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Controlled Substances and Substance Abuse: Best Practices for the Healthcare Professional
Learn safe and effective prescription of controlled substances, best-practices, and prevention methods for drug misuse in this course.
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
Responsible and Effective Opioid Prescribing
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain.
Category
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
  • Pharmacology
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
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.
Category
  • Pharmacology
  • Pain Management: Opioid(s)
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
Developing a Safe Opioid Treatment Plan for Managing Chronic Pain
Healthcare professionals should know best clinical practices in opioid prescribing, including the associated risks of opioids, approaches to the assessment of pain and function, and pain management modalities.
Category
  • Pharmacology
  • Pain Management: Chronic
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
Responsible Prescribing of Controlled Substances: The Louisiana Requirement
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain.
Category
  • State Mandated Training
  • Prescribing: Controlled Substance(s)
  • Pharmacology
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
Substance Abuse Education for Delaware Nurses: Drug Diversion Training and Best-Practice Prescribing
Fulfills the requirement for 3 contact hours of continuing nursing education on substance abuse for DE nurses, focusing on prescription drug abuse and diversion, challenges in managing chronic pain, and best practices for prescribing controlled substances.
Category
  • Drug Diversion
  • Pharmacology
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 ANCC
Assessment and Management of Pain at the End of Life
Because pain is frequently encountered in the palliative and hospice care environments, a knowledge of appropriate diagnosis and alleviation is vital to all members of the interdisciplinary team.
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC