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Deborah Rushing, DNP, FNP-C, RN While medications remain essential for many conditions, nurses increasingly advocate for multimodal, non-pharmacologic strategies to reduce medication burden, adverse effects, and long-term dependence. One intervention gaining traction in rehabilitation and pain settings is dry needling. From a nursing perspective, dry needling aligns closely with holistic, client-centered pain care. Nurse educators can incorporate information about dry needlin