Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation

Continuing Education

Pain Management

The Pain Management Dilemma: From Persistent Pain to Palliative Care

Disclosures

“The Pain Management Dilemma: From Persistent Pain to Palliative Care” is a continuing education program for nurse practitioners, nurses, physicians assistants and physicians.

Presented by the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation.
Supported by an educational grant from Alpharma Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Author: Ellen Machamer Battista, DNS, ANP, PNP

Disclosures: The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation adheres to the conflict-of-interest guidelines of American Nurses Credentialing Center. Disclosures do not suggest bias, but provide readers with information relevant to evaluation of contents.

Author: E. Battista: Speaker Bureau-Alpharma, Endo, Purdue Pharma, DC, Jansen. Consultant- Endo Pharmaceuticals; Reviewer: W.Wright: Speaker Bureau-Pfizer, Inc, EXACT Sciences, Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, The Quigley Corp.

No other disclosures from reviewer or planning committee

Continuing Education Credit: This continuing nursing education activity is approved by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Process to Receive Contact Hours:

Read the article, review the references and any web resources.
Go to www.nphealthcarefoundation.org/ce.
Click on the article title, then click "Registration and Post-Test"
Register, take the post-test, and then complete the evaluation.
If you pass the test with 80% or greater, you may print a certificate for this activity.
If you do not pass the test with 80% or greater, you have one opportunity to retake the post-test.

Disclaimer: The content and views presented in this educational activity are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the NPHF. This material has been prepared based on a review of multiple sources of information, but it is not exhaustive of the subject matter. Therefore, healthcare professionals and other individuals should review and consider other publications and materials on the subject matter and should not rely solely on the information contained in this educational activity.

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents and off-label medications that are not approved by the FDA. Ellen Battista refers to some off-label medications as well at the development of new treatments for non-addictive pain medication. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, participants should consider the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.

This educational activity may discuss complementary/alternative/therapeutic modalities. This discussion does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.

The Pain Management Dilemma

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