Getting Started in Medication Assisted Therapy as an FNP: What you need to know
Webinar/Online
Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 6:30pm PT - Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 9:00pm PT
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Info
Topic
Describe the current laws and regulations for FNP prescribing buprenorphine Discuss the purpose behind buprenorphine for treatment of opiate use disorder Discuss the evidence behind buprenorphine treamtent Describe how an FNP would begin to prescribe buprenorphine to patients Review common barriers to prescribing buprenorphine Discuss new trends in policy and practice in prescribing buprenorphine
Speaker(s)
Mary Ellen Biggerstaff, FNP, DNP, MPH
Credits Offered
This event offers
1.5 CE credits
to attendees
(0.75 pharmacology)
.
Accreditation Info:
“Pacific Lutheran University Center for Continuing Nursing Learning (PLU CCNL) is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction, by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers commission on accreditation..
Additional Information
Social meet and greet from 6:30-7:00 pm
Didactic content with Q and A from 7-8:30 pm
Continued questions and socializing untiil 9:00 pm.
Following this presentation attendees will be able to:
- Describe the current laws and regulations for FNP prescribing buprenorphine
- Discuss the purpose behind buprenorphine for treatment of opiate use disorder
- Discuss the evidence behind buprenorphine treamtent
- Describe how an FNP would begin to prescribe buprenorphine to patients
- Review common barriers to prescribing buprenorphine
- Discuss new trends in policy and practice in prescribing buprenorphine