Course Description
MANDATORY OREGON PAIN MANAGEMENT CEU FOR NURSES AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. This course fulfills 6 of the 7 hours of pain management CE required of many licensed healthcare professionals in Oregon (the additional 1 hour must be taken from the Oregon Pain Management Commission). Covers pain assessment, interventions, and self-management strategies; roles and guidelines for nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy; issues regarding opioid use.
Learning Outcome and Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will better understand the experience of pain, appropriate assessment and interventions for pain, and issues regarding opioid use. Specific learning objectives to address potential knowledge gaps include:
- Explain the experience and physiology of pain.
- Outline the elements of a comprehensive pain assessment.
- Describe pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions and self-management strategies.
- Discuss the roles and guidelines for prescribers, nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy in pain management.
- Discuss the issues of opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion and drug-seeking behaviors.
Course Professions
| Nursing |
| Mandatory |
| Occupational Therapy |
| Physical Therapy |
Course Summaries
Nursing:
REQUIRED FOR OREGON RN/LPN/NP Fulfills OR 6-hour CE requirement. Covers pain assessment and interventions, roles and guidelines for nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, and issues regarding opioid use. |
Occupational Therapy:
REQUIRED FOR OREGON OT Fulfills OR 6-hour CE requirement. Covers pain assessment and interventions, roles and guidelines for nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, and issues regarding opioid use. |
Physical Therapy:
REQUIRED FOR OREGON PT Fulfills OR 6-hour CE requirement. Covers pain assessment and interventions, roles and guidelines for nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, and issues regarding opioid use. |
Mandatory:
REQUIRED FOR OREGON RN/LPN/NP, OT, PT, OTHERS Fulfills OR 6-hour CE requirement. Covers pain assessment and interventions, roles and guidelines for nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, and issues regarding opioid use. |
Accreditation / Approval Information
N/A
Course Statements - Nursing
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. |
| Nurse practitioners may apply these contact hours to pharmacy continuing education and prescriptive authorization. |
Course Statements - Occupational Therapy
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course Approval ID# 06187. This independent distance learning activity is offered at 6.00 CEUs, xxx aotaEdLevel xxx, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Course Statements - Physical Therapy
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is a Continuing Competency Approval Agency recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California. |
| Approval of physical therapy continuing education credit varies by state. Confirm approval with your state's licensing agency before you take the course for CE credit. See Physical Therapy CE Approval for more information. |
Course Statements - Mandatory
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. |
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course Approval ID# 06187. This independent distance learning activity is offered at 6.00 CEUs, xxx aotaEdLevel xxx, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. |
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is a Continuing Competency Approval Agency recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California. |
| Nurse practitioners may apply these contact hours to pharmacy continuing education and prescriptive authorization. |
Course Notes - All_Professions
This course fulfills 6 of the 7 hours of pain management CE required of many licensed healthcare professionals in Oregon. The additional 1 hour must be taken from the Oregon Pain Management Commission (see "Resources" at end of this course).
Course Categories
| Clinical Application |
| State-Mandated CE |
| Cancer (Oncology) |
| Critical Care |
| Emergency Nursing |
| Home Health |
| Hospice (Death and Dying) |
| Pain & Pain Management |
| Pharmacy |
| State-Mandated CE |
| Substance Abuse |
| Clinical Application |
| Foundational Knowledge |
| OT Service Delivery |
| State-Mandated CE |
Authors
Judith Swan, MSN, BSN, ADN
Judith Swan has been in the healthcare field for over fifty years, beginning as a medic in the U.S. Air Force. As an RN, she has worked in mental health, emergency, orthopedics, hospice, and medical/surgical. She holds an MSN as a family nurse practitioner. Judith's experience in nursing education includes teaching psychiatric, long-term, and dementia nursing care and as director of a nursing assistant college program. She has written ancillary educational materials for nursing textbooks, curricula for nursing assistant programs, online health articles, and continuing education courses since 2012.
Persis Mary Hamilton, EdD, MSN, BSN, PHN, PMHN
Persis Hamilton has a rich background in nursing, nursing education, and writing. She has written 14 nursing textbooks for two major publishers. Now retired, Persis taught for more than 40 years in vocational, associate, baccalaureate, and graduate nursing programs, served as item writer for the League for Nursing, and was the principle speaker at numerous CE workshops. She has also conducted research in Micronesia and Guam. She is the former Lead Nurse Planner for Wild Iris Medical Education.
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