INROADS into Pain Management: Improving Nursing Response for Optimal Analgesics and Drug Safety
Empowering Nurses to be Better Pain Managers

Schedule below

Where: Teleconference

Contact hours:  1.2 KBN (50 minute) and 1.0 ANCC (60 minute)

Purpose:  Treatment of pain continues to become more complex as the range of medications available to treat pain is rapidly expanding, and includes agents with a wide range of physiological effects. This spectrum of drugs offers new ways to balance safety and effectiveness and opens the door to a more individualized approach to pain therapy, where regimens can be tailored to each patient's needs. Key to this process is an understanding of pain physiology and the corresponding rationale for multi-modal strategies that target different mechanisms within the pain pathway.
This, in turn, requires that health care professionals employ a more comprehensive approach to patient evaluation, looking at the full range of factors – short-term clinical status, medical history, and emotional and functional needs – that should influence drug selection.
INROADS is designed to provide the knowledge and resources for nurses to become more informed, active pain managers by addressing both the pharmacologic and clinical considerations for optimizing analgesic therapy through case-based learning.

Part 1: Navigating the Maze of Pain Medication
Focuses on the physiology of pain and the corresponding basis for the pharmacology of pain medications.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

•          Explain the mechanistic basis of pain

•          Identify the chemical mediators of pain and their role in pain processing

•          Review the pharmacology and therapeutic rationale for major classes of pain medications

•          Discuss multimodal therapy as a means to balance analgesia and adverse events

Part 2: Dosing for the Individual: Maximizing Safety and Effectiveness
Focuses on patient- and practice-related considerations for tailoring pain regimens to best meet the needs of each patient.  

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

•          Apply critical thinking for individualized pain care that incorporates a comprehensive view of the patient's condition

•          Identify vital factors for tailoring pain regimens to provide safest, most effective therapy

•          Review pharmacology and therapeutic profiles of major classes of pain medications

•          Discuss multimodal therapy as a means to achieve effective analgesia and prevent side effects

Target audience: Nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing students, health care workers working in a hospital setting

Cost: Free

Schedule of topics: 

Pharmacology Web Conferences 

Debra Gordon, RN-BC, MS, APRN  Nancy Eksterowicz , RN-BC, CNS             Thursday                  May-15   9PM ET

Rosemary Polomano, RN, PhD       Wendy Wright, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP       Wednesday               May-21  12PM ET

Rosemary Polomano, RN, PhD       Paul Arnstein, RN, PhD                            Tuesday                    May-27  7AM ET

Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC      Carla Jungquist, MSN, FNP-C                    Wednesday               May-28   7PM ET

Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC      Joyce Willens, PhD                                   Thursday                  May-29   2PM ET

Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC      April Vallerand, RN, PhD                          Tuesday                    June-3  10AM ET

Safety Web Conferences 

Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC      Wendy Wright, MS, RN ARNP, FNP        Wednesday               June 4    11AM ET

Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC                Elaine Swope, MSN< RN-BC, CNP            Wednesday              June 11   7PM ET

Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC      Tom Quinn, APRN, MSN, AOCN, CHPN  Thursday                 June 12  2PM ET

Rosemary Polomano, RN, PhD       Paul Arnstein, RN, PhD                             Wednesday             June 18   5PM ET

Rosemary Polomano, RN, PhD       April Vallerand, RN, PhD                           Thursday               June 19  10PM ET

Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC       Susan Pendergrass, MSN, MEd, FNP-BC    Tuesday                 June 24   8AM ET

Commercial Support This activity was made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from PriCara, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., administered by Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, from Ortho-McNeil Inc.

Register: www.INROADSforPain.com
                                         
Accreditation: The University of Kentucky College of Nursing (UKCON) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

The Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) approves UKCON as a provider as well.  ANCC and KBN approval of a continuing nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content or commercial sponsors. This educational activity is offered for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC and 1.2 KBN contact hours for nurses who complete the entire program. Part 1 Navigating the maze of pain medication Provider No.: 3-0008-01-13-018. Part 2 Dosing for the individual: Maximizing Safety and Effectiveness Provider No.: 3-0008-01-13-056. A certificate will be issued to participants upon completion of this activity.