Hospice & Palliative Care
ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION
Learn Anytime. Earn Credits. Improve Practice.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR SERIES:
NURSING ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PAIN IN ADVANCED ILLNESS
Vice President of Clinical Services
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
Purpose: The purpose of this webinar is to acquire the knowledge and skills to incorporate best practices for the assessment and management of pain in individuals with advanced illness.
Objectives:
- Explain the principles and theories of pain
- Articulate and incorporate the practice of pain assessment
- Assess the presence of pain utilizing specific tools to scale and interpret
- Articulate and incorporate best practices in the pharmacological and nonpharmacological management of pain
Target Audience: nurse practitioners, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, and case managers
Criteria for Successful Completion:
- Attendance at entire session
- Submission of completed evaluation form
- Successful completion of a posttest (70% passing grade)
Continuing Education Credits: 1.0
Continuing Education Accreditation:
Nurses: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Case Managers: This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1.0 CE contact hour.
To claim this CE, log into your CCMC Dashboard at www.ccmcertification.org.
Fees:
Individual: Free (includes CE certificate)
Release Date: April 24, 2019
Expiration Date: November 1, 2024 (for Nurses); November 7, 2024 (for Case Managers)
Disclosures:
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN, has no financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in these materials. Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.
Russell K. Portenoy, MD, Planner, has indicated a relationship with Tabula Rasa for research support.
No other Planning Committee Member has any disclosures.
Planning Committee Members
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Kerrianne P. Page, MD, HMDC
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS
Funding Disclosure: No commercial funding has been accepted for the activity.
Location: Online at https://www.mjhspalliativeinstitute.org/e-learning/
The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is pleased to offer free interdisciplinary palliative care webinars, live and on demand, delivered by frontline experts, typically offering 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for Continuing Medical Education (CME), Nursing continuing education (CE), Social Work CE credits, Case Manager CCMC CE credits, and Music Therapy CE credits.
Our free interactive multimedia modules on Community-Based Palliative Care Program Development and Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at End of Life offer up to 9.75 CE credits.
Free pdf downloads now available: 15 palliative care professional factsheets and patient education handouts on 18 topics in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, and Russian.