NetCE, Mark Rose
ASIN: B071G9Q5BB
Publisher: NetCE
Pages: 168
The purpose of this course is to provide clinicians with the information necessary to choose the appropriate opioid agents for their patients, with a resultant improvement in patients' quality of life and compliance with prescribed treatments. In addition, members of the public may use this course to enhance their personal knowledge of the subject matter presented.Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:1. Define terms often used in discussion of opioid prescribing.2. Analyze common myths related to opioid analgesic safety.3. Recall the epidemiology of pain.4. Outline the individual and societal impact of undertreated pain.5. Describe risk factors for and comorbidities of chronic pain.6. Evaluate barriers to adequate pain care.7. Describe the endogenous opioid system and effects of opioid analgesia.8. Discuss the classification and properties of the various mu opioid ...