Vermont Emergency Nurses Association

Enduring CNE: Drug Screening: Pearls and Pitfalls

CE Information
1.2 CNE credits
Completion Time
1 hour, 3 minutes
Available Until
August 12, 2027
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Overview

Specialties
Acute Care, Ambulatory Care, Chemical Dependency, Emergency/Trauma, Medical/Surgical, Pain Management, and Perioperative
Clinical Topics
Pain

Dr. Stephen Thornton, MD is a medical toxicologist that will help clarify the drug screens use and limitations in this recorded presentation.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe how common urine drug screens work.
2. List 3 clinical limitations of the urine drug screen
3. List 3 drugs that can cause false positives on the amphetamine and PCP screen, respectively.

Speakers

Stephen Thornton MD

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Medical Toxicology

CE Information

This activity offers 1.2 CNE credits to attendees.

Accredited by Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Society of Pain Management Nursing is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. Provider number #LT0279-602 GKCC..

Disclosures

This program was originally recorded on August 12, 2025 and is provided with speaker's approval.

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