Understanding the Opioid Crisis: From Prescription Practices to Public Health Solutions (NA2582)
Author(s): Patsy Barnes, RN, BA
Pre-Approved for: ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCLCP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, CMCPS, CNLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CVE, CVRP, Delaware BON, MCBAP-Specific , MSCC, NAADAC, RNs
Credit Hours: 5
CCM Credit Hours: 5
Course Format
This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage.
Course Overview
Course Objectives
- Explain what opioids are, their use, and the reasons for abuse.
- Discuss OUD treatment options.
- List the contributing factors and consequences of the opioid epidemic.
- Describe the opioid settlement and the controversy over the money being distributed to states.
- Explain the new opioid prescription guidelines.
Course Outline
- Opioids
- The Brain Connection
- Opioid Addiction and Opioid Use Disorder
- Opioid Crisis Statistics
- Opioid Overdose Toolkit
- History of the Opioid Crisis
- Treatment for Addiction, including CAM
- Opioid Settlement
- Review of the Opioid Epidemic
- New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids