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ForwardPharmacologic and Medical Advances in Obesity Management
Obesity is a chronic, progressive, relapsing, multifactorial disease resulting in metabolic and biomechanical morbidities and premature mortality, and its prevalence has risen to unacceptable levels in the United States and worldwide.
Pain Management Pearls: Opioids and Culture
Pain affects all domains of life, and clinicians have few effective tools at their disposal to help these patients. Opioids remain the strongest group of analgesic drugs available.
Pain Management Nursing CE Course for APRNs
This course will provide an overview of the pathophysiology of pain, the components of a comprehensive pain assessment, and discuss nonpharmacological and non-opioid pharmacological management of pain.
Prescription Opioids: Risk Management and Strategies for Safe Use
This course will extensively cover the various approaches recommended or mandated for use by clinicians who prescribe opioids, in order to reduce risk and improve outcomes.
Safer Post-Operative Prescribing of Opioids
The goal of this CME activity is to share best practices in post-operative opioid prescribing to reduce the number of excess opioids left over following a surgery or acute pain episode of care. Leftover opioids increase the risk of misuse for patients, family members, friends, and guests.
SCOPE of Pain: Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education
Podcast series
Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing: Optimizing Office Systems
Clinical teams often struggle when tasked with re-engineering their office systems to reduce the potential for opioid misuse, addiction or diversion while ensuring safe evidence-based care of their patients with chronic pain.
Responsible Prescribing of Controlled Substances: The Louisiana Requirement
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain.