Identifying and Caring for Patients with Addictive Disorders: 1st Annual Addictions Conference

Registration Information
Registration includes: continental breakfast, lunch, free parking, and 7.2 contact hours for nurses!
AGENDA
8:30 - 9:00
Registration and Breakfas t
9:00 - 9:15
Welcome Address
Adam Barrett, RN, BSN
President, Ma IntNSA
9:15 - 9:45
Overview of Addiction in the Commonwealth
Hilary Jacobs, Licsw, Ladc I
Director, Bureau of Substance Abuse
MA Department of Public Health
9:45 - 10:45
Opioids, the Brain and Treatment
Colleen LaBelle, RN, CARN
Program Director, State Obot B
10:45… Show more - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 12:00
Are DTs Avoidable? Assessment and Management
Deirde Houtmeyers, RN, MS, Ladc I, CARN
Executive Director, Secap
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00
Understanding Screeing, Brief Intervention, & Referral to Treatment
Dawn Williamson, RN, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, Carn-Ap
2:00 - 2:15
Break
2:15 - 3:00
Strategies in Caring for the Challenging Patient
Donna Beers, RN, CARN
Vice President, Ma IntNSA
3:00 - 4:00
Working in Difficult Times: What does it take to stay fulfilled and love the work you do?
Donna M. White, RN, PhD, CNS, Carn, Addiction Specialist

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