Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
This training is designed to build knowledge and skills for professionals working with youth at risk for or currently using nicotine products. Participants will learn how to provide effective health education aimed at reducing nicotine use among youth, recognize potential health complications related to early nicotine exposure, and explore two evidence-based interventions for treating nicotine/tobacco use disorders in adolescents. Additionally, the session will review three practical communication approaches to help initiate and sustain open, honest conversations with youth about nicotine and vaping. Ideal for educators, counselors, and healthcare providers, this training supports a proactive, youth-centered approach to prevention and treatment.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Brittany L. Carney, DNP, FNP-BC (she/her)
Brittany (Britt) is a clinical nurse educator for Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, a doctorally-prepared Family Nurse Practitioner in General Internal Medicine at BMC, and an assistant professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Britt earned a Doctor in Nursing Practice (DNP) and master’s in nursing from the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing, and she earned a Master of Medical Sciences from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
Megan (Meg) Hudson, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Meg is a clinical nurse educator with Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance and a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner at Boston Medical Center. Prior to obtaining her MSN, she worked as a nurse care manager in the Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Clinic (START) clinic, integrating harm reduction, infectious disease treatment, medical addiction groups, and co-management of stimulant use disorders and mental health conditions. Her clinical expertise includes harm reduction, low barrier treatment, complex care management, early identification and management of acute and persistent stimulant-induced psychosis. She earned both her BSN and MSN from Regis College.
Objectives
At the end of this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:
- Provide health education to support decreased nicotine use in youth.
- Describe potential complications related to nicotine use in youth.
- Describe two evidence-based interventions to support treatment of nicotine/tobacco use disorders in youth.
- Review three communication approaches to begin and continue honest conversations with youth about nicotine and vaping.
Sponsored by
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 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.
Accreditation information
Please read the Accreditation Information section of the training page to learn about the requirements for receiving credit or a certificate of completion.
