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Event: | Path for Pain Champions: “Hands-on Acute Pain Workshop for Nurses” |
| Date: | 1/31/2010 - 1/31/2010 | |
| Location: | The University of Texas Medical School at Houston |
CNE Credits - Nurses Only
Sunday, January 31, 2010 | |||||
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| 7:00 am | Registration | ||||
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| 7:00 am-7:40 am | In Pain & Needing Relief: Life Long Learning | ||||
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| 7:40 am-8:15 am | Anatomy & Physiology of Pain, Including Epidural Space Anatomy | ||||
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| 8:15 am-8:45 am | Why Do We Need To Treat Pain? Dynamic & Static Pain & Functionality Assessment Difference Between Acute & Chronic Pain, Long Term/Short Term Effects of Pain | ||||
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| 8:45 am-9:30 am | Why do some Stab and Other Ache? How Treatments Differ, Opioid Dependent Patients, Fears & Anxiety: Dealing with the psychological impact of pain | ||||
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| 10:15 am-11:00 am | Epidural Placement: Live Volunteer Demonstration Monitors, positioning, sterility epidural catheter securing, labeling, test does effect, sensory & motor exams | ||||
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| 11:00 am-11:30 am | How often should acute pain be reassessed and what needs to be considered during assessment & reassessment in a patient with an epidural? | ||||
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| 11:30 am-12:00 pm | Which tools & skills ensure that a comprehensive pain assessment has been undertaken for patients with epidurals? Golden Key to Effective Pain Management with Epidurals. Daily epidural management. Sensory Exams, Motor Exams Safety for Ambulation Side Effects and Complications of Epidural Analgesia, Prevention and Management (ASRA Guidelines, Beta Blockers, etc.) Multimodal approach of Pain Management: Why do we start epidurals & PCA's together in some patients? | ||||
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| 1:15 pm-3:30 pm | Analgesia Update: Animal Lab. Epidural Placement. Demonstration of spinal/epidural difference. Intravascular injection and changes in heart rate | ||||
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| 3:30 pm-4:00 pm | How to Setup for Peripheral Nerve Blocks - Consent Forms/Timouts and documentation of nurse assessment findings | ||||
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| 4:00 pm-4:45 pm | Hands-On Practice of Conducting Peripheral Nerve Blocks on live anesthetized pigs in small groups | ||||
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