Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
This training provides participants with foundational knowledge and practical skills to recognize, prevent, and respond to opioid overdoses using a compassionate, person-centered approach. Participants will explore the biological, social, and environmental factors that contribute to overdose risk, learn to identify the signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose, and review evidence-based response strategies. The training will also introduce emerging and innovative overdose prevention approaches that can be incorporated into clinical and community settings to reduce overdose-related harm and improve engagement in care.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Justin Alves, MSN, FNP-BC, ACRN, CARN, CNE (he/him)
Justin is a clinical nurse educator with Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, a Family Nurse Practitioner in General Internal Medicine at BMC, and co-medical director of BMC’s Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Team (START) clinic. Justin earned a master’s in nursing from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, a Post-Master's Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and is certified as a Certified Addiction Registered Nurse through the Addictions Nursing Certification Board.
Tehya Johnson, MSN, AGPCNP-BC (she/her)
Tehya is a clinical nurse educator for Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training Technical Assistance, a nurse practitioner board-certified in in adult-gerontology primary care, and clinically practices as a Public Health Nurse Practitioner at BMC's Project Trust. Tehya earned a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University and a Master of Science in Nursing from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Identify factors that contribute to overdose.
- Recognize signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose.
- Recall two novel opioid overdose prevention strategies.
Sponsored by
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
Accreditation information
Please read the Accreditation Information section of the training registration page for more information and to learn about the requirements for receiving credit or a certificate of completion.
Audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
