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Optimizing Sedation and Analgesia in the ICU: Teamwork in Patient Care
Provided by: ProCE
Careful selection of analgesic and sedative medications is essential in critical care. Achieving a balance between patient comfort and safe ventilation involves both science and art. This program will emphasize the importance of teamwork in achieving optimum analgesia and se...
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Pain Management for Oregon Healthcare Professionals - 6CE - Oregon State Board of Nursing Approved
Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC
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 Commis...
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Pain Assessment & Management in the Older Adult
Provided by: Corexcel
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. Ident...
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Pain Assessment and Non-pharmacologic Interventions for Pain Management
Provided by: Anderson CE
This course addresses chronic pain and depression, substance abuse, noncompliance, difficult patients, and solutions....
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Optimizing Disease Control to Manage RA-Associated Pain in Adults
Provided by: U.S. Pharmacist
After completing this activity, the participant should be able to:
1.Explain the pathophysiology of RA.*
2.Discuss nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biologic DMARD therapies.
3.Identify the potential adverse effects of pharmacologic thera...
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Pain Management in a Therapeutic Environment - Online CE Course for Massage Therapists, Texas Licensed Professional Counselors and all interested parties
Provided by: Ariana Institute
* The information in this online home study course notebook offers Licensed Massage Therapists and Licensed Professional Counselors an opportunity to explore the basic principles of pain management in a therapeutic environment.
* Research has shown that pain management inf...
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Geriatrics: Pain Management Strategies in the Elderly Inpatient
Provided by: Harvard Medical School
Acknowledgement: This module is supported by a grant from the Donald Reynolds Foundation.
The management of pain in hospitalized elderly patients represents a clinical challenge for many clinicians and most trainees. Appropriate analgesic choice and dosing require knowled...
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Low Back Pain
Provided by: CMElectures
Harris B. Cohen, M.D., is a preceptor in family medicine at Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania. Here, he discusses the high incidence and extensive costs of low back pain and the importance of evaluation and reassurance of the patient by family practitioners....
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Practice Based Rounds: A Focus on Chronic Pain
Provided by: ASiM
The goals of our intervention are to give the primary care provider a better understanding of the physiology of chronic pain; the skills and tools to better screen patients for pain and complications of mismanaged pain and when properly identified, know how to safely and eff...
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Death and Dying: Guiding Dying Persons through the Final Life Transition
Provided by: Corexcel
After reading Death and Dying the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the grieving process.
2. Identify psychological responses, physical symptoms, social changes, and spiritual aspects of normal grief responses.
3. Describe the role of cultural and ethnic...
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Chronic Migraine: Making the Diagnosis
Provided by: Primary Issues
Learning Objectives:
After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to
1. Identify the specific diagnostic criteria for chronic migraine
2. Demonstrate collaborative interview techniques for assessing patients with chronic migraine
3. ...
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Pain Management: Ethical and Legal Issues
Provided by: Wild Iris Medical Education
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...
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Pain Management in the ICU: Essentials for the Intensivist
Provided by: American College of Chest Physicians
Objectives:
* Update your knowledge and understanding of pulmonary medicine topics.
* Update your knowledge and understanding of critical care medicine topics.
* Update your knowledge and understanding of sleep medicine topics.
* Learn clinically useful...
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Navigating the Management of Chronic Pain:
A Pharmacist's Guide
Provided by: Power-Pak C.E.®
Provide the pharmacist with practical information to support the assessment and management of patients with chronic pain....
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Pain: Assessing and Treating Pain
Provided by: Wild Iris Medical Education
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, ...
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Tapentadol IR: A Gain for Pain?
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the mechanism of action of tapentadol immediate release (IR).
2. Determine the appropriate dose and dosing schedule for tapentadol IR.
3. Recognize tapentadol IR's contraindications, warnings and precautions.
4. Identify adverse effects th...
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Making a Valid Diagnosis of Chronic Migraine
Provided by: Primary Issues
Learning Objectives:
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to
1. Identify and utilize specific diagnostic criteria for chronic migraine
2. Improve communication with patients through individualized collaborative interviewing
3. Construct ...
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Evidence Based Treatment of Heart Failure, Anticoagulation, and Pain Management
Provided by: University Learning Systems
Session 1 – Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - An Evidence-Based Heart Failure Review
Session 2 – Thursday, August 9, 2012 - A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Review of Anticoagulation
Session 3 – Friday, August 10, 2012 - A Comprehensive, Evidenced-Based Revi...
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2012 Scottsdale Headache Symposium
Provided by: American Headache Society
The American Headache Society® (AHS) is proud to offer this intensive and comprehensive symposium designed to provide the practicing physician, dentist, and allied health professional an updated and practical experience in the management of headache.
This symposium is d...
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Pain Management in Long-Term Care: Practical Considerations and New Directions
Provided by: American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
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 safe...
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Optimizing Disease Control to Manage RA-Associated Pain in Adults
Provided by: U.S. Pharmacist
This accredited activity is targeted to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Estimated time to complete this activity is 120 minutes.
GOAL:
To review the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and discuss pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options for managing pai...
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Prescribing Controlled Substances
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Prescribing Controlled Substances has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Along with it, there has been an increase in patient mortality and medical malpractice claims. Prescribing controlled substances presents a conundrum for physicians and practitioners: ad...
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Over-the-Counter Use of Neuroactive Peptides for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Provided by: AHP Group
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Review the historical use of snake venom for the treatment of medical conditions, particularly those requiring pain relief;
2. Discuss the scientific basis for the use of neuroactive peptides from snake...
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Pain: The Nature and Experience of Pain
Provided by: Wild Iris Medical Education
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 definit...
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Fibromyalgia in Family Medicine: Challenges in Pain Management
Provided by: myCME.com
Managing the pain component of fibromyalgia is challenging and frustrating for the family physician for many reasons.1 In particular, fibromyalgia pain is often refractory to standard clinical interventions, and physicians need to deal with misconceptions surrounding the dis...
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Pain Management: Cancer Pain and Pain at the End of Life
Provided by: Wild Iris Medical Education
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 managem...
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A Computerized Injection System for Local Pain Control
Provided by: American Dental Association
This course describes a new computerized local anesthetic injection system for pain control. The core technology of this system is the microprocessor-controlled delivery of anesthetic solution at a constant pressure and controlled volume, regardless of encountered variations...
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Pain Management -Chronic
Provided by: CMElectures
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 patient...
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California : Ethics, Law, Professional Responsibility & Jurisprudence for Physical Therapists & Physical Therapy Assistants
Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Discuss ethical and legal concepts important to the profession of physical therapy.
Articulate the basis and sources of law in the United States.
Distinguish between civil and criminal law as they apply to physical ther...
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Pain Management for Oregon Health Professionals
Provided by: Wild Iris Medical Education
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:
* E...
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