Harm reduction in acute care: Let’s talk!

About this event:

In what some call, the “post-pandemic,” the overdose crisis remains an epidemic. Nurses play an integral role in harm reduction, and save lives that would be otherwise needlessly lost.

Harm reduction is a foundational component of nursing practice. It involves policies, programmes and practices that aim primarily to reduce the adverse health, social and economic consequences of the use of legal and illegal psychoactive drugs without necessarily reducing drug consumption. Harm reduction has been proven effective time and time again across the health-care continuum, including in acute care settings, which can prove particularly challenging. 

This webinar will provide a general overview of the philosophy of harm reduction, provide clarity to the role of harm reduction in acute care and provide practical strategies for integration of harm reduction principles into acute care practice. 

Presenters and credentials:

Tali Magboo Cahill, Eastern Canada representative for the Canadian Harm Reduction Nurses Association
Michael Roach, MN, CAE, regional lead, Addictions Services, Mental Health and Addictions Programs, Health Sciences North 
Kathy Moreland, RN, active member of MOMS STOP THE HARM