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Overview
Overview
Pain can cause significant distress not only for people with serious illnesses but also for their families and caregivers. It is one of the most common symptoms in palliative care, one of the most feared, and unfortunately one that is frequently undertreated. To manage pain effectively, you must understand and possibly rethink some basic ideas about pain and pain treatment. In this course, you will learn the epidemiology of pain, the problems that arise because of undertreated pain, the components of a pain assessment, the role of the palliative care team, and methods to treat pain in palliative care.

 

Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this course is to provide nurses with knowledge of pain management in palliative care.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
  • Discuss the relationship between total pain and palliative care.
  • Describe each component of a pain assessment.
  • Explain the role of the palliative care team and the plan of care in pain management.
  • Distinguish between the different methods of pain relief used in palliative care.
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Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 9/7/2022

REL-PAC-0-PPPM

Course Author

Susan Heinzerling

BSN, RN, CHPN

Accreditations
Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.