The non-medical use of prescription drugs has been increasing rapidly. In 2011, there were 5.1 million drug-related ED visits, with almost half attributed to drug misuse or abuse. The most common pharmaceuticals misused or abused are anti-anxiety and insomnia medications and narcotic pain relievers. * New audio option available *

The Institute of Medicine estimates that about 100 million U.S. adults live with chronic pain. This module describes the etiology and management of chronic pain conditions and safe practices associated with opioid prescriptions to relieve pain.

Did you know women have unique risk factors for substance abuse that are different from risk factors for men? The opioid epidemic creates reproductive concerns in women who already struggle with drug and alcohol problems. Learn how you can better help them in this CE webinar.

Poor medication adherence has been called "America's other drug problem." Find out how you can favorably impact medication adherence from hospitalization to post-discharge to clinics, provider offices and the community.

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is the primary source for managing pain for many postoperative patients. You must understand the risks of PCA therapy to take all measures needed to ensure patients are protected from PCA errors and receive adequate pain control.

Balancing the competing demands of planning care, implementing clinical interventions and documenting can make it hard to carve out quality time for patient education. Find out what you must know to assess the nature of each patient's opioid use, provide education and/or counseling, and where to refer them for substance misuse or abuse.

Nurses and physicians are confronted daily with the responsibility to care for hospitalized children in pain, so you must learn to assess and treat pediatric pain appropriately. This course describes how to recognize pediatric pain and the barriers to its effective treatment, how to assess pain, pharmacological and nonpharmacological management options, and the complexities of managing pain in special populations.

The increased emphasis to improve quality of life for people with chronic pain has contributed to a significant increase in opioid prescriptions. Learn about the regulation, medical management, misuse, abuse and diversion of controlled substances in this course. * New audio option available *

Explore public health approaches across the continuum of pain care that won't worsen the opioid crisis. One way is to implement the 2016 National Pain Strategy and support team-based, patient-centered care for those with pain refractory for standard pain relief approaches. Clinicians must acknowledge the complexity of chronic pain and employ easy, high-impact changes.

The 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates 6.2 million Americans ages 12 and older misuse psychotherapeutic drugs. The increased emphasis on pain management to improve quality of life and functionality for those with chronic pain has led to more opioid prescriptions in the U.S. The need to treat pain must be balanced with a responsibility to minimize misuse and abuse.

Chronic conditions create a significant burden on our healthcare system. Clinicians witness the impact on patients’ quality of life and see how hard it is for people to make changes. Motivational interviewing is a style of patient counseling that helps resolve a person’s ambivalence about changing his or her habits. * New audio option available *

This webinar begins with an introduction to the importance of appropriately assessing acute and chronic pain as patients experience it, as well as the importance of assessing the effect of pain on function. We discuss multimodal analgesia, post-medication sedation and environmental modifications.

With the opioid epidemic and opioid misuse top of mind, it may seem more difficult to determine “the right thing to do” to care for patients with pain. Listen to a pain management expert discuss how ethics and personal experiences collide in the complex pain management conversation.

Pain management is a multifaceted challenge. Are complementary pain therapies just “nice to try” interventions or underappreciated, effective remedies? Join the conversation about managing pain with an overview of nonpharmacologic interventions.

Healthcare professionals must weigh how to decide to care for patients who are in pain. Join a pain management expert for an interesting discussion about how values-based decision-making and healthcare collaboration influence pain management.

Perinatal opioid use is a serious U.S. public health challenge associated with morbidity and mortality for mothers and their infants. Learn how emergency and maternity care staff are uniquely positioned to assist by facilitating access to treatment and comprehensive care in this webinar.

How many times have you considered whether a patient truly understood discharge or medication instructions? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discusses the seriousness of health literacy and even those with good literacy skills can struggle to understand.

Perinatal opioid use is a serious public health challenge in the United States. Do you know which interventions can be taken to promote the safety of mother and baby? Watch this webinar about the need for decreasing stigma and optimizing care for those affected by perinatal opioid use disorder.

When patients struggle with basic health literacy, they need support to understand their health information. Combine worries around opioid misuse with concerns related to health literacy, and you can see how important it is for the healthcare team to support patients and clients in this way.