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Activity Steps

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Select the appropriate guidelines for assessing pain in older adults.
  2. Identify the nonverbal indicators of pain.
  3. Choose interventions that can help relieve pain.
  4. Recognize techniques for assessing that family caregivers can manage an older adult's pain.

Learning Outcomes

Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate competency in clinical reasoning regarding how nurses can teach family caregivers to recognize and document older adults? pain at home in order to optimize pain treatment and outcomes by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes based posttest.
Price: $21.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.0 CH
  • DC - BON 2.0 CH
  • FL - BON 2.0 CH
  • GA - BON 2.0 CH
  • NM - BON 2.0 CH
  • SC - BON 2.0 CH
  • WV - BOERN 2.0 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, Georgia Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board of Nursing, and West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, #50-1223.













Test Code: HHCN0523
Published: May/Jun 2023
Expires: 6/5/2026
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Ann L. Horgas, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN; Patricia Bruckenthal, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN; Shaoshuai Chen, MS, BSN, RN; Keela A. Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN; Heather M. Young, PhD, RN, FAAN; Scott Fishman, MD