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Master Faculty Fundamentals of Pain 

November 16 | 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

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PCSS Core Curriculum

PCSS-O clinical experts have created a comprehensive course on opioid prescribing for primary care providers in the essential evidence-based clinical practices in treating chronic pain—with or without medications.

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MAT Waiver Training

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Substance Use Disorders involves a combination of a medications that targets the brain, and psychosocial interventions (e.g., counseling, skills development) aimed at improving treatment outcomes. Research shows that medications and therapy together may be more successful than either treatment method alone.

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Videos

PCSS has developed a library of videos that can be useful in your practice and to share with your patients.

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PAST WEBINARS

“When It’s Time To Come Down, Weaning Opioids With Compassion “

‎Megan Filoramo, MSN, APN-C

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“Acute Pain Management in the Individual with Opioid Use Disorder”

‎Kathleen Broglio, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN, CPE, FPCN, FAANP

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“When Too Much is Too Much: Reducing Opioid Use Through Multimodal Pain Management For ‎Young People ‎with Sickle Cell Disease”

‎Jim DeMasi, APRN-CPNP-AC/PC

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“Non-Opioid Symptom Management Strategies for Populations Prescribed Opioids”

Marian Wilson, PhD, MPH, RN, PMGT-BC

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“Pearls for Pain Management in the Traumatic Injury Population Experiencing Substance Use Disorders”

Jason Sawyer, RN-EC, NP-C,BSc N , MN, AP-PMN

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“Implementing the Use of Non-Opioid Medications for Treating Pain in the Hospital Setting”

Sharon Wrona, DNP, PMGT-BC, PNP, ‎PMHS, AP-PMN, FAAN and Lauren Renner, MS, PMGT-BC, PNP

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“Finding the Moral Frameworks of Pain Management”

Esther I. Bernhofer, PhD, RN, PMGT-BC, CPE

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“CAM Therapies Are No Longer Complementary or Alternative: Yoga, Acupuncture, and Mind-Body Medicine”

Sara Hall, MS, RN-BC, APRN, CNS and Miles Belgrade, MD

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“Integrating Non-Pharmacologic & Pharmacologic Pain Planning (NPPP) in Primary Care”

Tara Nichols, DNP, ARNP, RN-BC, CCRN, CCNS, AGCNS​​

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“Buprenorphine Prescribing by Nurse Practitioners: Background, Barriers, Facilitators, and Future Directions”

Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE​​

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“Expert Monitoring for Safe Opioid Prescribing”

Mary Milano Carter, MS, ANP-BC, RN-BC, and Terry Grimes, PhDc, FNP-BC, RN-BC, CCRN​​

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“2020 Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy”

Michael Barnes, Esq., and Wade Delk, BA​​

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“ERAS: Bridging the Gaps in Multimodal Analgesia”

Laura Habighorst, BSN, RN, CAPA, CGRN​

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“Managing Pain in the Setting of Co-morbid Substance Use Disorder”

Kathleen Broglio, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN, CPE, FPCN, and Barbara St. Marie, PhD, AGPCNP, FAANP​

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“The Functional Pain Scale: Changing the Conversation About Pain”

Paul Arnstein, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, and Deborah Gentile, PhD, RN-BC​

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“2019 Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy”

Michael Barnes, Esq., and Wade Delk, BA​

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“When Addiction Hurts: Managing Acute Pain in Patients on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder​ (MOUD)”

Michelle Meyer, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, and Andrea M. Wetshtein, PharmD, BCPS, CPE​

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“​​NSAIDS: Friend or Foe in the Battle Against Pain?”

June E. Oliver, MSN, APN/CNS

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“​​Reducing Inpatient Opioid Consumption: Creating a Therapeutic Foundation with Breakthrough Analgesia Based on Patient Function”

Peggy Lutz, MSN, FNP-BC, RN-BC and Chad Dieterichs, MD

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“​​An Innovative Approach to Working with Patients Hospitalized with Serious Infections and Substance Use Disorder​”

–Ann Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, AHNC, RN-BC and Sarah Arthur, MSW, LCSW

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“​​The Evolution of Pain Assessment Tools​”

Debra Drew, MS, ACNS-BC (retired), RN-BC (retired), AP-PMN​​

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“​Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy​”

Michael Barnes, JD and Wade Delk, BA

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“Community in Crisis: A Collaborative Approach to Responding to the Opioid Epidemic​”

Ann Quinlan Colwell, PhD, RNC, AHNBC, DAAPM; Joseph Pino, MD, MHA; Olivia Herndon, MA

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“​Beyond the Opioids: What Matters Most to People Who Visit Emergency Departments for Pain-Related Complaints”

Marian Wilson, PhD, MPH, RN-BC, Washington State University; Terence McCarthy, MD

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“​The Opioid Epidemic: Improving Opioid Safety for Patients Through Prescriber, Patient, & Family Education​​​”

Sharon Wrona, DNP, RN-BC, PNP, PMHS, AP-PMN

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“Opioids: Not Just for Pain Relief in Palliative and End of Life Care​​​”

Holly Swensen, MSN, APRN, BC, ACHPN

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“​​Multimodal Analgesia: Role of Regional Anesthesia Approaches​”

Christine Peltier, DNP, RN-BC, FNP-BC

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“​Pain Care & Prescription Drug Abuse: Current Topics, Legislation & Policy​”

Wade Delk, BA

–Michael Barnes, JD

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“​​Risk Factors for and Management of Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression in the Hospitalized Patient with Comorbid Pain and History of Addiction​”

Carla R. Jungquist, PhD, ANP-BC

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“​Nursing Regulatory Boards’ Efforts to Provide Guidance to Nurses About Mitigating Prescription Medication Abuse/Diversion​”

