Mind Over Matter: Managing Pain Without Medications

Course overview

This course will address the concepts of cognitive behavioral approaches and the complementary and alternative methods of pain management that all clinicians can facilitate or employ at the bedside. In addition to practical skills, this course will delve into the long-term nonpharmacological methods of pain management that can be beneficial for chronic pain patients or those who anticipate pain in the future due to treatment of disease or tissue injury. This course is most applicable to nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, long-term care, and home health settings