Refine Your Search

After reading Pain Assessment & Management in the Older Adult the participant will be able to: 1. Define pain. 2. Describe how pain impacts the aging adult. 3. State common misconceptions and facts about pain. 4. Explain the physiology of pain. 5. Identify the four types of pain. 6. Describe pain behaviors. 7. Explain the impact of culture on expressions of pain and on pain management. 8. Identify the key elements of pain assessment. 9. Describe barriers t...

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Explain the nature of pain and its definitions, characteristics, types, and sources. * Recall methods to assess, diagnose, intervene, evaluate, and document pain management. * Discuss pharmaceutical and complementary and alternative interventions for pain. * Explain ethical and legal issues related to pain management. * Discuss clinical issues of pain management in children. * Spell out the unique pain issues of special populations...

The purpose of this course is to give an overview of the management of the pain caused by cancer and experienced at the end of life. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Summarize the types and causes of cancer pain and its treatment. * Discuss management of the pain caused by cancer and its treatment. * Evaluate ethical principles, legal issues, and guidelines for felicitous end-of-life care.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to learn: Discuss the prevalence of pain. Spell out the National Pain Care Policy & Joint Commission regulations for pain management in U.S. healthcare organizations. Outline the efforts of the Oregon Pain Management Commission to improve pain management practices in Oregon. Distinguish between acute and chronic pain. Explain the physiology of pain and trace its pathways in the nervous system. Describe common sources of pain, including low...

The goal of this pain management continuing education program for nurses is to provide information on the basics of pain management. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to: - Discuss the effect of untreated and undertreated pain on the patient’s spiritual, emotional, psychosocial, physiological and quality-of-life functioning - Discuss how to overcome the barriers to pain management - Describe the basic principles of pain management in the care of patients

After completing Pain Management in the Adult: Acute and Chronic Pain, participants should be able to: 1. Differentiate between acute and chronic pain in the adult and cite examples of each. 2. Identify and describe interventions for acute pain. 3. Describe the benefits of pain interventions. 4. Describe causes of low back pain. 5. Identify causes of acute low back pain. 6. Describe types of diagnoses and treatments available for the client with this type of pain. 7. Identify causes o...

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the management of pain and its nature, sources, assessment, interventions, documentation, ethical and legal issues, and effects upon various groups of people. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Explain the nature of pain and its definitions, characteristics, types, and sources. * Recall methods to assess, diagnose, intervene, evaluate, and document pain management. * Discuss pharmaceutical and complementary and a...

This course addresses chronic pain and depression, substance abuse, noncompliance, difficult patients, and solutions.

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of pain and symptom management, including the nature, sources, assessment, diagnosis, and interventions to relieve pain. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Explain the nature of pain and its definitions, characteristics, types, and sources. * Identify current standards identified for the management of pain.

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of pain and symptom management, including the nature, sources, assessment, diagnosis, and interventions to relieve pain. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Explain the nature of pain and its definitions, characteristics, types, and sources. * Recall methods to assess, diagnose, intervene, evaluate, and document pain management. * Discuss pharmaceutical, complementary, and alternative interventions for pain.

Provide the pharmacist with practical information to support the assessment and management of patients with chronic pain. Identify different classes of medications used in the management of chronic pain. Analyze the pros and the cons of pain medications with respect to safety and tolerability, efficacy, and ease of use. Determine strategies for individualizing pain management, especially for elderly patients with chronic pain; and Describe some important educational steps for patients, in rega...

Chronic non-cancer pain accounts for a significant number of the visits patients make to their physicians each year. The management of that pain often presents a professional challenge to physicians who do not have specific training in the field. That challenge is likely to be exacerbated when opioids are the treatment of choice. This activity aims to help physicians maximize their help of the patient receiving opioids while minimizing the physician’s own risk of becoming involved in litig...

Outlines efforts of the Oregon Pain Management Commission to improve pain management in the state of Oregon. Strategies include both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of pain. Covers ethical and legal issues as well as those of special populations and offers effective tools for assessing and documenting pain. When you finish this course, you will be able to: *Discuss the experience and treatment of pain in terms of the Central Principle of Balance and current issues in pain t...

