A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
April 6, 2020
8:30 am–12:30 pm ET
This FREE course reviews topics covered in the certification exam for addictions nursing and is intended to support nurses preparing to sit for the exam.
Connect via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/212095717
Zoom call
Boston, MA
THIS TRAINING IS NOW BEING HELD VIA ZOOM TELECONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY. In order to receive CE credit, you must have video enabled and turned on when you join the meeting so we can see your face, in addition to registering through this page. Please see the event flyer for information on how to join this training via Zoom.
Boston Medical Center is sponsoring a FREE 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/
This is Part One of a two-part course. You must register for and attend Part Two in order to receive credit: https://www.addictiontraining.org/training/register/event/?id=266
Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners, with experience treating patients with addiction, who intend to sit for the CARN or CARN-AP exam.
By the end of this certification review program, participants will be able to: Identify the major categories of substances of misuse, their neurobiology, impact, withdrawal effects, and treatments, Discuss the biological, psychosocial, cognitive, and spiritual problems resulting from substance use disorders, Apply nursing process in identifying, planning, assessing and implementing care for patients diagnosed with substance use disorders.
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Addiction Services