Providing Effective and Compassionate Health Care to People Who Use Drugs
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Providing Effective and Compassionate Health Care to People Who Use Drugs
Level One Partner Workshop With the 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Date
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Location
Peterborough Lions Community Centre | Sisson Room
347 Burnham Street
Peterborough, Ontario K9H 1T5
Course Description
In this workshop, attendees will:
1. Learn the basics of Primary Health Care provision with People Who Use Drugs (PWUD);
- a. Acute health issues
- b. Chronic health issues - strategies for continuity of care/follow up care, infectious diseases
- c. Preventive health care
- i. Incorporating preventive care and risk based screening
- ii. Vein health maintenance
- iii. Access to basic needs (water, bathrooms, food, laundry, showers) as health care intervention
- d. Supporting care in acute settings
- i. Strategies to improve care/retention in care in hospital settings
2. Learn about the developmental and neurobiological origins of problematic substance use;
3. Learn about the basic principles and applications of Harm Reduction in health care settings;
4. Gain an understanding of how Trauma-informed Care principles support the provision of compassionate care;
5. Understand the burden of stigma experienced by PWUD seeking health care in Peterborough.
Facilitator Biographies
Rachel Petty | 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Rachel Petty is a white, cisgender settler who makes a home with her family on the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabe in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong. Rachel is a nurse with the 360 NPLC and her intention is to provide care that is rooted in social justice, health equity, and the principles of "nothing about us without us." Rachel’s practice as nurse is influenced by HIV and Harm Reduction activism.
Kathy Hardill | 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Kathy Hardill is a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner who has been providing health care to people who use drugs and people experiencing poverty, homelessness, and other structural vulnerabilities for 35 years. She has practiced in large urban inner cities, in small rural communities, and since 2012 here in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough. Her Masters of Nursing research was conducted locally on the experiences of people who use opioids when they enter health care settings. She works in the Peterborough 360 Degree Safer Opioid Supply Prescribing Program where she benefits daily from the generosity of her teammates and program participants as they teach her about the creative possibilities of what harm reduction can look like in health care.
Pricing
- Early Bird Ticket for Peterborough-Based Participants: $39.00*
- Regular Ticket for Peterborough-Based Participants: $49.00*
- Regular Ticket for Participants Outside of Peterborough: $59.00*
*Plus Eventbrite's fee.