Pain Management-Content PDF handout

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This document is a continuing education course on pain management for healthcare professionals. It covers topics such as the physiology of pain, comprehensive pain assessment, interventions, and ethical concerns. It emphasizes the importance of understanding pain complexity, individual experiences, and the issue of opioid misuse. The course also includes information on pain assessment tools, routes of administration for opioids, and the use of adjuvant analgesics. Nonpharmacologic therapies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and guidelines for nurses and physical therapists are discussed. The document also addresses the role of physical therapy in pain management, the opioid epidemic, drug diversion and addiction among healthcare professionals, and pain management in palliative and end-of-life care.

Keywords

pain management

continuing education

physiology of pain

opioid misuse

pain assessment tools

adjuvant analgesics

nonpharmacologic therapies

interdisciplinary collaboration

opioid epidemic

palliative care