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Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Purpose of Activity

To provide information about current best practices for prescribing opioids for chronic pain.

Learning Objectives

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

  1. identify best practices for prescribing opioids for chronic pain.
  2. select patient teaching points for safe medication use, storage, and disposal.

Disclosures

Author Carol P. Curtiss has been a paid speaker and has produced educational materials for the biotechnology company Genentech. AJN's peer review process has determined this article to be objective and free of commercial bias. Author Risa Denenberg and the planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Price: $27.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 3.0 CH
  • DC - BON 3.0 CH
  • FL - BON 3.0 CH
  • GA - BON 3.0 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.







Planner
Test Code: AJN0716A
Published: Jul 2016
Expires: 9/25/2023
Collections: CESaver
Sources: AJN, American Journal of Nursing
Required Passing Score: 14/18 (77%)
Authors: Risa Denenberg, MSN, RN, ARNP; Carol P. Curtiss, MSN, RN-BC
Specialties: Advanced Practice Nursing, Pain Management