Free CE on Palliative Care and Pain Managment

Last Chance for Comfort: An Update on Pain Management at the End of Life

Earn 2.4 contact hours from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, in conjunction with an educational grant from Vista Care.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the prevalence and significance of pain at the end of life;
Identify techniques to assess pain in patients, including those unable to provide verbal reports;
List differential features of nociceptive and neuropathic pain states;
Describe effective non-pharmacological means to relieve pain;
Recognize the therapeutic benefits and potential adverse effects associated with opioid and non-opioid pharmacotherapy for acute and chronic pain states at end of life.