Managing Chronic Pain and Opioid Use

Course overview

This course addresses: Treatment of Chronic Pain Nontraditional Pain Relief The Patient with Chronic Pain and his Family Depression Pain in Special Populations What Changed? The Opioid Crisis in 2017: What's at Stake? Brief History of Opioid Addiction in the United States Long-acting Opioids at What Cost? Unexpected Consequences of the Opioid Crisis Responses to the Crisis How Can Nurses Safely and Expertly Manage Patients’ Pain in the Political and Social Climate of 2017, given the Realistic Fears Caused by the Opioid Crisis? Where is the Chronic Pain Patient in the Current Political and Medical Climate?