Chronic Illness: Treatment Strategies for Substance Use Disorders

Catalog description

This course examines the urgent need for all nurses to have a better understanding of substance use disorders and available treatment strategies to help address the current national healthcare crisis related to substance abuse and deaths attributed to opioids. Nurses interact with individuals dealing with an array of chronic health issues including the use and abuse of psychoactive substances. This course will help prepare nurses who are often first to recognize problems related to substance use disorders in hospitals and their communities.