A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
December 13, 2021
12:30 pm–1:30 pm ET
The training will provide basic education regarding polysubstance use for staff in the Respite Program at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
780 Albany Street
Boston, MA
This training is for the staff of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Please do not register if you are not affiliated with the organization.
The training will provide basic education regarding polysubstance use for staff (mainly RNs, NP, PA) in the Respite Program at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. The training will review illicit substance use including route, symptoms of intoxication, withdrawal, and basic harm reduction strategies. It will review medications used for the treatment of withdrawal or post-acute intoxication management and clinical presentation if used other than as prescribed.
Staff in the Respite Program at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.
Vanessa is a Clinical Nurse Educator for Boston Medical Center's OBAT Technical Assistance Team with clinical interest and expertise in management of substance use disorders in primary care, chronic mental illness, and infectious diseases. She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner receiving her Masters of Science in Nursing at Simmons College, and board certified in Advance Practice Addictions nursing through the Addictions Nursing Certification Board (CARN-AP). Prior to joining the OBAT TTA team, she was the Administrative Director of the Addiction Services Department at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, formerly the South End Community Health Center, developing their multidisciplinary nursing led addiction program and where she practiced as a nurse practitioner managing a high risk patient panel. Vanessa also worked as a registered nurse in acute treatment services and medical stabilization programs.
Annie Potter, MSN, MPH, NP, CARN-APAnnie is a Nurse Practitioner at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Annie educates and supports health care providers on best practices in the treatment of substance use disorders and serves as the Medical Director for the Massachusetts Office Based Addiction Treatment ECHO. Prior to joining BMC, Annie practiced at a community health center in Baltimore, MD, where she established and served as the clinical lead for the city's first walk-in HIV treatment and prevention program. She is board-certified in addictions and holds specialty certifications for the treatment of HIV and Hepatitis C. Annie earned her Masters of Nursing and Masters of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health, respectively.
Participants will be able to:
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS).
Boston Medical Center grants 1.00 hours to all nurses who attend this course and complete the evaluation. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing professional development by American Nurses Association, Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.