Alcohol SBI Part I: What Nursing Faculty Need to Know

Alcohol screening is an important part of every health visit. Nurses play an important role in screening and intervening with patients. This webinar will present an overview of alcohol screening and brief intervention (Alcohol SBI) for nursing faculty. It will present: 1) an overview of reliable and valid screening tools for alcohol use, 2) an overview of brief intervention models for alcohol use, and 3) resources, tools, and references to enable faculty to incorporate this information into their teaching.

NOTE: This Webinar is open to everyone including non-members, communities of interest, practice representatives, and AACN member schools including deans, faculty, staff and students. 

Complete Webinar Series Part I-III

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (Alcohol SBI):

• Part I: What Nursing Faculty Need to Know
• Part II: Integration into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula
• Part III: Integration into Graduate Nursing Curricula
   

Webinar Speakers

Ann Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Mitchell is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. She is currently the Project Director (PI) on two Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded grants designed to teach Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to Emergency Department Registered Nurses (EDRN) and Interprofessional Groups of Anesthesia Students (InGAS). She is also funded by SAMHSA to integrate SBIRT training into the Nurse Practitioner curriculum, addressing substance use across the lifespan. Lastly, she is working with the CDC on two projects to incorporate Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention into nursing practice with the ultimate goal of preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

Kathy Puskar, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Puskar is Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Dr. Puskar is the PI of a study funded by HRSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, targeting substance use in rural populations. She was also PI of a HRESA funded grant on Addictions Training for Nurses Using Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment. Dr. Puskar’s Addictions Training Manual is available for distribution and copyrighted by the University of Pittsburgh.

Irene Kane, PhD, RN, CNAA, EP-C
Associate Professor and RN Options Coordinator
School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Irene Kane is an Associate Professor of Nursing with extensive clinical, teaching, and research experience in developing and teaching health promotion programs emphasizing disease prevention and health management to improve psychobiological wellbeing. Dr. Kane is a certified SBIRT trainer with over 25 papers published in peer-reviewed journals.

Holly Hagle, PhD
Director of the National SBIRT ATTC
Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addictions (IRETA)

Dr. Holly Hagle has been actively working with providers since joining the IRETA in 2003. She is the Director of the National Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Addiction Technology Transfer Center (National SBIRT ATTC) at IRETA. Dr. Hagle oversees all of the training and educational initiatives. She oversees the curriculum development and project coordination for three HRSA SBIRT federally funded projects with the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing since 2006. Additionally, Dr. Hagle is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health and Community Systems at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.