Hospice & Palliative Care
ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION
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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR SERIES:
A 69-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH LUNG CANCER AND PAINFUL BONE METASTASES
Chief Medical Officer, MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
Executive Director, MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care
Professor of Neurology and Family and Social Medicine,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Purpose: The goal of this webinar is to expand upon best practices in opioid therapy for pain in those with serious illness, with a focus on breakthrough pain, opioid titration, and opioid rotation.
Objectives:
- Implement best practices in the initiation of opioid therapy in patients with chronic pain related to serious illness
- Manage breakthrough pain using opioid ‘rescue doses’
- Implement best practices in opioid titration and rotation
Target Audience: Social workers and healthcare coaches,nurse practitioners, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice
Criteria for Successful Completion:
- Attendance at entire session
- Submission of completed evaluation form
- Successful completion of a posttest (70% for nurses; 80% for social workers)
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.
Social Workers: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0242.
Fees:
Individual: $10 (includes CE certificate)
Release Date: June 10, 2019
Expiration Date: November 1, 2024 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)
Disclosures:
Russell K. Portenoy, MD, Faculty and Planner, has indicated a relationship with Tabula Rasa for research support. Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.
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
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 Continuing Medical Education (CME), Nursing continuing education (CE), Social Work CE credits, Case Manager CCMC CE credits, and Music Therapy CE credits.
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