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Prescription Drug and Controlled Substance Abuse: Opioid Diversion and Best-Practice Prescribing

Tracking # 20-1299720

$30.00

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Method Computer-Based Training

Course overview

This 3-contact-hour continuing education course shows nurses and other healthcare practitioners how prescription drug abuse can be prevented and why it is so common. Learn more about the current opioid and prescribed drug abuse epidemic and challenges in managing chronic pain for better patient outcomes. Meets Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Texas requirements.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapist

3h Patient Related

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h Patient Related

Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy

Licensed Respiratory Therapist

3h Healthcare and consumer education

Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

Occupational Therapist

3h Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy

Arkansas State Board of Nursing

Certified Nurse Midwife

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

Certified Nurse Practitioner

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

Clinical Nurse Specialist

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

Licensed Psychiatric Technician Nurse

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

Registered Nurse

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

Registered Nurse Practitioner

3h Practice-Focused Continuing Education

District of Columbia Board of Nursing

Certified Nurse Midwife

3h Relevant to Clinical Nurse Midwife Specialty

Clinical Nurse Specialist

3h Relevant to Clinical Nurse Specialty

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management

Nurse Practitioner

3h Pharmacology Component

Registered Nurse

3h Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management (RN)

Registered Nurse Anesthetist

3h Relevant to Registered Nurse Anesthetist Specialty

Florida Board of Nursing

APRN Temporary Certificate for Practice in Areas of Critical Need

3h General

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

3h Safe and Effective Prescription of Controlled Substances

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h General

Registered Nurse

3h General

Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants

Certified Nursing Assistant

3h General

Florida Board of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapist

3h General

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h General

Georgia Board of Nursing

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h General

Registered Professional Nurse

3h General

Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapist

3h General Continuing Education

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h General Continuing Education

Kansas Board of Healing Arts - Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapist

3h Class I CE

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h Class I CE

Kansas State Board of Nursing

Clinical Nurse Specialist

3h Approved CNE Related to the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Licensed Mental Health Technician

3h Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)

Nurse Midwife

3h Approved CNE Related to the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Nurse Practitioner

3h Approved CNE Related to the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse

3h Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)

Registered Nurse Anesthetist

3h Approved CNE Related to the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Kentucky Board of Nursing

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

3h Continuing education related to pharmacology

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Continuing education related to nursing

Registered Nurse

3h Continuing education related to nursing

Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapist

3h Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy

MSDOH Bureau of Professional Licensure - Occupational Therapists

Occupational Therapist

3h Continuing education not directly related to the clinical practice of occupational therapy

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h Continuing education not directly related to the clinical practice of occupational therapy

Michigan Board of Nursing

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h General

Licensed Practical Nurse Special Volunteer

3h General

Registered Nurse

3h General

Registered Nurse Special Volunteer

3h General

Mississippi Board of Nursing

Certified Nurse Midwife

3h Prescribing Controlled Substances

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

3h Prescribing Controlled Substances

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Continuing education related to nursing

Nurse Practitioner

3h Prescribing Controlled Substances

Registered Nurse

3h Continuing education related to nursing

New Hampshire Board of Nursing

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

3h Pharmacology

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h General CE

Registered Nurse

3h General CE

New Mexico Board of Nursing

Certified Medication Aide II

3h Continuing education related to medications and medication administration

Certified Nurse Practitioner

3h Continuing education relevant to nursing practice

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

3h Continuing education relevant to nursing practice

Clinical Nurse Specialist

3h Continuing education relevant to nursing practice

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Continuing education relevant to the licensed practical nurse

Registered Nurse

3h Continuing education relevant to nursing practice

North Dakota Board of Nursing

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

3h Pharmacotherapy Related to Scope of Practice

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h CE Related to Nursing Practice

Registered Nurse

3h CE Related to Nursing Practice

South Carolina Board of Nursing

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

3h Related to prescribing controlled substances

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Related to prescribing controlled substances

Registered Nurse

3h Related to prescribing controlled substances

South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapist

3h Professional/Health Care Related

Occupational Therapy Assistant

3h Professional/Health Care Related

Wyoming Board of Nursing

Certified Nurse Midwife

3h CE related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders

Certified Nurse Practitioner

3h CE related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders

Certified Nurse Specialist

3h CE related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders

Certified Nursing Assistant

3h CE related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

3h CE related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h CE related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders

Registered Nurse

3h CE related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders

Disclosure statements

Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., 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 #12300.

Wild Iris Medical Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing education by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Quality Assurance, Board of Nursing. Florida Board of Nursing Accreditation #NCE3403.

Nurse practitioners may apply these contact hours to pharmacy continuing education and prescriptive authorization.

Nurse planners, content experts, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

This course was not Joint Provided. No outside commercial support was received for the creation of this course material.

Course Availability: Expires February 29, 2028. You must score 70% or better on the test and complete the course evaluation to earn a certificate of completion for this CE activity. Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., provides educational activities that are free from bias. The information provided in this course is to be used for educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional healthcare.

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