursing staff, onboarding, and orientation to addictions nursing and your facility.

Existing Facility Project Packages

Services are based on the needs of the facility with the goal of providing safe, efficient, quality patient care as well as providing corrective action plans, policy updates and staff re-education and competency training.

Mentorship Program & Executive Coaching

Effective Addiction Nurse mentorship promotes improved job satisfaction, improved retention, and promotes professional development. Mentoring nurses most importantly improves nursing care and team building as well as improves patient outcomes. Numerous employee engagement surveys have showed that feeling valued and supported is one of the most important aspects of nursing retention. Ideal for those in the Director of Nursing position and other nursing management roles.

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Addiction Nursing Education- New Hires, Existing Staff or Ongoing Education

Addiction nursing is a specialty — yet very few addiction treatment facilities have nurses who are formally trained or certified in it. As a nurse leader, I have witnessed even experienced nurses struggle to correlate an elevated CIWA or COWS score with the need for additional medication or timely provider notification. Most hospitals have a dedicated nursing education department, and even those often lack addiction-specific expertise. In addiction treatment facilities, that gap falls squarely on the Director of Nursing — making structured, ongoing staff education not just beneficial, but essential.

Becoming a Certified Addiction Registered Nurse (CARN) is a process that takes time and clinical hours — but certification is not the baseline. Every nurse working in addiction treatment needs a solid foundation in the fundamentals: recognizing and managing withdrawal symptoms, understanding medication interventions, de-escalating agitation, preventing and responding to against medical advice (AMA) situations, monitoring vital signs in the context of withdrawal, and knowing when and how to notify a provider. These are not optional competencies — they are patient safety standards.

Education services cover all of these areas and more, including injection administration for Sublocade and Vivitrol, diversion prevention, and documentation requirements. Training is available for new hires, existing staff requiring re-education, and facilities seeking ongoing competency programs. All sessions include competency skills testing and certificates of completion, supporting your regulatory compliance records.