Managing Chronic Pain and Opioid Use

Author: Lilah Harper, RN, BSN, MA, PhD, and Wendy Stiver, RN, CCM, BSN, MA
Publisher: Anderson Continuing Education
Date Published: 2018
Pages: 35
Cover Type: Soft Cover
Expiration Date: 12/31/2023

CCRNs: This course is eligible for new synergy model Category A.

This course is designed to meet the 2 hour Michigan Board of Nursing pain and pain symptom management requirement.

This course addresses:

• Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Nontraditional Pain Relief
• The Patient with Chronic Pain and his Family
• Depression
• Pain in Special Populations
• What Changed?
• The Opioid Crisis in 2017: What's at Stake?
• Brief History of Opioid Addiction in the United States
• Long-acting Opioids at What Cost?
• Unexpected Consequences of the Opioid Crisis
• Responses to the Crisis
• How Can Nurses Safely and Expertly Manage Patients’ Pain in the Political and Social Climate of 2017, given the Realistic Fears Caused by the Opioid Crisis?
• Where is the Chronic Pain Patient in the Current Political and Medical Climate?