Registered Nurse (RN) Fellowship Program
Our educational purpose is to train Registered Nurse (RN) fellows in the fundamentals of addiction medicine including (1) the elements of specific treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs) and (2) assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in the presence of comorbid SUDs and (3) assessment, treatment, referral of medical complications of Addiction and Addiction related disorders.
- Fellows will identify risk factors of substance use disorder focusing on culturally relevant prevention modalities used in the community.
- Fellows will learn the basics of inpatient and outpatient substance use disorder treatment modalities and services, focusing on the continuum of care for SUDs, including utilization of community services.
- Fellows will learn early intervention modalities used in community-based services focusing on mother baby education.
- Fellows will learn and understand evidence-based pharmacological treatments used to treat substance use disorders. The emphasis is on safety of medication use in the presence of multiple behavioral and medical comorbidities.
- Fellows will learn various psychosocial modalities of treatment (CBT, MI, psychodynamic psychotherapy, etc.)
- At the end of the Interdisciplinary Addiction Registered Nurse Fellowship, the fellow can function independently as an addiction registered nurse. The fellow will be able to use therapeutic communication to safely care for patients with the use of safe and healthy boundaries.
Curriculum
Fellows participate in scholarly activities involving Journal Club, Case Conferences, Didactics, and potentially Research/ QI projects.
- Addiction Prevention Services: Crouse Health/ACR Health
- Outpatient Addiction Treatment Services: Crouse Health
- Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program: Crouse Health
- Maternal and Newborn Health: Crouse Health
- Commonwealth Inpatient Rehabilitation: Crouse Health
- Inpatient Detoxification: Helio Health
How To Apply
Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing (BSN or AND) and must have a Registered Nurse (RN) license in NYS.
Please contact Meghan Pomeroy with any questions about the program or for an off-season application.