A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
October 9, 2019
8:30 am–4:30 pm ET
This full-day course reviews topics covered in the certification exam for addictions nursing and is intended to support nurses preparing to sit for the exam.
Crowne Plaza Baltimore Inner Harbor
105 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD
Boston Medical Center is sponsoring an exam review course for RNs and NPs working in the addiction field who have an interest in becoming a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse (CARN) or a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse - Advanced Practice (CARN-AP). The certification exam is open to nurses with at least 2,000 hours experience (equivalent to 1 year full-time) in addiction treatment, and is offered year round at testing sites nationwide. This course is intended to assist nurses in preparing for the exam.
Please go to the following link for more infomation about certification: http://www.cnetnurse.com/certified-addictions-registered-nurse/
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
If you have dietary restrictions please feel free to let us know and we will do our best to accommodate them. Thank you.
This is an in-person training. There will not be an option to attend via webinar.
Nurses and Nurse Practitioners attending the IntNSA Conference.
By the end of this certification review program, participants will be able to: Identify the major categories of substances of abuse, their neurobiology, impact, withdrawal effects, and treatments, Discuss the biological, psychosocial, cognitive, and spiritual problems resulting from substance abuse and dependence, Apply nursing process in identifying, planning, assessing and implementing care for patients diagnosed with substance use and addiction disorders.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Susbtance Addiction Services, State Targeted Response Training and Technical Assistance Consortium
Continuing education credits for this course will be provided through IntNSA.
Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is a program of Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End and the largest safety-net hospital in New England.
The content on this site and the content presented by Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is intended solely to inform and educate healthcare and social service professionals, and shall not be used for medical advice and is not a substitute for the advice or treatment of a qualified medical professional. The hospital, the program, and the contributors are not acting as health care providers or professional consultants on behalf of any specific patient and disclaim establishing a provider-patient relationship with any specific patient.