This course is designed to help nurses and other healthcare professionals understand the impact of substance use disorder including how this disease affects specific populations. Risk factors, the physiological impact, and diagnosis will be discussed. Treatment options are also discussed to give a general overview of this disorder that touches all corners of society.
            
  
              
            Course Publication Date: 
May 16, 2024 
            
            This course is available with 
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active  
one year unlimited membership!
              
              
            
            
                
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										| Author: | Susan Hausle MSN, RN, CHPN |  
										| Course No: | SUBABUSE-23 |  
										| Contact Hours: | 2.00 |  
										| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |  
										| Category: | Psychiatric & Mental Health Community & Home Health
 Critical Care Medicine
 Emergency & Trauma Medicine
 Leadership & Case Management
 Medical & Surgical Issues
 Pediatric Medicine
 Substance Abuse
 
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                Learning Objectives
                
                    - Identify three risk factors for substance use 
- Recall five symptoms of substance use disorder 
- Recall five warning signs of teenage substance use 
- Recall the economic burden of substance use on the United States 
- List four phrases to lessen the stigma of substance use 
- List three medications currently used for the treatment of substance use disorder