Date:
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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Time:
9:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern Time
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Location:
www.FreeCE.com and PharmCon Studios
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Credits:
1
Live
Contact Hours
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Target Audience:
Nursing, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists
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Program Overview:
There are many reasons why switching from one opioid analgesic to another may be necessary and helpful, yet safely doing so appears to involve as much clinical art as science. This can make healthcare providers and their patients justifiably nervous, and may be a prime reason why opioids are not prescribed appropriately. What can practitioners do? This knowledge based activity will use case studies/examples to educate health care providers on opioid rotation and dose conversions.
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Nursing Educational Objectives:
- Describe reasons why clinicians must rotate patients from one opioid to another
- Explain the development of the Equianalgesic Opioid Dosing chart, and limitations with the data
- Perform opioid dose conversions from one oral dosage formulation to another of the same opioid
- Perform conversions between opioids, and between routes of administration
- Perform conversions to and from fentanyl dosage formulations
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Pharmacy Technicians Educational Objectives:
- Describe reasons why clinicians must rotate patients from one opioid to another
- Explain the development of the Equianalgesic Opioid Dosing chart, and limitations with the data
- Perform opioid dose conversions from one oral dosage formulation to another of the same opioid
- Perform conversions between opioids, and between routes of administration
- Perform conversions to and from fentanyl dosage formulations
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Pharmacists Educational Objectives:
- Descrube reasons why clinicians myst rotate patients from one opioid to another
- Explain the development of the Equianalgesic Opioid Dosing chart, and limitations with the data
- Perform opioid dose conversions from one oral dosage formulation to another of the same opioid
- Perform conversions between opioids, and between routes of administration
- Perform conversions to and from fentanyl dosage formulations
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Repeat Presentation:
This Presentation Was last given on 5/18/2010
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Activity Type:
Knowledge
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Accreditation:
Nursing: N-585 Pharmacy Technicians: 0798-0000-10-023-L01-T Pharmacists: 0798-0000-10-023-L01-P
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About The Speaker: |
Mary Lynn McPherson
Dr. McPherson is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science. She serves as a consultant pharmacist for both local and national hospice and palliative care programs, and has designed a critical thinking process for appropriate drug use in end of life patients. She serves on the Board of the Hospice Network of Maryland, chairing the Education and Outreach Committee. She also serves on the Board of the Maryland Pain Initiative and the Advisory Board of the American Society of Pain Educators.
Dr. McPherson teaches extensively in the Pharm.D. curriculum on pain management and end of life care, including didactic and experiential content. McPherson also serves as a primary care pharmacist and Director of Pharmacotherapy Services at UniversityCare Waxter in Baltimore. She also developed one of the first and few palliative care pharmacy residencies in the U.S. McPherson is a Fellow in the American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists and American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. She has received many honors for her work, including the American Pharmacists Association Distinguished Achievement Award in Specialized Practice and the Maryland Pharmacists Association Innovative Practice Award. She has written three books, and many chapters and peer-reviewed articles on pain management, palliative care, and other topics.
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Financial Support By:
PharmCon
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Refund Policy
PharmCon provides full refunds of paid amounts if cancellations are made more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled time of the event and the request is submitted by email to: admin@pharmcon.com. Cancellations after that time will forfeit their registration fees.
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Documents:
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Status:
Registration Closed - Past Registration Date
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Computer sharing is not permitted due to ACPE guidelines on program monitoring. Credit is given to one user per computer. |
