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Rural Practice, Real Solutions: Building Capacity for Addiction Care          

Contact Hour:  1.0 contact hour
Target Audience:  RN, APRN  
Presenter:  Mindy A. Fabbro, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Distinguish yourself as a psychiatric nurse leading transformational change in rural and other addiction care settings. Learn how to enhance nursing expertise in addiction care through building sustainable rural treatment programs in rural communities. Content emphasizes attitude transformation and partnerships with community resources. Participants discover how to overcome common barriers, implement efficient workflows, and build sustainable treatment programs while maintaining the unique strengths of rural healthcare. Gain the tools and knowledge to: 

• Apply cultural humility principles in your rural addiction care practice 
  
• Implement evidence-based solutions to key provider challenges in rural settings
  
• Conduct trauma-informed screening approaches with rural populations
• Integrate peer recovery support services into your nursing practice
• Develop culturally responsive treatment strategies for your rural community
  

Learning Outcome: 

Upon completion of this program, the participant will: 

• Identify two strategies that reduce barriers for addiction healthcare services in rural communities.

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. 

Keywords:  Addiction, Education, Rural Health, Partnerships

Price:  Free

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
1.0 contact hour.  * To receive contact hours, participants must:  Complete all the course components.  Once you have completed the course, post-test, honor statement and evaluation, and earned a passing score of at least 80% on the post-test, your nursing continuing professional development certificate will be generated online and available for immediate printing. Credit cannot be earned unless all course components are completed. No partial credit can be awarded.  

Grant Statement:

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI088037 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Release Date:  July 24, 2025
Access to this course will end:  July 24, 2028

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

© APNA 2025. Reproducing and distributing this material without the written permission of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) is prohibited. 

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