Course Code: REL-PAC-0-PMPC
Hours: 1.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Apply the principles of pain management to chronic pain, cancer pain, and pain in palliative care.
Describe how to determine the goals of therapy for pain management.
Recall indications for administration practices and at least two adverse effects of opioids, nonopioids, and adjuvant analgesics.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Approaches to Pain Management
Types of Pain by Etiology
Types of Pain by Source and Duration
The Perception of Pain
Principles of Persistent Pain Management
Cancer Pain
Specialist Care
Palliative Care Guidelines
Review
Summary
Section 3: Goals for Pain Management
Assess the Meaning of the Pain
Establish Goals of Therapy
Palliative Care Goals
Analgesics in Older Adults
Review
Summary
Section 4: Analgesics
Opioids
Mu Agonists that Inhibit Neurotransmitter Reuptake
Opioid Selection
Initiating an Opioid
Opioid Conversion
Opioid Adverse Effects
OUD vs. Tolerance and Dependence
Nonopioid Analgesics: Topical Agents
Nonopioid Analgesics: Oral and Parenteral
Adjuvant Analgesics
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Instructor: Susan Heinzerling, BSN, RN, CHPN
Susan Heinzerling earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Master of Life Sciences in physiology from North Carolina State University. She became a doctoral candidate in immunology at the University of South Alabama. Her research experiences in the biomedical sciences led to an interest in evidence-based practices. Ms. Heinzerling began her nursing career as a medical/surgical nurse. Renal patients in acute care with multiple chronic conditions and repeated hospitalizations inspired her practice of hospice nursing. She has worked as a hospice admissions nurse and a hospice RN case manager in both a large urban setting and a rural community.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Hospice, Palliative Care.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.