Aaron Gilson, MS, MSSW, PhD

–Cathy Carlson, PhD, APN, FNP-BC​

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“​Managing Pain in Individuals with Serious Illness and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder”

–Kathleen Broglio, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN, CPE, FPCN

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“Addiction Prediction: Errors from the Bedside Hurt Patients with Pain”

–Renee Manworren, PhD, APRN, FAAN

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“The Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-cancer Pain While Preventing Abuse and Diversion”

 

–June Oliver, RN-BC, MSN, CCNS, APN/CNS and Cathy Carlson, PhD, APN, FNP-BC​​

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“Opioid Safety in the Hospital and after Discharge​”

 

–Melanie H. Simpson, PhD, RN-BC, OCN, CHPN, CPE

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“Goodbye Opioids, Hello Self-management Supporting Non-drug Alternatives for Persistent Pain”

–Marian Wilson PhD, MPH, RN-BC

–Ron Weaver, BA, CCAR Trainer

 

 

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The Experiences of People Living with Chronic Pain While Receiving Opioids to Manage Their Pain in the Primary Care Setting

–Barbara St. Marie, PhD, ANP, GNP, ACHPN​

 

 

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Pain Care & Prescription Drug Abuse: Current Topics, Legislation, & Policy

— Michael Barnes, JD

— Wade Delk, BA

 

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“Motivational Interviewing”

— Patricia Bruckenthal, PhD, APRN-BC, ANP

 

 

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“Experiences and Perceptions of Advanced Practice Nurses Caring for Patients with Coexisting Substance Use Disorder and Chronic Pain”

 

— Barbara St. Marie, PhD, ANP, GNP, ACHPN

 

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  The Road Less Traveled: Using Buprenorphine-Naloxone to Treat High-Risk Chronic Pain Patients”

 

— Jenna Martino, MSN, FNP-C

 

— Audrey Royce, MSN, FNP-C

 

— Sarah Roy, BSN, RN, CCRN

 

— Patrick Marshalek, MD​

 

 

 

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Improving Pain Management with the Department of Veterans Affairs Part 2

 

— Nancy Wiedemer, RN, MSN, CRNP

 

 

 

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Improving Pain Management with the Department of Veterans Affairs Part 1

 

— Janette Elliott, RN-BC, MSN, AOCN

 

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Taking Opioids Responsibly

 

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What’s Going on in the U.S. to Improve Pain Treatment & Deter Prescription Drug Abuse?

 

— Aaron Gilson, MS, MSSW, PhD and Cathy Carlson, PhD, RN, CGRN

 

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Managing Pain in Older Persons: A Focus on Opioid Safety
— Carol P. Curtiss, MSN, RN-BC

 

 

 

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This webinar is supported by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry under its prime grant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

 

 

 

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One Size Does NOT Fit All: Opioid Dose Range Orders 

— Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN 

 

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Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Pain and Substance Abuse: Assessing Risks and Utilizing Resources
— Sharon Wrona, MS, RN-BC, PNP, PMHS

 

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“Her Pain Is Becoming a Problem”: Adding Complementary Medicine for Persistent Pain When Opioids Are Not The S​olution
— Cindy R. Heck, MA, LCPC, RN-BC, CCM

 

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Pain and PTSD: Caring for our Veterans in Civilian Communities

 

— Brenda Murdough MSN, RN-BC

 

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The Challenge of Cl​imbing Mt. Everest: Malignant Pain Management in the Opioid Tolerant Patient
— Holly Swensen

 

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Resource:
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. (2013). Questions and answers about cannabis. Retrieved from website. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/patient/page2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Practices:
Documentation of Clinical Rationale for Chronic Opioid Therapy – The Legal Perspective Part I

— Jennifer Bolen, JD

 

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Best Practices for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Pain: The Legal Perspective

— Jennifer Bolen, JD
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Treatment of Complex and High Risk Chronic Pain: A Reh​abilitation Approach
— Carolyn Buesgens, MA, RN-BC, ANP-BC – carolyn.buesgens@va.gov
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Chronic Pain Patient Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Caring for the Patient with Co-Morbid Diagnos​es of Pain and Substance Abuse
— Ann Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, RN-BC, FAAPM
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Adherence Monitoring to M​itigate Risk with Opioids
— Deborah Matteliano PhD, Nurse Practitioner, ANCC Certified in Pain Management
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The Challenges of Helping People Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment Manage Pain When Hospitali​zed
— Ann Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, RN-BC, FAAPM
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Tips for Tam​ing the Beast: Lessons Learned Working with Substance Use Disorders & Chronic Pain
— Joan Cronin and Connie Luedtke, Mayo Clinic
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Pain Assessment Across ​the Lifespan
— Deb Drew, MS, RN-BC, ACNS-B C, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pain Management, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
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Safety Monitoring of Prescription Opioids Leading to Better Clinical Outcomes
— Mary Milano Carter, MS, APRN-BC, RN-BC, Director of Clinical Services, North American Partners in Pain Management North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
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Role of the N​urse (AP)-Pain Management
— Barb St. Marie, MA, RN, CS, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, Fairview Ridges Hospital
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Risk and Benefits of Opioids in the Management of Persistent Pain

— Paul Arnstein, RN, PhD, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, FAAN, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Relief, Mass General Hospital
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Managing Chronic Pain in the Patient with Addictive Disorders

 

— Paul Arnstein, RN, PhD, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, FAAN, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Relief, Mass General Hospital
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Adolescent Case Management: Pain and Opioids

 

— Helen N. Turner, DNP, RN-BC, PCNS-BC, Pediatric Pain Mgmt/Cl. RN Specialist, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
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