Continuing Education
Take advantage of these continuing education credit opportunities from NPWH!
Read Women and alcohol: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment, earn CNE credit
Check out our article, "Women and alcohol: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment" in Women's Health: A Clinical Journal for NPs. You can also learn more about state-based policies on alcohol use during pregnancy in the same issue.
And learn about opportunities for alcohol screening and counseling during the postpartum period in this recent article published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine.
This activity is intended for primary care clinicians, obstetrician-gynecologists, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who treat and manage pregnant women. The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to assess the prevalence and management of alcohol consumption among pregnant women in the United States.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
Understand the prevalence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in the US
Compare alcohol screening among pregnant persons and non-pregnant women of reproductive age
Identify differences in alcohol screening based on sociodemographic factors
Distinguish the prevalence of counseling regarding alcohol use among pregnant persons in the US
Valid thorugh 8/7/2024. 0.25 CME/CE
New resources from the NIAAA
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has released a new resource for healthcare professionals to help their patients with alcohol-related problems.
This resource provides evidence-based content to help healthcare professionals gain new insights on alcohol and health and patient care from screening through recovery as well as to overcome barriers to care for patients with alcohol problems.
Free CME/CE credit is available for nurses.
This free video series from NIAAA consists of 60-second, social media-friendly videos that explain commonly used and often misunderstood alcohol-related terms, including:
Alcohol overdose
Alcohol use disorder
Binge drinking
Blackouts
This relaunched free resource from NIAAA has been redesigned to help adults who drink alcohol to better understand their relationship with alcohol. Information is provided in English and Spanish and includes:
What counts as a "standard drink"
Short- and long-term consequences of excessive alcohol use
Tips on how to assess your own drinking pattern
Strategies and tools for cutting back or quitting drinking
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers free, online training for providers who work with:
Women who are at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy
Individuals living with FASDs
Course options include:
FASD primer for healthcare professionals
Preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies
Implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention in clinical practice
Interprofessional collaborative practice as a model for prevention of FASDs
Continuing education credit is available for some courses.
The use of multiple substances, including tobacco, alcohol, and opioids, during pregnancy can have negative effects on a pregnant person and the developing baby. Research suggests that polysubstance use (using more than one substance at a time) during pregnancy is common. Recent evidence suggests that polysubstance use is highest during early pregnancy.
This session of Public Health Grand Rounds will discuss adverse maternal and child health outcomes caused by polysubstance use, how data can improve our understanding of polysubstance use, and how screening and brief interventions may reduce prenatal substance exposure and improve the health of women and infants.
This is a recorded live stream originally presented on August 18, 2020.
Continuing education credit is available.
National Certification Corporation - Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioners (WHNP-BC) continuing education
Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioners (WHNP-BC) who need to complete continuing education to maintain their certification may be able to take the Prenatal Alcohol Exposure-Fetal & Neonatal Impact module and apply credits earned.
Please visit NCC for more information.
The FASD Collaborative Project is a coordinated effort of the FASD United Affiliate Network in the United Satates to increase supports and provide evidence-based training at a national level related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. The Collaborative is offering a free webinar series between September 2021 and August 2022. Topics include:
FASD in a Nutshell
Brain-Based Approach to Working with Individuals with an FASD Diagnosis
Increasing Access to Care for People with FASD Across the Lifespan
and more!
Certificates of Completion are available for completed webinars. Upon requesting access to the webinars, you will be required to provide your email in order to receive the webinar materials. Please direct any questions about this series or the availability of continuing education credit to the FASD Collaborative Project.
Disclaimer: NPs, Midwives and Nurses: Partnering to Prevent FASDs is not responsible for the content of these training resources. All questions regarding registration, continuing education, and content should be directed toward the training organizers.