Christiana
Barbato,
BS, RN
Nurse Practitioner Student
Vanderbilt University
Christiana Barbato is a nurse practitioner student with a specialty in Adult Gerontology Primary Care at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She’s from Fallbrook, CA near Camp Pendleton’s Marine Corps military base. Her father served for 27 years. She is passionate about narrowing the health disparities of those in the military as well as those in the older adult community. She plans to utilize her career to serve by working at the VA. She strives to create a space where the patient is seen, accepted, and provided with high-quality care while working in a team of interprofessionally.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional Student Poster Description: Background: Opioid use disorders affect over 16 million people worldwide and over 2.1 million people in the United States. In the last 20 years, overdose deaths involving prescription opioids have increased by 5 times. The 2022 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids describes patient education as a critical step in improving patient care when prescribing opioid medications. Patients who are prescribed opioids by the Vanderbilt Pain Clinic sign an opioid therapy consent form that lists the risks of these medications and expectations while taking…