Community Psychiatric Nurse CPN

Clonidine. This drug is now well established on the withdrawal of opiate addiction. However, due to its ability to produce postural hypotension and sedation, its use is often limited to in-patients. It is being used for out-patients in some centres but it is necessary to ensure daily contact with the patients so any side effects, particularly low blood pressure, can be monitored and this may be possible for example through the Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) of a Community Drugs Team. Further work is needed in its use for outpatients before it can be generally recommended. 

Some teams may have only one member, typically a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN), whilst others may have upward of twelve members (some giving sessional input, others full-time). Some may... 

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) / Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs) Care-coordinate... 

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