Webinar: Substance Use Disorders (SUD)10/9/20241:30pm2:30pm
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Behavioral Health & Psychosocial Well-Being
Session Title: Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
Presentation Date: October 9, 2024
Presented By:
- Janine Lehman, RN, RAC-CT, CLNC
Course Description: After having been long stigmatized as an “addiction” or as “substance abuse”, Substance Use Disorders are now recognized and identified as a collection of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms, wherein an individual persists in using a substance despite experiencing significant problems and adverse consequences. This session will review the characteristics of this disease, along with identifying who is at risk, what substances are included, intervention strategies, and how it impacts Long Term Care.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the characteristics and symptoms of Substance Use Disorders.
- Identify who is at risk for Substance Use Disorders.
- Become familiar with intervention strategies for Substance Use Disorders
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Continuing Education Information:
Nurses: The Kansas Healthcare Association is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This offering is approved for 1.0 contact hour applicable for RN and LPN relicensure (KSBN LT0030-0338)
Administrators: This course is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit hours for Kansas licensed adult care home administrators by the Kansas Department Aging and Disability Services. KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing sponsorship number LTS-A0001.
Operators: This course offering is approved for 1.0 continuing education clock hour for the Kansas registered operators in the core area of Resident Care by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship number: LTS-A0001.
Social Workers: This course is approved for 1.0 hour of continuing education hours for Kansas licensed Social Workers by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Approval number: 17-006.
Dietitians: This course is approved for up to 1.0 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Licensed Dietitians by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADs Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship Number: LTS-A0002.
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