Non-Cancer Pain Management for New Mexico Advanced Practice Nurses is organized by Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc.

Expiration Date: 2025-07-31

Course Description:
MANDATORY NURSING CEU FOR NEW MEXICO ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES (APRN). This nursing continuing education course fulfills the requirement for 5 hours of CE on the management of noncancer pain for advanced practice nurses in New Mexico. Covers pain assessment, strategies, and interventions for treating and managing pain, NM Board of Nursing rules for managing chronic pain with controlled substances, and issues related to opioid prescribing, use, abuse, and diversion.

Course Learning Objectives:
• Explain the experience and physiology of pain.
• Outline the elements of a comprehensive pain assessment.
• Describe pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions and self-management strategies.
• Discuss the issues of opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion, and drug-seeking behaviors.
• List and explain the rules of the New Mexico Board of Nursing for prescriptive practices.
• Consider issues involved in pain management for palliative and end-of-life care.