Course Code: REL-PAC-ELNEC-GMPAM
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Recall the components of a comprehensive pain assessment.
Describe non-pharmacologic interventions used to relieve pain.
Describe pharmacologic interventions used to relieve pain, including non-opioids, opioids, and adjuvant therapies.
Identify barriers to adequate pain relief at the end of the older adult's life.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Pain Assessment
Your Role
Pain in Older Adults
Categories of Pain
Challenges to Pain Assessment
Pain Etiology
Pain Assessment Tools
Goals of Care
Pain Assessment in Nonverbal Adults
Hierarchy of Pain Assessment
Testimonial #1
When to Assess
Review
Summary
Section 3: Pharmacologic Interventions
Pharmacologic Therapy
Non-Opioids
Acetaminophen
NSAIDs
Opioid Analgesics
Opioid Adverse Effects and Allergic Reactions
Opioid Reversal
Barriers to Opioid Use
Duration of Analgesic Effects and Opioid Dosing
Adjuvant Therapy
Interventional Therapy
Cancer Therapy
Review
Summary
Section 4: Non-Pharmacologic Interventions
Non-Pharmacologic Approaches
Cold and Heat Applications
Massage
Positioning
Distraction
Relaxation
Music
Complementary Therapy
Testimonial #2
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Instructor: ELNEC Geriatric 2021
The content for this course was revised by Carol O. Long, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAAN.
Dr. Carol O. Long is a national expert in community-based healthcare and has assumed varied nursing and consulting positions in research and education. Dr. Long has numerous articles, monographs, book chapters, and books related to community-based care, end-of-life care, hospice, and pain management. She has presented end-of-life and palliative care for advanced dementia training nationally and internationally. Her research centers on outcome indicators in advanced dementia care and staff knowledge and attitudes relative to palliative care interventions. Dr. Long has been an ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) trainer since the course’s inception. She is a Fellow in the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Long is a Transcultural Nursing Scholar with the Transcultural Nursing Society of America. She holds a BSN from Marquette University, an MS from the University of Michigan and PhD at Arizona State University.
The content for this course was created by The ELNEC Project Team.
The ELNEC Project, which began in 2000, is a collaboration between the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Washington, DC and the City of Hope, Duarte, CA. For more information about ELNEC, go to www.aacnnursing.org/ELNEC.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Hospice, Palliative Care.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.