Fall APRN Pharmacology Symposium 2024

Session 1: Medication Assistance for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Presenter: Cynthia Baker, MSN, APRN, PMHMP-BC, FNP-BC

This presentation will review the DSM-V Criteria for diagnosis of AUD and discuss cravings, symptoms, and phenomena. It will review medication-assisted treatment, as well as adjunct medications for anxiety, insomnia, and irritability. Emerging treatments, the importance of counseling and peer support, and abstinence versus decreased use will be discussed.

Session 2: Considerations for Pain Management in the Older Adult

Presenter: Nicole Genovese, PharmD, BCGP

This presentation will discuss pain assessment and integrative pain management and focus on medication for pain management that requires additional consideration in an older adult population. It will also provide several resources that any care team member can use to ensure all patients, especially older adults, receive safe medication therapies for pain. For completeness, opioid safety recommendations will briefly be reviewed.

2.0 Advanced Pharmacology Contact Hours

ANA-Ohio is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Note:  Though these sessions focus on APRN practice, all RNs are invited to attend. Zoom information will be emailed to you one day prior to the event.