Non-Cancer Pain Management for New Mexico Advanced Practice Nurses

Objectives: 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 issues of opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion and drug-seeking behaviors. List and explain the rules of the New Mexico Board of Nursing for prescriptive practices. Consider issues involved in pain management for palliative and end-of-life care.

Description: REQUIRED FOR NEW MEXICO APRN: Fulfills the New Mexico requirement for 5 hours of CE on the management of noncancer pain for advanced practice nurses.