Training

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Virtual meeting

Via Zoom

Description

This training is for the staff and affiliates of Lynn Community Health Center. The training covers methamphetamine use disorder, its options for treatment, and harm reduction strategies for patients who continue to use methamphetamines and their caregivers. This training is appropriate for all health care organization staff, including non-clinicians

Intended audience

This training will be held exclusively for the staff and affiliates of Lynn Community Health Center.

Speakers

Justin Alves, RN, MSN, ACRN, CARN, CNE

Objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the role of psychostimulants in the overdose epidemic
• Describe the difference between methamphetamine intoxication, overdose, and withdrawal
• Recognize at least two evidence-based treatments for patients with a methamphetamine use disorder
• Apply harm reduction and de-escalation principles to promote safety for patients who continue to use methamphetamines and their caregivers

Sponsored by

Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS).

Accreditation information

Boston Medical Center grants 1.00 hours to all nurses who attend 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.

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