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Understanding Addiction in the Perinatal Setting

All-day interdisciplinary conference encompassing medical/psycho-social/legal issues for pregnant and postpartum women and the newborn.  Topics include: Biology of Addictions - Stages of Recovery – Treatment - Behavior management - Newborn Response to substances of abuse - Child Protection, DSS - Rehabilitation for newborn withdrawal. Contact Hours will be awarded.

Contact Hours:

Massachusetts General Hospital (OH-239/10-1-08) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OSN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Criteria for successful completion include attendance at the entire event and submission of a completed evaluation form.

Pre-Registration Required.

Call The Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development - 617-726-3111

Registration Fees:  Free for MGH Employees and Students, $50 for Partners Employees, $100 for All Others.

The Norman Knight Nursing Center does not accept credit card payments for registration of programs.  
Public transportation is strongly recommended  to attend continuing education programs. Garages in the vicinity of MGH generally charge approximately $ 40  per day. MGH does not reimburse for parking.

Scheduled Offerings

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

Monday, March 10th, 2008

8:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

O'Keeffe Auditorium

(Blake 1)