Opiates: How nurses can help curb the epidemic
Tracking # 20-709921
$19.99
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Educator NURSING CE CENTRAL
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Method Computer-Based Training
What you'll learn
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss the historical and modern implications of opiate use
- Describe the non-opiate alternatives patients may use to treat acute and chronic pain
- Understand how to recognize Opiate Use Disorder and what to do with patients who are high risk
- Identify patients who are high risk for opiate abuse, misuse, and harm
Course overview
130 Americans die every day due to opiate overdoses. These occur from both illicit and prescribed users of opiates. In recent years the opiate epidemic has become a mainstream health issue, and was brought to center stage when the President of the United States declared the opiate crisis a public health emergency. The current crisis is a combination of both licit and prescribed users, but the root of the issue remains an ease-of-access for opiate drugs and synthetics. Nurses can play a pivotal role in curbing the epidemic by being knowledgeable about opiate use disorders, the risks of opiates, and alternatives for pain control. Nurses can use the knowledge in this course help change the course of patients and reduce the risk of opiates.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Certified Nurse Midwife
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
Certified Nurse Practitioner
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
Clinical Nurse Specialist
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
Licensed Psychiatric Technician Nurse
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
Registered Nurse
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
Registered Nurse Practitioner
1h
Practice-Focused Continuing Education
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
Licensed Practical Nurse - Continuing Education
Nurse Practitioner
1h
Relevant to Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Registered Nurse
1h
Registered Nurse District of Columbia - Continuing Education
Florida Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
1h
General
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
General
Registered Nurse
1h
General
Georgia Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
General
Registered Professional Nurse
1h
General
Kansas State Board of Nursing
Licensed Mental Health Technician
1h
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
Registered Nurse
1h
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
Michigan Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
General
Licensed Practical Nurse Special Volunteer
1h
General
Registered Nurse
1h
General
Registered Nurse Special Volunteer
1h
General
Mississippi Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
Continuing education related to nursing
Registered Nurse
1h
Continuing education related to nursing
New Hampshire Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
1h
General CE
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
General CE
Registered Nurse
1h
General CE
New Mexico Board of Nursing
Certified Nurse Practitioner
1h
Continuing education relevant to nursing practice
1h
Continuing education relevant to CNP nursing specialty
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
1h
Continuing education relevant to nursing practice
1h
Continuing education relevant to CRNA nursing specialty
Clinical Nurse Specialist
1h
Continuing education relevant to nursing practice
1h
Continuing education relevant to CNS nursing specialty
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
Continuing education relevant to the licensed practical nurse
Registered Nurse
1h
Continuing education relevant to nursing practice
North Dakota Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
1h
CE Related to Nursing Practice
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
CE Related to Nursing Practice
Registered Nurse
1h
CE Related to Nursing Practice
South Carolina Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
1h
General
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
General
Registered Nurse
1h
General
Tennessee Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
1h
General
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
General
Registered Nurse
1h
General
West Virginia Board of Registered Nurses
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
1h
Relating to professional nursing practice
Registered Nurse
1h
Relating to professional nursing practice
Wyoming Board of Nursing
Certified Nurse Midwife
1h
General
Certified Nurse Practitioner
1h
General
Certified Nurse Specialist
1h
General
Certified Nursing Assistant
1h
General
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
1h
General
Licensed Practical Nurse
1h
General
Registered Nurse
1h
General
Disclosure statements
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss the historical and modern implications of opiate use
- Describe the non-opiate alternatives patients may use to treat acute and chronic pain
- Understand how to recognize Opiate Use Disorder and what to do with patients who are high risk
- Identify patients who are high risk for opiate abuse, misuse, and harm