This course will equip the emergency department to compare treatment options for patients with acute opioid withdrawal, describe appropriate use of emergency department treatments, demonstrate proper use of screening tools to assess for OUD, discuss the process for prescribers to obtain their DEA-X waiver, and discuss the current state regulations regarding buprenorphine initiation by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Tennessee. 

This course, powered by QuizTime, consists of 13 questions delivered once per weekday so it will take approximately 3 weeks to complete. Each question allows for 1 reattempt if your first attempt is not correct, and each question expires 48 hours after it is sent. Before the conclusion of the course, you will receive an email containing any questions you have not attempted, and you will have 48 hours from the time the email is sent as a last chance for answering those questions. Upon completion of this course, you will receive a numeric credit code and instructions for texting that to our credit system to claim your credits.

Course Item Writers: Tyler W. Barrett, MD, MSCI, FACEP, FHRS; Emily Evans, MSN; Jennifer Hess, MD; Heather Jackson, FNP; Jeffrey P. Mckinzie, MD; Tara M. Overbeeke, MD; Kaitlyn Works, MD

Course Reviewers: Bonnie Miller, MD, MMHC; Lori Deitte, MD; Kim V. Garvey, MLIS, MS, PhD

Course Nurse Planner: Kerry B. Copeland, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

Course Pharmacy Planner: Cathy Oleis, DPh

CME Activity Director: Bonnie Miller, MD, MMHC

CME Activity Coordinator: Emily Lagunas

Faculty indicated they have no financial relationships related to the content of this activity to disclose.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Upon completion of this course powered by QuizTime, you will receive a numeric text code to claim your CNE credits.

Successful Nursing Contact Hour Requirements:

• Completion of the course question
• Texting in code within 14 days of the completion of the course question
• Completion of the course evaluation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nursing Education, and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development, designates this activity for a maximum of 3.25 Contact Hours.

***Course Reminder: To receive full credit, you must complete 80% of the course questions, which is 8 questions. Each question has two attempts, and you have two days to answer the question. Any questions that were not opened or attempted will be re-sent at the end of the course in a final 48-hour window to complete.

Upon completion of this course powered by QuizTime, you will receive a numeric text code to record your attendance, instructions for completing an evaluation, and a REDCap link to complete for claiming your Continuing Pharmacy Education credits.

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Pharmaceutical Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

***Course Reminder: To receive full credit, you must answer all 13 questions in the course. Each question has two attempts, and you have two days to answer the question. Any questions that were not opened or attempted will be re-sent at the end of the course in a final 48-hour window to complete.