Drug Misuse, Abuse, and Diversion for New Mexico Healthcare Professionals
All advanced practice nurses, including certified nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists, with prescriptive authority practicing in New Mexico are required, by law, to complete five contact hours of continuing education on the subject of non-c
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 Contact hours
LA Act 76, Controlled Substances Series: Prescribing, Diversion Prevention and Addiction
Prescribing controlled substances for pain and other conditions is a major focus of both the medical community and legislatures throughout the country. The consequences of the use and abuse of controlled substances are frequently in the news. La. R.S.
Category
  • Drug Diversion
  • Prescribing: Controlled Substance(s)
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
Drugs for Opioid Use Disorder in 2023-2024 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Opioid use disorder is a chronic, relapsing disease with physical and psychiatric components. It is associated with economic hardship, social isolation, incarceration, increased rates of blood-borne infections such as HIV and viral hepatitis, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and increased mortality.
Category
  • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Moderate Sedation
Changes in the delivery of health care and advances in technology have moved many surgical procedures out of the traditional operating room. As such, physicians in a wide variety of settings are increasingly using moderate sedation/analgesia (often referred to as conscious sedation).
Category
  • Sedation
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Opioid Best Practices - Online CME Course
This online CME course aims to highlight the shift in guidelines and public concern regarding the use of opioids in medical practice. This course provides the most up-to-date information regarding the appropriate indication for opioids in clinical practice.
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Pain Management and the 2022 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
Pain, in particular chronic pain, continues to impact physical functioning, mental health, and reduced quality of life, and is the leading cause of disability in the United States, leading to updated practice guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain.
Category
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
  • Pain Management: Opioid(s)
  • Pain Management
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 AANP Contact Hours
  • 3.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Opioid Use Disorder
Morphine and heroin were first synthesized and used medicinally in the nineteenth century, and recreational and illicit use followed.
Category
  • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
  • Pharmacology
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 10.00 ANCC
  • 10.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Anemia in the Elderly
Anemia may be common in the elderly patient, but it should not be accepted as normal aging. The scientific evidence suggests that consequences of untreated geriatric anemia are significant. Anemia leads to poorer quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality.
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AANP Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.00 ANCC
Depression and Suicide
Depression is a common, debilitating mood disorder. Depression is highly prevalent in medically ill populations, and many persons with depression are either unaware they need professional help or are reluctant to seek it.
Category
  • Depression
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AANP Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 15.00 ANCC
  • 15.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
First Steps in Diversity, Cultural Humility, and Patient Care
This session will shine a light on health disparities in the U.S. and ways to overcome them by embracing diversity, combatting bias, and employing cultural competency to improve patient-provider communication.
Category
  • Cultural Competency
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 AANP Contact Hours
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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