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• Archive: Faculty:JeanAnne Johnson TalbertDuration:Full DayFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Apr 20, 2016 Description Pharmacology of abused substancesEffective screening of medical patients for substance use disordersAssessment and treatment of withdrawal symptomsEmergency interventionsMedical complications of substance use disordersThe typical med/surg nurse cares for 6 patients in a shift.
• Statistics indicate that 2 of those patients have an underlying substance use disorder.
• Are you prepared to deal with withdrawal symptoms?
• Do you know how to assess for them?A patient is recovering from his knee surgery and is reporting 10/10 pain.
• This seems impossible to you, as you have given him 20mg of IV Dilaudid.