This activity provides resources to providers in Minnesota to deliver tobacco treatment by accessing Medicaid benefits and the Minnesota Tobacco Quitline. It also describes the evidence for online Quitline programs, and how tobacco disparities for American Indians, pregnant and postpartum patients, and youth can be addressed through adapted Quitline programs. Lastly, it includes a patient simulation activity, which allows you to implement the brief ask, advise and refer intervention with patients who use tobacco, and describe approved pharmacotherapy that may help patients stop using tobacco.
Accreditation:
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12724 for 1.0 nursing contact hours.