Session Summary
As the opioid epidemic looms over American healthcare, new and creative approaches to pain control are needed now more than ever, especially in critical care settings. Interventions like sedatives, antidepressants and virtual reality can be effective tools for pain management while minimizing dependence on opioids. This presentation critically evaluates the evidence supporting these therapies, how they affect patients and how to apply them to daily practice. Frontiers in pain research such as cannabinoids and new drugs are also explored. Pharmacology content = 65%
Objectives
- Evaluate literature focusing on novel pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions for acute pain control.
- Identify doses and administration techniques effective in practically implementing these interventions in critical care areas.
- Apply these interventions in case studies of hypothetical critical care patients.
Topics
Pharmacology, Medication Management
Population
Adult
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Successful Completion
Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
Accreditation
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.
Disclosure
Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.
Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.
Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.
Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.
Refund Policy
Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.