The Latest Street Drugs & the Impact is Archive: on the Brain and BehaviorMotivational Interviewing Strategies for Sensitive Patient QuestionsDrug and Alcohol Withdrawal Assessment and Treatment StrategiesChallenges Treating the Medical Patient who has an Acute Mental IllnessEmergency Interventions: Therapeutic & Pharmacological“Elizabeth has severe Degenerative Joint Disease and is scheduled for a hip replacement..
Archive: The Latest Street Drugs & the Impact on the Brain and BehaviorMotivational Interviewing Strategies for Sensitive Patient QuestionsDrug and Alcohol Withdrawal Assessment and Treatment StrategiesChallenges Treating the Medical Patient who has an Acute Mental IllnessEmergency Interventions: Therapeutic & Pharmacological“Elizabeth has severe Degenerative Joint Disease and is scheduled for a hip replacement.
She is is also an alcoholic..
She is also an alcoholic.
a healthcare professional, is As it is important to prevent her from having complications from her substance abuse such as withdrawal, poor healing, and falls.”With the pervasive problems our society has with Mental Illness and Substance Abuse, it is imperative that healthcare professionals have an understanding about how to most optimally meet the diverse medical and psychosocial needs of those trusted to our care..
As a healthcare professional, it is important to prevent her from having complications from her substance abuse such as withdrawal, poor healing, and falls.”With the pervasive problems our society has with Mental Illness and Substance Abuse, it is imperative that healthcare professionals have an understanding about how to most optimally meet the diverse medical and psychosocial needs of those trusted to our care.
Pamela J. Ridley RN is , MSN, APRN, BC, a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, looks forward to sharing her expertise throughout this practice changing one-day event..
Pamela J. Ridley RN, MSN, APRN, BC, a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, looks forward to sharing her expertise throughout this practice changing one-day event.
She is will tackle various subjects including:The Latest Street Drugs & the Impact on the BrainMedical Consequences of Drug and Alcohol AbuseDrug and Alcohol Withdrawal Assessment and Treatment StrategiesMotivational Interviewing Strategies for the Sensitive Patient QuestionsChallenges Treating the Medical Patient who has an Acute Mental IllnessDistinguishing between Delirium, Substance Abuse or Mental Illness?.
She will tackle various subjects including:The Latest Street Drugs & the Impact on the BrainMedical Consequences of Drug and Alcohol AbuseDrug and Alcohol Withdrawal Assessment and Treatment StrategiesMotivational Interviewing Strategies for the Sensitive Patient QuestionsChallenges Treating the Medical Patient who has an Acute Mental IllnessDistinguishing between Delirium, Substance Abuse or Mental Illness?
it is Could be all 3?Emergency Interventions: Therapeutic & PharmacologicalYou are guaranteed to leave this workshop with practical new tools to assist with the fast-paced, ever-changing, often-challenging…..but yet so incredibly rewarding profession we work in.Assess your patient for mental illness and substance abuse in a healthcare setting.Formulate an appropriate plan of treatment for patients with substance abuse/mental illness and co-occurring medical issues.Select appropriate pharmacological interventions for the treatment of drug and alcohol treatment and withdrawal.Distinguish between delirium and mental illness.Recognize the medical complications of drug and alcohol abuse.Explain the neurobiology of substance abuse, particularly the impact of the newer street drugs in use.Choose appropriate therapeutic approaches when treating the dually diagnosed patient.Manage your own identified frustrations when treating the patient with mental illness or substance abuse to be most effective.Dual Diagnosis - Why Care?A significant problemPoor prognosis?.
Could it be all 3?Emergency Interventions: Therapeutic & PharmacologicalYou are guaranteed to leave this workshop with practical new tools to assist with the fast-paced, ever-changing, often-challenging…..but yet so incredibly rewarding profession we work in.Assess your patient for mental illness and substance abuse in a healthcare setting.Formulate an appropriate plan of treatment for patients with substance abuse/mental illness and co-occurring medical issues.Select appropriate pharmacological interventions for the treatment of drug and alcohol treatment and withdrawal.Distinguish between delirium and mental illness.Recognize the medical complications of drug and alcohol abuse.Explain the neurobiology of substance abuse, particularly the impact of the newer street drugs in use.Choose appropriate therapeutic approaches when treating the dually diagnosed patient.Manage your own identified frustrations when treating the patient with mental illness or substance abuse to be most effective.Dual Diagnosis - Why Care?A significant problemPoor prognosis?
