Addictive Behaviors
Program Description
The Addictive Behaviors Sub-Specialty is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to provide specialized care to persons with an addiction. Coursework will provide a foundation for the understanding of addiction utilizing a variety of theories of causation. Students will develop skills working with addicted patients and families in their advanced practice settings.
Students completing this sub-specialty will:
* Critically analyze issues surrounding addiction
* Obtain clinical expertise in assessing and treating addicted patients and families
* Evaluate treatment approaches in relation to the patient and family with an addiction
* Utilize the therapeutic relationship to address issues related to patterns of abuse and addiction
* Examine the relevance of co-dependency to health care providers
* Generate researchable problems related to addiction
The Program Director for the Addictive Behaviors Nurse Practitioner sub-specialty is Penelope Buschman, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN.
Curriculum
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
| N6680 | Introduction to Addictive Behaviors: Theories of Causation | 3 |
| N6681 | Contemporary Issues and Trends in Addiction | 3 |
| N6682 | Clinical Management of the Patient with Addiction: Evaluation and Treatment | 1-3 |
| Total Credits | 7 | |
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