Nurses working with people who use drugs and/or in substance use treatment settings are an ideally positioned but underutilized professional group to provide HIV prevention interventions for this vulnerable population. Nurses can be valuable sources of education for patients about their individual risk factors for HIV and can also provide them with a bespoke toolkit they can utilize to manage these risk factors. Timely and appropriate nursing interventions can help ensure that HIV infection is not an inevitable outcome of a substance use disorder.

Learner Objectives

1. Describe why HIV prevention belongs in addiction nursing. 
2. Review the natural history and pathogenic effects of HIV. Introduce the HIV prevention toolkit. 
3. Describe nurses’ role in HIV prevention in addiction treatment settings. 
4. Describe the impact stigma, trauma, and healthcare inequity has on HIV prevention efforts. 
5. Provide a case study illustrating HIV prevention by nurses in an addiction treatment setting. 
6. Introduce resources for additional education on HIV prevention.

Presenter

Benjamin Mahoney, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CARN-AP, HIVPCP; Rutland Regional Medical Center – West Ridge Center; Rutland, Vermont

Dr. Ben Mahoney is a board-certified nurse practitioner in both adult-gerontology primary care and advanced practice addiction nursing with additional certification in HIV prevention. He currently practices at the West Ridge Center an opioid treatment program in Rutland, Vermont and associated with Rutland Regional Medical Center. In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Mahoney has a clinical research interest in quality improvement in the delivery of care to people who use drugs and a particular interest in the intersectionality of infectious disease and substance use, as well as the expansion of integrated Hepatitis C surveillance, testing, and treatment within substance use disorder treatment settings.

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Nursing CE

This event is approved for Nursing CE with the California Board of Nursing.

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