Supplemental Course: Chronic Persistent Pain (14.028)
Provides evidence-based strategies for the assessment and management of pain among community-dwelling older adults. Remember to disable your pop-up blocker.
Target Audience
Registered nurses (RN) and healthcare providers focusing on best practices in chronic disease management, case management, caregiver education and support, transitional care, and geriatric evaluation and management.
Learning Objectives
- Describe clinical features of different types of pain.
- Apply evidence-based guidelines for the assessment and management of chronic pain in community-dwelling vulnerable older adults.
- Communicate to patients and caregivers the rationale for pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of pain
Grace Cordts, MD