Lectures on Pain Management and Palliative Care

Pain Resources Network founder and president Cathy Schutt, APRN-BC, CHPN, RN-BC, has developed a standard series of one-to-two hour lectures on pain and palliative care that she presents to healthcare organizations. Upon request she will also develop specialized lectures to meet the expressed needs of individual facilities.

• Principles of Pain Management


• Principles of Symptom Management in the Terminally Ill Patient


• Pain and Symptom Assessment in Cognitively Intact, Cognitively Impaired, and Unresponsive Patients


• Serious Pain Conditions in the Geriatric Population


• Opioids: Balancing Addiction, Dependence and Pain Relief


• End-Stage Dyspnea: Pathophysiology and Treatment


• Morphine: The Fundamentals and Ethics of Giving the Last Dose


• Terminal Delirium in the Cognitively-Intact Patient


• Agitation in the Late-Stage Dementia Patient


• Palliative Sedation and Its Appropriate Application


• AIDS: Overview of Pain Management for This Specialized Population

Advanced Roundtable Seminars

One-hour advanced roundtable seminars provide nurses, administrators, and other interdisciplinary team members who have mastered the basics of pain and end-of-life-care management the opportunity to develop more specific skills. Through lecture, case study analysis and group discussion, experienced nurses in pain management refine their critical thinking skills and apply more advanced nursing assessment, treatment planning, and implementation processes in the care of patient populations with pain and palliative care issues. In addition, participants gain insights as to how to enhance the environment in which they practice and produce desired quality outcomes.

Nursing

• Advanced Application of the Major Pain Management Principles to Interdisciplinary Team Planning
• Nurses and Critical Thinking: Picking the Right Drug, the Right Dose and the Right Route for Optimal Pain and Symptom Control


• Assessment, Communication and Advocacy: Getting What You and Your Patients Need from Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Administrators

Nursing and Administration

• Backing the Back of the Backers: What Administrators and Clinical Supervisors Can Do to Support Their Staffs in Providing Optimal Pain and End-of-Life Care


• Quality Improvement Indicators for Pain Management and End-of-Life Care: Their Role in Developing Successful Treatment Outcomes

For more information, rates, or to schedule a lecture or seminar, please call Pain Resources Network at 781-620-1919.