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ForwardUPMC Pain Management Nursing Education 7.31.26
Target Audience
Nursing
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to
- explain the need for multidisciplinary pain treatment
- Identify Pain Psychology Treatments and Tools
- Identify resources for patients
- Distinguish the differences between acute and chronic pain
- Use the provided tools to manage pain in high-risk patients
- Explain how pain travels in the body
- Explain the consequences of unrelieved pain
-Discuss how pain resource nurses are an essential team member for pain management
- Describe why pain is a priority in nursing
- Identify the key elements of a pain assessment
- Apply the UPMC Pain Management Policy to their role
- Describe barriers to managing pain
- Understand the role of pain in patients who have addiction or SUD
-Understand the multimodal pain regimen for oncology patients
Additional Information
Accreditation and credit designation
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 Attendance