Description:
All hospice team members and volunteers need a basic understanding of pain management principles. The program reviews the different types of pain; barriers to effective pain management; techniques for effective pain control; and the use of adjuvant therapies in managing pain at the end of life.

Objectives:

• Participant will name and describe three  (3) different types of pain
• Participant will identify four (4) barriers to effective pain control
• Participant will explain two (2) principles of effective pain control
• Participant will describe and/or demonstrate four (4) key components for pain assessment
• Participant will define and name two (2) Adjuvant therapies and their use in pain management
  

****Hospice Education Network, provider #1182, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Hospice Education Network maintains responsibility for the program.

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