How can you go about screening a patient on substance use? What can you do to help them when you discover a potential challenge? In this episode, you’ll listen to a real-life scenario of a screening and a motivational interview. We then break down the goals of motivational interviewing and the FLO process. We also share how to facilitate treatment for your patient to help reduce barriers that might hinder them from seeking help.

What’s in this episode:

• A sample scenario screening on alcohol use
• Our overview of this motivational interviewing scenario
• The goal of a motivational interview
• The steps of the FLO brief intervention
• Why you need to describe what treatment entails and available resources
• How you can facilitate the handoff for treatment
• What you need to do to reduce barriers and build bridges

For more resources, head to www.wellnesswarriors.healthcare If you are an RN, you can receive Nursing Professional Development (NCPD) credits by going to www.wellnesswarriors.healthcare and click “Receive NCPD credit”.

The Mentor-Facilitated Training Award Dissemination Project was funded by NIDA CTN DI in partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

Pennsylvania State University Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. RNs who attend all three sessions and complete the pre and post evaluation are eligible to receive 2.0 contacts hours through 12/31/2021.