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What Teachers and Coaches Need to Know
Teachers and Coaches need to know about drugs of abuse and need to be able to recognized the signs of opioid use in their students. According to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health: 2019 What To Look For Behaviors that should raise a concern that … Read more
Resources for Teachers and Coaches
Free CME/CEs: Online Courses on Adolescent Substance Use and Rx Drug Misuse
Access online courses approved for ACCME, ANCC, and ADA credit on:
Adolescents
Treatment of Persistent Pain in Older Adults
This resource discusses treatment of persistent (i.e., chronic) non-cancer pain in the older adult, with an emphasis on the differences in management from younger adults.
Older Adults
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) CE/CME Activities
Multiple free podcasts and videos spanning 15-45 minutes with potential for free continuing education credits.
Tools
Pediatric Pain Assessment in the Emergency Department: A Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Protocol
This article discusses standard utilization of evidence-based practices regarding pediatric pain assessment in the ED at a community hospital.
Pediatric Pain
Teens: Drug Use and the Brain
A comprehensive resource for adolescents on how drug use affects the adolescent brain.
Adolescents
1 in 4 Opioid ODs Involves Kids and Teens
This article describes research finding that more than a quarter of all opioid overdoses in the United States involve children aged 18 or younger.
Adolescents
HHS: Opioids and Adolescents
Comprehensive resource on the facts about opioid use in adolescents.
Adolescents
Parents: Facts on Teen Drug Use
Information for parents on how to talk to your children about drugs and how to find help.
Adolescents
Understand ED Buprenorphine Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder: A Guide for Emergency Nurses
The purpose of this article is to provide a clinical review of opioid use disorder and opioid withdrawal syndrome, medication treatments for opioid use disorder, best clinical practices for ED-initiated buprenorphine therapy, assessment of withdrawal symptoms, discharge considerations, and concerns for special populations.
Articles Emergency Medicine
Emergency Nurse Perceptions of Pain and Opioids in the Emergency Department
While ED pain management and OUD prevention is dependent on the entire care team, this innovative study qualitatively characterizes emergency nurse perceptions of pain management, OUD prevention, and their potential role in each.
Articles Emergency Medicine
Emergency Care for Opioid Use Disorder
Create an account to participate; CE credits available; this program describes the current evidence for treatment of opioid use disorder in the Emergency Department and outlines practices for clinical management of patients with opioid use disorder.
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Response: Safer Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department
Create an account to participate; CE credits available; this activity is designed to address the needs of emergency care providers, including physicians and nurses, in the emergency department and urgent care settings.
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Nurses Association: Opioid Education Bundle
Quickly access education to better manage and prevent the devastating consequences of the opioid crisis with ENA’s new and improved Opioid Education Bundle.
Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Pain Management
An article with good general information and the potential for continuing education credits. Learning objectives include: 1. Identify strategies for assessing pain in children 2. Discuss non-pharmacological pain interventions for children 3. Describe pharmacologic pain interventions for children
Pediatric Pain
Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan: Michigan Opioid Partnership
Michigan-specific harm reduction efforts with links to resources.
Harm Reduction
SAMHSA: Harm Reduction
A brief introduction to harm reduction principles with examples.
Harm Reduction
Managing Pain in the Setting of Opioid Use Disorder
Included in this article is a review of medications used for opioid use disorder, a discussion of the management of patients with active opioid use disorder and acute or chronic pain, and a discussion of the management of acute and chronic pain in people in recovery both on and off medications for opioid use disorder.
Articles Pain Management
Assessing Patients’ Risk for Opioid Use Disorder
Nurses play an important role in managing pain in patients who are at risk for OUD. A variety of strategies can be used to assess risk for developing OUD while treating patients with pain.
Articles Pain Management