NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL AND INTERVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO PAIN MANAGEMENT

Course overview

Course Objectives - Discuss the impact that patient and professional variables have on pain and its treatment, and the role that federal and state regulations have on the treatment of pain. - Identify the primary elements of the peripheral and central nervous system related to pain, the primary pain mechanisms, and the difference between nociceptive and neuropathic pain. - Discuss the opioids indicated for management of mild to severe acute and chronic pain, the differences between sustained and immediate-release preparations, and nursing interventions for managing the patient receiving opioids along with nonpharmacological physical and cognitive-behavioral modalities for pain management and indications for these therapies. - Recall the role of interventional pain therapies in acute and chronic pain, the difference between sympathetic and nonsympathetic nerve blocks, and nursing interventions for patients receiving nerve blocks.