Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
The University of Saint Francis Academic Opioid Education Initiative will train Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) in the USF MSN program to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD), primarily in Northeast Indiana. USF Nurse Practitioner graduates are prepared to practice in primary care facilities so this training is expected to address the opioid crisis on the front lines. The project will integrate training into the curriculum which will enable FNPs to complete education required for DATA waiver by graduation. All MSN faculty also will complete the DATA waiver education program. Clinical rotations at the two MAT sites in Fort Wayne, IN will become part of required clinicals for these students. By the end of the project, approximately half of the 2019 graduating cohort and all FNP students graduating in 2020 and 2021 will have fulfilled the training requirements needed to obtain a DATA waiver to prescribe MAT in office-based settings. USF will conduct post-graduation surveys to determine how this training is being used in clinical practices. The DATA waiver training will be embedded into the curriculum and the clinical sites’ participation in clinicals is ensured to carry this project beyond the grant period. 15-30 FNP students will be trained annually and approximately 100 during the project. The first cohorts will be able to integrate MAT into their practices after graduation during the grant period.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
