Pain Management NursingCE Course Part 2: The Non-Opioid Management of Pain for RN/LPNs
Tracking # 20-764765
What you'll learn
Objectives
By the completion of this module, the nurse should be able to:
- Review the various types of non-pharmacological pain management strategies and identify interventional pain management procedures.
- Discuss the pharmacological management of pain using non-opioid analgesics and adjuvant analgesics.
This 3-part series on pain management strives to provide a thorough review of the principles of pain management, the critical assessment, non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions, as well as strategies to safeguard patient care, improve patient outcomes, and uphold the practice of the healthcare professional, specifically the nurse.
Course overview
The purpose of this module is to review non-pharmacological pain reduction strategies, as well as the non-opioid pharmacological treatment of pain to enhance the knowledge and clinical skill of the nurse providing care to patients with pain.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.