This course meets the requirement for a 6-unit course in pain and pain management stipulated by Oregon's Senate Bill 885.
Authors: Lauren Robertson, BA, MPT
Elizabeth Macera, BSN, MSN, PhD
JoAnn O’Toole, RN, BSN
Susan Walters Schmid, PhD
Course Objectives
When you finish this course, you will be able to:
- Discuss the prevalence of pain.
- Spell out the 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 back pain, post surgical pain, cancer pain, and arthritis.
- Outline effective tools for the assessment and documentation of pain.
- Identify the main principles of analgesic pain management.
- Explain the role of opioids in pain management and define the Central Principle of Balance.
- Describe psychosocial aspects of pain management including the role of the caregiver.
- List common cognitive and physical modalities used in the nondrug treatment of pain.
- Summarize pain management in special populations, including children, adolescents, older adults, and those at the end of life.
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