MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE AND RECURRENT PAIN

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 pharmacologic options for the management of pain, including nonopioid analgesics and analgesic adjuvant agents and the mechanism of action of opioids and their receptors and the differences between addiction, tolerance, and dependence. - Describe the nursing care of persons experiencing acute pain and recurrent pain syndromes.