Pain Management Nursing CE Course for APRNs Part 3: Opioid Prescribing

Pain Management Nursing CE Course for APRNs Part 3: Opioid Prescribing is organized by NursingCE.com,,Release Date: June 02, 2020,Expiration Date: June 02, 2023,,Learning Objectives:,By the completion of this module, the learner should be able to:,• Define opioids and distinguish between opioid agonists, partial agonists, mixed agonist-antagonists, and opioid antagonists, identifying specific medications within each category.,• Demonstrate competency in best-practice opioid prescribing guidelines, including the proper prescribing and monitoring of patients on long-term opioid therapy.,• Identify the potential for opioid misuse and abuse, the defining features of opioid use disorder (OUD), as well as strategies to identify and mitigate opioid misuse and OUD.