The prevalence of pain led the Joint Commission to spell out regulations for pain management in U.S. healthcare. Thorough review of acute vs. chronic pain, physiology of pain, common source, effective tools for assessment. Continues with the role of opioids, the psychosocial aspects of pain management, and nondrug treatment of pain. Concludes with pain in special populations. When you finish this course, you will be able to: *Discuss the experience and treatment of pain in terms of the C...

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Discuss ethical theories and principles as they relate to pain management. * Explain the concept of an ethical dilemma and how it relates to the management of pain. * Compare the ethical codes of the American Nurses Association and the International Council of Nurses. * Explain the relationship of ethics to law. * Discuss laws that control the manufacture and distribution of drugs.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: * Identify specific patient groups that are most likely to receive inadequate pain management * Describe clinician- and patient-based factors that may be responsible for the underdiagnosis and undertreatment of certain groups of pain patients * Identify pain and develop treatment plans for patients with pain who are at risk for being underdiagnosed and undertreated

Chronic pain is one of the main reasons for health care visits, so pharmacists play a vital role in pain management. Dr. Kathryn Hahn describes how to balance a precautionary approach to minimizing the risks associated with abuse and misuse of opioids with legitimate use. She describes patient risk assessment, as well as management options and communication between patients, clinicians, and pharmacists as an important factor in the pain management process. She then utilizes case studies to cle...

Upon completion of this knowledge-based activity, the participant should be able to: 1. Summarize practical strategies for recognizing and assessing pain in the long-term care population,particularly for cognitively impaired residents. 2. Evaluate the efficacy and safety of pharmacological pain management treatments to minimize adverse events and optimize pain relief. 3. Outline the key points and list the criteria for compliance with the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid pain manag...

This educational initiative provides video highlights from annual pain and addiction medicine congresses. Sessions will include interesting and sometimes controversial thought leader discussions of the clinical implications on the latest development and research topics in pain management.

In part 1 of our 3-part series, Dr. Nicholson discusses prevalence and socioeconomic aspects of low back pain, anatomy and pathophysiology, and treatment management strategies.

This program will provide pharmacists with an overview of opioid pain medication and identify the signs of abuse and diversion that can occur in patients receiving them. The program will emphasize the role of the pharmacist in intervening and educating patients to prevent abuse and diversion while optimizing pain management.

If you are preparing for certification or re-certification by the American Board of Anesthesiiology-Pain Management Subspecialty or by the American Board of Pain Medicine, The Pain Review Course sponsored by Dannemiller should be the next resource you use to obtain invaluable information and increase your ability to recognize, evaluate, and effectively treat acute and chronic pain. Recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Dannemiller has been providing a high...

Leslie Zun, MD, is professor of emergency medicine at Finch University/The Chicago Medical School, and chair of emergency medicine at Chicago's Mount Sinai Hospital. Here, he discusses acute pain management in the ER, where, he contends, there is inadequate dosing and underuse of pain medications. He explains several organizational guidelines such as the World Health Organization's guidelines for pain treatments in cancer patients. This lecture and the post-test is worth 1.5 credit hours. ...

Warren A. Katz, MD, is clinical professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and director of rheumatology -Critical Care Associates, University of Pennsylvania Health System. Here, he notes that pain is the most common symptom for which patients seek medical advice and treatment, cites the International Association for the Study of Pain's definition of pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage," and ...

Dr. Fishman leads a discussion with Dr. Sitzman who discusses the key clinical challenges which clinicians face when managing chronic pain with long-term opioids.

After viewing the CME activity and completing the accompanying questions, the participant should be able to: Describe and critically review available data for existing therapies and novel anticoagulant agents in the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in addition to pain management (pre-, intra-, post-operative) Determine risk-benefit ratio of various therapeutic options Describe and be able to understand the application of novel approaches to pain management and VTE prevention Esta...

Chronic pain is prevalent in an estimated 116 million American adults, yet it continues to be undertreated. Although all health care professionals must have knowledge of the pharmacological options available to help treat pain, pharmacists have a particularly significant role because they are highly trained in medication management, as well as being easily visible and accessible members of the health care team. Their role in the health care system makes them invaluable in monitoring pharmacoth...