Recidivism is and non-adherenceAchieving more positive outcomesStreet Drug UpdatesHeroin and oxycontinBath salts and other stimulantsSpiceMarijuanaMolly and other hallucinogensNeurobiology of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness“Normal” neurobiology and anatomySubstance abuse effects on the brainMental illness effects on the brainHow medication assisted treatment helpsDopaminergic transmissionMedications that impact dopamine receptor sitesAssessment and Interviewing TechniquesScreening Brief Intervention and Referral forTreatment (SBIRT) - for drug and alcohol abuseCAGE questionnaire - To detect alcoholismMotivational techniques to promote open and honest communication from the patientWhat is YOUR bias?.
Recidivism and non-adherenceAchieving more positive outcomesStreet Drug UpdatesHeroin and oxycontinBath salts and other stimulantsSpiceMarijuanaMolly and other hallucinogensNeurobiology of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness“Normal” neurobiology and anatomySubstance abuse effects on the brainMental illness effects on the brainHow medication assisted treatment helpsDopaminergic transmissionMedications that impact dopamine receptor sitesAssessment and Interviewing TechniquesScreening Brief Intervention and Referral forTreatment (SBIRT) - for drug and alcohol abuseCAGE questionnaire - To detect alcoholismMotivational techniques to promote open and honest communication from the patientWhat is YOUR bias?
the “Judging Trap”Is is Avoiding it Delirium, Mental Illness or Substance Abuse?Assessment tools and screening interventionsCauses of delirium seen in healthcareCurrent treatment optionsYour patient has all three – now what?Interventions: Therapeutic and PharmacologicalMotivational interviewingLevels of interventionMedications to treat alcohol abuseMedications to treat opioid dependenceMedications to treat cocaine abuseAntipsychotics, mood stabilizers and antidepressantsMedication side effects that impact the medical health of patientsPlanning for discharge: Outpatient treatment optionsDrug and Alcohol Withdrawal in the Medical SettingAcute symptoms of withdrawalWithdrawal preventionWithdrawal protocols/medication strategiesSafety for patients/family/staffNarcotic abusePain managementOther challenges when caring for the substance abuserCo-morbid Medical IllnessesChronic medical illness and mental illnessRespiratory illnesses and depression and/or anxietyDiabetes and depressionCardiovascular disease and depressionChronic medical illness and psychotic spectrum disordersMedical illness as a result of substance abuseCardiovascularHormonalRespiratoryNeurologicalEmergency treatments for those with mental illness and substance abuse.
Avoiding the “Judging Trap”Is it Delirium, Mental Illness or Substance Abuse?Assessment tools and screening interventionsCauses of delirium seen in healthcareCurrent treatment optionsYour patient has all three – now what?Interventions: Therapeutic and PharmacologicalMotivational interviewingLevels of interventionMedications to treat alcohol abuseMedications to treat opioid dependenceMedications to treat cocaine abuseAntipsychotics, mood stabilizers and antidepressantsMedication side effects that impact the medical health of patientsPlanning for discharge: Outpatient treatment optionsDrug and Alcohol Withdrawal in the Medical SettingAcute symptoms of withdrawalWithdrawal preventionWithdrawal protocols/medication strategiesSafety for patients/family/staffNarcotic abusePain managementOther challenges when caring for the substance abuserCo-morbid Medical IllnessesChronic medical illness and mental illnessRespiratory illnesses and depression and/or anxietyDiabetes and depressionCardiovascular disease and depressionChronic medical illness and psychotic spectrum disordersMedical illness as a result of substance abuseCardiovascularHormonalRespiratoryNeurologicalEmergency treatments for those with mental illness and substance abuse