Can the Registered Nurse get a prescription to carry and administer naloxone in a non-work setting?

RCW 69.41.095 allows the Registered Nurse to have a prescription for an opioid antagonist (such as naloxone) in the nurse’s name to carry and administer an opioid antagonist in the non-work setting. Nurses may carry and administer an opioid antagonist in a suspected opioid overdose whether the person is a family member, friend, stranger, or a patient. The Registered Nurse should use the Scope of Practice Decision Tree to determine if specific activities are within the registered nurse’s legal and individual scope of practice. For more information, go to the Washington State Department of Health Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Website.