NURSING SECTION
University of Utah
School on Alcoholism and Other Drug
Dependencies
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Section
Co-Leader
Joanne Haeffele,
M.S., APRN, CS, FNP
Assistant Clinical Professor,
College of Nursing, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT
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Section
Co-Leader
Alice Parkinson,
M.S., APRN, LLC
Assistant Clinical Professor,
College of Nursing, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
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PLANNED FOR
Advance practice registered nurses (APRN), nurse
practitioners (NP) including all specialties (psychiatric, family, adult,
gerontology, pediatrics, woman's health and acute care) clinical nurse
specialists (CNS), certified nurse midwives (CNM), physicians assistants (PA),
baccalaureate and graduate nursing faculty, registered nurses (RN) and nursing
students with an interest in the prevention, recognition, and treatment of
alcoholism and other substance abuse of patients, clients or colleagues.
(1) Articulate addiction as a brain illness.
(2) Discuss the key components of motivational interviewing and outline a
treatment plan that will facilitate change in patients and clients. (3) Describe
the medical complications of addiction. (4)
Investigate affective disorders and behavioral issues. (5) Discuss medications
used in the treatment of substance abuse. (6) Express a value for personal power
and self care. (7) Implement and evaluate drug testing. (8) Plan how
to intervene with difficult and drug seeking patients. (9) Review new street
drugs.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
John Speed,
M.D.; James Reilly, D.M.D., LADC-1
