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Opioid and Opioid Rotation - What Pharmacists Need to Know
Continuing Education Credits for Healthcare Professionals
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Credits
1 Contact Hour
Event Type
Home Study Webcast
Release Date
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Expiration Date
Monday, October 01, 2012
Target Audience
Nurse, Pharmacist
Program Cost
Free
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Program Overview
Because of their knowledge of opioid medications, pharmacists can provide valuable information on the most appropriate opioid for pain management and perform a comprehensive review of past and current pharmacologic interventions. There are so many reasons why switching from one opioid analgesic to another may be necessary and helpful, yet safely doing so appears to involve as much clinical art as science. This can make healthcare providers and their patients justifiably nervous, and may be a prime reason why opioids are not prescribed appropriately. What can practitioners do? This knowledge based activity will use case studies and examples to educate healthcare providers on opioid rotation and dose conversions.
Nurse Educational Objectives
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Review the rationale for rotating patients from one opioid to another.
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Describe the development of Equianalgesic Opioid Dosing chart and limitations of the data.
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Compare and contrast the concepts of potency and equianalgesia
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Using case studies or examples, explain conversion protocols for alternative opioid therapies (such as routes of administration, oral dosages, and controlled release delivery systems).
Pharmacist Educational Objectives
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Review the rationale for rotating patients from one opioid to another.
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Describe the development of Equianalgesic Opioid Dosing chart and limitations of the data.
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Compare and contrast the concepts of potency and equianalgesia
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Using case studies or examples, explain conversion protocols for alternative opioid therapies (such as routes of administration, oral dosages, and controlled release delivery systems).
Activity Type
Knowledge
Accreditation
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Nurse
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N-665
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Pharmacist
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0798-0000-11-031-H01-P
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PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing education. In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation. Attendees may immediately print their Statement of Credit or leave them stored on this website.
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Pharmaceutical Education Consultants, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education for nurses by the Maryland Nurses Association which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Faculty
Financial Support By
PharmCon, Inc.
Program Documents
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