Cost: No fee
Target Audience: This activity is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, and PAs. This activity is not accredited.
Description: Participants in this module examine data addressing the vulnerability of adolescents when exposed to opioids. Given this, learners develop skills to provide information about the risks of opioids as an important component of treating adolescents, and recognize that many of the principles about safe opioid prescribing for adolescents are the same as those that pertain to adults.
Educational Objectives:
- Review data to support that adolescence is a vulnerable time to be exposed to opioids
- Develop skills to provide information about the risks of opioids as an important component of treating adolescents
- Recognize that many principles about safe opioid prescribing pertain to adolescents as well as adults
