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Video Screening Interviews Using the APNA Developed Alcohol, Nicotine and Opioid Screening Resources

In this course you will observe short interviews using screening tools provided by the APNA Addictions Council.  The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (3rd edition) for the psychiatric-mental health nurse are the foundation for the information contained in the course resources for assessing a person at risk for an alcohol use disorder, a nicotine use disorder and/or an opioid use disorder. 

Presenter:  Kathleen Schachman, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, FIAAN, FAANP 

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

Session Length:  30 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Objective:

Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss interview techniques used to elicit information from a person who may misuse alcohol, nicotine and/or opioids

Course Outcome: 

•  65% of learners will report they feel more confident and competent using the screening tools.

Keywords:  Alcohol Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder, Nicotine Use Disorder, Addiction

Price: Free

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:

0.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Complete all the module components and all required online components.  Once you have completed the course evaluation and honor statement, your nursing continuing professional development contact hours certificate will be generated online and available for immediate printing. Credit cannot be earned unless all components of each module are completed. No partial module credit can be awarded.  

Grant Statement:

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI0855888-02 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: April 3, 2024
Access to this course will end:  April 30, 2026

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.

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