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Chronic Pain in the Golden Years - Aging Gracefully or Suffering in Silence
Continuing Education Credits for Healthcare Professionals
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Credits
1 Contact Hour
Event Type
Home Study Webcast
Release Date
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Expiration Date
Monday, October 15, 2012
Target Audience
Nurse, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician
Program Cost
Free
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Program Overview
Seniors are particularly vunerable to chronic pain. As we age, our bodies go through intense changes. Optimizing pain relief is crucial to helping an aging patient regain or maintain control of his or her life. Because pharmacotherapy plays a prominent role in treating chronic pain, it is also a perfect opportunity for the pharmacist to be involved. This program will satisfy the education need by creating a program for pharmacists that will enhance their understanding of chronic pain, the challenges associated with treating an aging population, pharmacotherapy, counseling points, and information needed to work with the patient to reduce pain and improve quality of life.
Nurse Educational Objectives
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Describe the etiology and current epidemiology of chronic pain in the US population and in senior citizens in particular
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Compare and contrast the pharmacological approaches to the management of chronic pain (pharmacologic profiles, efficacy, side effects, & adverse events) with emphasis on the challenges associated with treating aging adults
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Describe strategies to counsel and educate patients on pain treatment goals and manage patient expectations - the reduction of pain, not necessarily its total elimination
Pharmacist Educational Objectives
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Describe the etiology and current epidemiology of chronic pain in the US population and in senior citizens in particular
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Compare and contrast the pharmacological approaches to the management of chronic pain (pharmacologic profiles, efficacy, side effects, & adverse events) with emphasis on the challenges associated with treating aging adults
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Describe strategies to counsel and educate patients on pain treatment goals and manage patient expectations - the reduction of pain, not necessarily its total elimination
Pharmacy Technician Educational Objectives
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In general, explain the term chronic pain
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Identify medications used to treat chronic pain
Activity Type
Knowledge
Accreditation
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Nurse
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N-671
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Pharmacist
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0798-0000-11-037-H01-P
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Pharmacy Technician
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0798-0000-11-037-H01-T
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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
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Program Documents
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