NUR169 - Pain Management at Life's End (2.0 HR)
The purpose of this course is to integrate recently published pain management evidence into clinical practice and care for the terminally ill.
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to integrate recently published pain management evidence into clinical practice and care for the terminally ill.
Objectives:
- Discuss the historical background information in the understanding of end-of-life pain management.
- Apply current evidence-based knowledge of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual realms to assessing and managing pain at the end of life.
- Describe the patient’s right to appropriate pain assessment and management.
- Explain the different types of acute, recurrent, and chronic pain in terms of mechanisms, assessment, and management.
- Describe and demonstrate regular evidence-based pain assessment and care planning that includes the components of the impact of pain.
- Outline the recommendations for assessing pain in terminally ill patients.
- Identify barriers to effective pain assessment and management at end of life.
- Describe facilitators to effective pain assessment and management at end of life.
- Recognize individuals at risk for under-treatment of their pain (e.g., neonates, cognitively impaired, individuals unable to self-report their pain).
- Discuss the current pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for pain management at the end of life. Identify and provide for a range of basic physical and psychological comfort measures (e.g., distraction, positioning, education) to decrease the patient’s pain and/or suffering.
- Discuss and apply current knowledge of prescribed analgesics and evaluate their effects on the patient’s pain and function.
- Describe the ethical standards of the professional organizations and regulatory bodies.
Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 contact hours Iowa BON #335; 2.0 contact hours CA Board of Nursing CEP 14033; 2.0 contact hours CE Broker # 50-4572 Florida and District of Columbia; 2.0 contact hours for Social Work State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 159.001315; 0 contact hours for Physical Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 216.000284; 0 contact hours for Occupational Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 224.000164; 2.0 CE hours for certified nursing assistants; long term care department heads; and other health care disciplines.