Description:
Pain impacts the physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual aspects of the lives of hospice patients, therefore effective pain management is critical when promoting quality of life. There are many barriers and misconceptions that can prevent achieving this goal. We will examine the impact of unrelieved pain, common myths, and the evaluation and treatment of pain.

Objectives:

• Participant will identify and discuss the impact of unrelieved pain
• Participant will identify and overcome common myths of pain management
• Participant will discuss effective pain evaluation
• Participant will identify techniques to manage pain
  

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