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Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Purpose of Activity

To provide information on current issues affecting pain management.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Identify issues related to assessing and managing acute pain in accordance with evidence-based guidelines in order to minimize the likelihood of its becoming chronic.
  2. Examine the benefits and risks of various multimodal analgesic therapies used in the treatment of acute postoperative and trauma-related pain.
  3. Select evidence-based practices for preventing or minimizing, detecting, and managing unintended sedation and respiratory depression in adult hospitalized patients receiving opioids.

Disclosures

This report was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.

Carla R. Jungquist has served on the advisory board of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals; April Hazard Vallerand is on the speaker's bureaus of AstraZeneca and Purdue Pharma and is a consultant for Shionogi, Inc.; Rosemary C. Polomano has served on the advisory boards of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo, and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.

Peer Review has determined these articles to be free from bias. The authors and planners have disclosed no other potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Price: $24.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.5 CH
  • DC - BON 2.5 CH
  • KY-BON 2.5 CH
  • GA - BON 2.5 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, and Georgia Board of Nursing, #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.







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Test Code: AJN0317S
Published: Mar 2017
Expires: 12/31/2026
Collections: Pain Assessment & Management
Sources: AJN, American Journal of Nursing
Required Passing Score: 36/41 (87%)
Authors: Carla R. Jungquist, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN; April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN; Corinna Sicoutris, MSN, CRNP, FCCM; Kyung N. Kwon, MSN, CRNP, CCRP; Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN; FAAN, Mechele Fillman, MSN, NP-C; Nicholas A. Giordano, BSN, RN; Kelly L. Wiltse Nicely, PhD, CRNA; Kirsten Smith, MSN, ACNP-BC, ACNS-BC
Categories: Evidence Based Practice , Pain Management
Specialties: Evidence-based practice, Pain Management
Topics: Multimodal Analgesia , Pain Management , Postoperative Pain , Trauma