Free CEU: Nursing Interventions for Acute Pain Management
Nursing CEUs / Nursing Interventions
In this course, you will learn about acute pain management. You will gain assessment tools that can be used to determine whether a patient is in pain, as well as the knowledge of how to create a care plan for a patient with acute pain. You will learn about both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of treating and managing acute pain. By the end of this course, you will have learned the pathophysiology of acute pain, the classification of different types of pain, strategies for a comprehensive pain assessment, and guidelines for treatment.
3 Contact Hours
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Prevalence of Acute Pain
- Pathophysiology of Pain
- Classification of Pain
- Performing a Pain Assessment
- Non-Pharmacological Nursing Interventions for Acute Pain
- Analgesics as Nursing Interventions for Acute Pain
- Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Analgesia
- Nursing Interventions for Acute Pain in Special Populations
- Conclusion
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