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• IntNSA BOD Meeting

  • Start
    20 May 2025
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  • End
    20 Jan 2026
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    zoom

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• FIAAN Webinar Series

  • When
    16 Dec 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

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  Harm Reduction at the Bedside: Transforming Hospital Care for Patients with Substance Use Disorders

  This presentation explores hospital-based harm reduction as a critical approach to improving care for patients with substance use disorders. Participants will learn the principles of harm reduction, its role in reducing overdose risk, and strategies for integrating these practices into inpatient settings. Through real-world examples and discussion of clinician perspectives, the presentation highlights practical interventions such as safer-use education, naloxone distribution, and overdose prevention sites that enhance patient outcomes and engagement. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to advance harm reduction within hospital care

  Presenters

  Rachel French, PhD, MSHP, PMHNP

  

  With experience as a Registered Nurse in a Federally Qualified Health Center providing opioid use disorder treatment, Dr. French saw how hospitalization often disrupts community-based care. This shaped her research on improving care for individuals with opioid and other substance use disorders. While hospitals increasingly offer medications like buprenorphine and methadone, engaging patients not seeking treatment remains a challenge. Rooted in harm reduction, her work focuses on responsive practices that meet patient needs and strategies to build a nursing workforce prepared to deliver evidence-based care for substance use disorders.

  Learning Objectives

  1.  Explain the principles of harm reduction and their relevance in hospital settings.

  2. Discuss the role of nurses and other clinicians in applying harm reduction strategies during hospitalization. 

  3. Evaluate examples of hospital-based harm reduction models and their impact on patients with substance use disorders.

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• IntNSA 48th Annual Conference

  • Start
    13 Apr 2026
  • End
    17 Apr 2026
  • Location
    Hyatt at Olive 8, Seattle, WA

  

  • IntNSA members should login before selecting their registration options.
  • Non-members are invited to join IntNSA before selecting their registration options.

  Registration Rates

  IntNSA Members

  Type	Through January 31	February 1 - March 31	April 1 +
  Nurse	$550 Single Day: $225	$650 Single Day: $325	$740 Single Day: $370
  LPN or Retired	$330 Single Day: $165	$390 Single Day: $265	$440 Single Day: $320
  Student	$150 Single Day: $95	$175 Single Day: $125	$200 Single Day: $135
  Affiliate	$330 Single Day: $165	$390 Single Day: $265	$440 Single Day: $320
  Offsite Event	$99
  Pre-Conference Workshop	Non-Student: $50 Student: $25

  Non-Members

  Type	Through January 31	February 1 - March 31	April 1 +
  Nurse	$550 Single Day: $330	$650 Single Day: $365	$740 Single Day: $440
  LPN or Retired	$330 Single Day: $200	$390 Single Day: $300	$440 Single Day: $400
  Student	$150 Single Day: $95	$175 Single Day: $125	$200 Single Day: $135
  Affiliate	$330 Single Day: $200	$390 Single Day: $300	$440 Single Day: $400
  Offsite Event	$99
  Pre-Conference Workshop	Non-Student: $50 Student: $25

  *Affiliate any individual or entity who does not meet the Nurse/LPN/Student criteria and is concerned with addictions nursing.

  Registration Notes & Cancellation

  • Registration includes access to all events at the conference (unless otherwise noted). 
  • All attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance with Nursing CEs. 
  • All sessions will be recorded and available to all registrants on demand.  
  • All fees are listed in US Dollars, and all payments must be made in US Dollars.
  • No refund or transfers for cancellation.

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