Opioid Misuse and Abuse
Tracking # 20-770062
$9.99
What you'll learn
This course will increase your understanding of the issue of misuse, abuse, and diversion of opioid pain medications. Specific learning objectives include:
• Discuss the scope and contributing factors to the problem of opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion.
• List common opioid medications with high potential for misuse, abuse, or diversion.
• Outline institutional and clinician efforts to address the problem.
• Describe the process of assessing risk for developing substance abuse disorders.
• Explain pain management for individuals with substance abuse disorders.
Course overview
Opioid medications are most commonly prescribed for chronic pain; and are the drugs most often misused, abused, or diverted; and are associated with deaths from overdose. Recent decades have resulted in attempts to improve the identification and treatment of pain. In the past, opioids were often avoided for pain management because of the fear of addiction, but as knowledge about pain increased, they became more liberally dispensed. Along with this rise in opioid prescribing and dispensing, there has been an equal rise in opioid addiction and abuse. As a result, clinicians have returned to the fear of addiction and have become, once again, reluctant to prescribe them. It is imperative that healthcare professionals understand their role in managing pain as one of their primary obligations and responsibilities.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Certified Nurse Midwife
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Licensed Practical Nurse
Licensed Psychiatric Technician Nurse
Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse Practitioner
Florida Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
Certified Nursing Assistant
Georgia Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Professional Nurse
New Mexico Board of Nursing
Certified Medication Aide
Certified Medication Aide II
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
South Carolina Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
State Medical Board of Ohio
Limited Permit
Respiratory Care Professional
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Learning Objectives:
This course will increase your understanding of the issue of misuse, abuse, and diversion of opioid pain medications. Specific learning objectives include:
- Discuss the scope and contributing factors to the problem of opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion.
- List common opioid medications with high potential for misuse, abuse, or diversion.
- Outline institutional and clinician efforts to address the problem.
- Describe the process of assessing risk for developing substance abuse disorders.
- Explain pain management for individuals with substance abuse disorders.
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