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Opioids and Chronic Pain Management
The increased emphasis on pain management to improve functionality and quality of life has contributed to significantly more opioid prescriptions. Their availability led to widespread misuse across the nation. This course will address regulation and misuse of opioids and evidence-based management of chronic pain.
Discuss chronic pain and opioid use in the U.S.
Review the regulatory influences and evidence-based guidelines associated with prescribing controlled substances for pain management.
Describe evaluation and monitoring of the patient with pain.
Identify pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain management strategies.
Drug Diversion, SUD, and Pain Management
Safely managing pain for the people in your care requires you to be knowledgeable about pain management recommendations. It is important to understand the risk factors for misuse and substance use disorder (SUD) as well as the signs that someone has a SUD and how to treat it. Unfortunately, SUD is one of the drivers of drug diversion. Therefore, it is also critical that you understand drug diversion tactics and behaviors so you can help prevent it. The goal of this course is to educate healthcare providers in all settings on pain management and preventing substance use disorder and diversion.
Discuss drug diversion and related drug diversion behaviors and activities.
Identify various classifications of medications that are diverted or misused.
Describe screening and assessment tools helpful in identifying substance use disorders.
Recognize nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments of substance use disorders.
Explain options for pain management.