Education & Training

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  Meeting State Requirements for Pain/Opiate Education for the Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Practitioner Students

  Target Audience(s): Nurses

  Organization(s): International Nurses Society on Addictions

  Topic(s): Practice Issues, Special Topics

  Presenter(s): Kathleen Bradbury-Golas, DNP, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC

  Secondary to the opioid epidemic in the United States, more and more states are now mandating continuing education on pain management and opioids for initial licensure and licensure renewal for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students. This presentation will specifically focus on development of an on-line educational program on pain management and opioid education for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students. The Board of Nursing in Pennsylvania now has state mandated requirements for education on pain management and opioid education for initial licensure and re-licensure of nurse practitioners. Drexel University, College of Nursing & Health Professions developed a curriculum to meet the mandated required hours of education. This presentation will discuss curriculum development and content of the modules as well as the state approval process.
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  Long-acting Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

  Target Audience(s): Interprofessional Teams, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers

  Organization(s): American Psychiatric Association

  Topic(s): Buprenorphine

  Presenter(s): Michelle Lofwall, MD, DFASAM

  Lack of knowledge about available long-acting buprenorphine formulations has led their under-utilization in the health care system, despite large unmet treatment needs among those with opioid use disorder. A multi-disciplinary approach that includes the collaboration between nurse practitioners, PAs, physicians, psychologists, social workers and hospital administrators is necessary to address this gap in knowledge and provide evidence-based care to those with opioid use disorder. Several newly approved long-acting buprenorphine formulations give patients and providers new options to consider. This webinar will review the peer-reviewed publications from three FDA-approved long-acting products, their FDA-approved indications, practical information on how to use them in clinical practice, ongoing NIDA clinical trials employing these long-acting medications, and patient case scenarios.
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  The Functional Pain Scale: Changing the Conversation About Pain

  Target Audience(s): Nurses, Physician Assistants, Physicians

  Organization(s): American Society for Pain Management Nursing

  Topic(s): Pain, Practice Issues

  Presenter(s): Paul Arnstein, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN; Deborah Gentile, PhD, RN-BC

  This webinar will discuss the rationale for moving away from establishing and evaluating a pain treatment on the basis of a numeric rating scale value to one that takes into account pain tolerability and the impact its treatment has on functioning. Validation of the Functional Pain Scale, its acceptability to patients and professionals, and next steps to change the conversation about pain will be explored.