Breathe Easy NC: Becoming Tobacco Free in Behavioral Health Settings (August 24 2022)

August 24, 2022

This training will assist behavioral health leaders and practitioners to make behavioral health facilities 100% tobacco free and with improving their skills to provide evidence-based tobacco use treatment concurrently with mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Providers will receive the information and skills they need to prepare for the NC Medicaid Tobacco-free policy requirement that goes into effect December 1, 2022. Participants will learn about FDA approved tobacco treatment medication with behavioral interventions and how to deploy them in behavioral health settings. Participants will engage with professional ethics and how they fit with tobacco use treatment, as well as trauma-informed tobacco use treatment and policies. Then, through experiential training methods, participants will develop policy planning and implementation skills as well as quality improvement skills to integrate tobacco treatment into the behavioral health system.

Target Audience

Allied Health Professionals

Nurses

Nurse Practitioners
Physicians
Physician Assistants
Pharmacists

Learning Objectives

Assist behavioral health leaders and practitioners to make all behavioral health facilities 100% tobacco free and with acquiring improved skills to provide evidence-based tobacco use treatment concurrently with mental health and substance use disorder treatment.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 9.00 ACPE - Pharmacist
  • 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 9.00 ANCC
  • 9.00 Attendance
  • 0.90 IACET CEU
  • 9.00 JA Credit - AH
    • 9.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
Registration Opens: 
08/24/2022
Registration Expires: 
12/31/2022
Activity Starts: 
08/24/2022 - 9:30am EDT
Activity Ends: 
08/24/2022 - 3:00pm EDT
Rating: 
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Durham, NC
United States

Available Credit

  • 9.00 ACPE - Pharmacist
  • 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 9.00 ANCC
  • 9.00 Attendance
  • 0.90 IACET CEU
  • 9.00 JA Credit - AH
    • 9.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
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