Palliative Care, Pain Management,
Decision Making and Use of the Post Form

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Speaker:
Kim Ashcraft, MS, MSN, RN, C-FNP
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston, West Virginia

Faculty Disclosure:

This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME essentials. In keeping with these essentials, the presenter has been asked to disclose any relationships with commercial entities. The presenter has disclosed that no such commercial support relationship exists.

Program Overview and Objectives:
The program is designed for all physician specialties, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, social workers and other allied health professionals. No pre-requisites are required. Upon completion of this program participants should be able to:

Module I – Palliative Care
- Define Palliative Care.
- Describe three disease trajectories.
- List the components of a thorough pain assessment.
- Distinguish between nociceptive and neuropathic pain.
Module II – Pain Management
- Describe the basic principles of pain management.
- Distinguish between addiction, tolerance, and dependence.
- Distinguish the difference between opioid side effects and allergy.
- Calculate an opioid conversion.
Module III – Decision Making
- Define comprehensive Advance Care Planning.
- Describe the assessment of decision-making capacity. Module IV – POST Form
- Develop an approach to using the POST form in his/her practice.

Accreditation:
Start Date: March 11, 2008
Reviewed and Revised Date: June 2010
End Date: December 31, 2012

The CAMC Health Education and Research Institute’s CME program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The CAMC Health Education and Research Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category I credit(s) ™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is an accredited provider of continuing education in nursing by the West Virginia Nurses Association. The West Virginia Nurses Association is an accredited provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center ’s Commission on Accreditation. This program is approved for 2.4 contact hours (PO15-08-362) (internet). CAMC Health Education and Research Institute has been approved by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This program has been approved for 2 contact hours under program approval number WVBP-01-002-EL (internet).

CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is an approved provider of continuing education by the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners. This program has been approved for 2.0 hours of social work credit. Approval number 490045-04 (online).