Substance Use Disorder and Pregnancy

Contact Hour(s): 

1 Contact Hour including 1 Pharmacology Hour

Author:

Kelly LaMonica, DNP(c), MSN, RNC-OB, EFM

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions: 

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

State Approvals: 

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353;

Course Description:

This course will look at the risk factors and screening tools used to identify women who are at greater risk of abusing drugs. Participants will become familiar with complications that can occur to the woman and infant who abuse drugs and how to care for each of these patients.

Outcomes:

≥ 92% of participants will know how to identify and care for pregnant women with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Define the terms related to substance use disorder.
2. Determine the screening methods that are used to help identify substance use disorder in pregnant women.
3. List the factors that may indicate possible substance use disorder in women who are pregnant.
4. Identify the possible complications of substance use disorder to the mother and fetus.
5. Describe the treatment for pregnant women with substance use disorder.
6. Examine the appropriate nursing care for the women with substance use disorder during pregnancy.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.