Meeting Today's Challenges in Acute Pain Management

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Nurses today are challenged with growing numbers of patients admitted for acute, painful events often complicated by preexisting substance use disorders, chronic pain and behavioral health needs. Obtaining a clear assessment and implementation of an effective analgesic plan can be difficult. Best practices, position papers and regulatory guidelines are applied to case studies to provide appropriate and individualized plans of care.

Objectives

Identify challenges in assessing pain and providing analgesia.
Describe evidence-based methods of analgesia.
Evaluate the effect of the analgesic plan of care.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

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.