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Patients in Crisis

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We have an opioid crisis in America like we have never seen before! Every day in her practice, Maria Broadstreet, R.N., MSN, APN, treats clients who have families, good jobs and amazing futures if they can take control of the “disease.”

Learn your way through emotional case studies – post-surgical pain management, the phenomenon of vaping, what we are beginning to learn from legalized marijuana… You have been challenged in the past, asked to provide insight and recommendations on something that has been so misunderstood. With the vastly changing addiction field, new research is emerging. We now can “see” the brain chemistry changes from opioids on actual MRIs. With these valuable clinical insights, you truly can help people recover and lead the meaningful, happy lives they desire!

Think about Jack…a 36-year-old attorney, married, 2 kids, helps coach his son’s track team on the weekends. To most who are looking from the outside, he has it all...a big house, beautiful family, they go on amazing vacations…no one sees how he struggles in the morning until he is able to take his Vicodin, how he has to hide in the bathroom at the office so no one asks any questions, how he is consumed with making sure he has enough pills and hopes his wife doesn’t notice how much money he took out of their checking account this week…

No longer does “addiction” mean a specific stereotype. It crosses ages, socioeconomic groups, races, cultures. Withdrawal is scary, overdose is scary, we didn’t sign up for this…but we are called on as the experts to navigate the largest epidemic we will probably know in our lifetime. If it hasn’t professional or personally affected you, it will…it’s unavoidable.

Here's What You'll Learn


The Opioid Crisis: Dealers, Doctors and Drug Companies
  • Are there really gateway drugs?
  • The path from post-op pain treatment to heroin
  • Saving our “children”
  • Opioid use amongst healthcare providers
Risks of the Opioid Options
  • Natural vs. synthetic options
  • Opioids for treatment of pain
  • Genetic risks coming to light
  • Why fentanyl is scarier than heroin
Opioids ARE Changing the Brain
  • Effect of different drugs on brain neurons
  • MRI’s before and after opioid abuse
  • Pleasure center in the brain – is it just willpower?
  • Can the effects be reversed?
  • Association with other diagnoses (depression/ADHD)
Life Threatening Challenges
  • Is it reasonable to expect a patient to just stop?
  • Withdrawal signs/symptoms
  • Initial interventions when you don’t know what your patient has taken
  • Ethics of supplying clean needles
  • Interpretation of drug test results
  • Safe drug disposal
Treatment Options
  • Inpatient vs. outpatient benefits
  • Medication assisted
    • Buprenorphine – what you MUST know
    • Methadone
    • Mitigating medications
    • Quickly recognize symptoms of precipitated withdrawal
    • Process of induction
    • Maintenance
  • Lucemyra
  • Therapy and group counseling
  • Assessment of true pain vs. drug-seeking behavior
  • Your safety in a potentially dangerous situation
  • Provider requirements – X waiver
Narcan
  • What can go wrong with this life-saving treatment
  • Quick overdose assessment
  • Why Narcan will not work on non-opiate overdoses
  • Administration perils
  • Critical assessment AFTER Narcan administration
Marijuana: Medical…or Otherwise
  • Conditions benefited by medical marijuana
  • Long-term implications of recreational use
  • Ramifications of legalization
  • Side effects can be life threatening
The New Hot Topic of Vaping
  • What we know and what we don’t know yet
  • The risks of various vaping devices
  • Patient education based upon the latest injury/death statistics
Patients in Addiction Crisis
  • Early intervention more effective than treating at “rock bottom”
  • Expecting quitting “cold turkey” is just unrealistic
  • Relapse IS predictable
  • MAT is NOT trading one drug for another
  • Addiction is not just “1 gene”
  • Opioids change the brain

Everything You're Getting


  • Approx. 6 Hours of video content
  • CE information to come
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Maria Broadstreet, RN, MSN, APN

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Maria Broadstreet, RN, MSN, APN, has over 26 years of nursing experience and treats critically ill patients as a nurse practitioner at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital (formerly Children’s Memorial Hospital) in Chicago. She came into this role from primary care where she diagnosed and treated kids at the beginning stages of their illness. Throughout her career in pediatrics, Maria has been able to expand her love of teaching, sharing her expertise with an experienced healthcare audience across the country and through clinical instruction with both graduate and undergraduate nursing students.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Maria Broadstreet has an employment relationship with Lurie Children’s Hospital. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Maria Broadstreet is a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS078090
Duration:
Approx. 6 Hours
Copyright:
Jun 15, 2020
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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