Opioid Primer: How to Support Safe Opioid Prescribing

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, the participants will be able to:

Pharmacist

1. Apply Key Recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2016 Guidelines on Chronic Opioid Use for Non-Cancer Pain to patient care scenarios
2. Recognize the differences between opioid dependence and opioid addiction
3. Understand the basics of opioid tapering

Pharmacy Technician

1. Understand the Key Recommendations from Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2016 Guidelines on Chronic Opioid Use for Non-Cancer Pain.
2. Identify medications that are classified as opioids
3. Recognize the differences between opioid dependence and opioid addiction

Nurse

1. Review the Key Recommendations from Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2016 Guidelines on Chronic Opioid Use for Non-Cancer Pain
2. Identify medications that are classified as opioids
3. Recognize the differences between opioid dependence and opioid addiction

This activity was developed by AchieveCE free of any commercial support. Jineane Venci, PharmD, BCACP has no actual or potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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