Non-Cancer Pain Management for New Mexico Advanced Practice Nurses
$49.99
MANDATORY NURSING CEU FOR NEW MEXICO ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES (APRN). This nursing continuing education course fulfills the requirement for 5 hours of CE on the management of non-cancer pain for advanced practice nurses in New Mexico. Covers pain assessment, strategies and interventions for treating and managing pain, NM Board of Nursing rules for managing chronic pain with controlled substances, and issues related to opioid prescribing, use, abuse, and diversion.
Course 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 to treat non-cancer pain.
- Discuss the guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain management.
- Discuss the issues of opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion and drug-seeking behaviors.
Accreditation/Approval Information
REQUIRED FOR NEW MEXICO APRN Fulfills the New Mexico requirement for 5 hours of CE on the management of non-cancer pain for advanced practice nurses.
Nursing
REQUIRED FOR NEW MEXICO APRN Fulfills the New Mexico requirement for 5 hours of CE on the management of non-cancer pain for advanced practice nurses.
- 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 Information
Contact Hours: 5.00
Course Availability: Expires 2025-07-31
This course fulfills the requirement for 5 hours of continuing education on the management of non-cancer pain for New Mexico advanced practice nurses with a DEA registration and licensure that permits prescribing opioids.
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