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Overview
Overview
The 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimated that 6.2 million Americans ages 12 and older misused psychotherapeutic drugs in the previous month. Of those, 3.3 million were misusers of pain relievers, 2 million of tranquilizers, 1.7 million of stimulants, and 497,000 of sedatives (totals exceed 6.2 million because some of those surveyed misused more than one type of drug). The increased emphasis on pain management to improve quality of life and functionality of people who live with chronic pain has contributed to more than a twofold increase in the number of opioid prescriptions being written in the U.S. The ethical need to adequately treat pain must be balanced with a responsibility to minimize misuse and abuse of medications that treat pain. We are in the midst of an opioid abuse epidemic, and drug seeking is especially problematic.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this continuing education program is to enhance the ability of nurses to identify and respond professionally to drug-seeking patients. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • Describe three types of drug-seeking patients
  • Differentiate among addiction, pseudoaddiction, and drug dependence behaviors
  • Identify four cues exhibited by drug-seeking patients
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Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 10/18/1999

CE210-60

Course Author

Susanne J. Pavlovich-Danis

MSN, ARNP-C, CDE, CRRN

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.