
Nurses
The statewide Nursing Peer Health Assistance Program provides comprehensive services to Colorado RNs and LPNs experiencing physical, emotional, psychological, or substance use problems. The program objectives are public protection and rehabilitation of nurses.
the Program provides
Comprehensive evaluation, case management and monitoring for nurses experiencing physical, emotional, psychological, and substance use problems which could result in impaired practice
Education and information on prevention of physical, emotional, psychological, and substance use problems
Community resources
24-hour information line
Support for nurse supervisors and family members of nurses with practice affecting issue
Resources
§12-255-130. Nursing peer health assistance or nurse alternative to discipline program
Colorado State Board of Nursing
Colorado Nurses Association (CNA)
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence (CCNE)
American Nurses Association
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
A call to action for Colorado’s advanced practice nurses: Medication for opioid use disorder