Pain Management (PM) Introduction to Pain Management
In Introduction to Pain Management, we will learn how to identify and care for people who may not be able to recognize or verbalize pain.
Below are five self-paced modules. Each Module discusses a different topic and there are knowledge checkpoints throughout the modules to help you assess your learning.
Part 1 Pain Management
Part 2 Using 5 senses helps identify pain in others
Part 3 Non-pharmacological approaches to managing pain
Part 4 Pharmacological approaches to managing pain
Part 5 Conveying and documenting information description for pain
Defining Pain and Pain Management
In this course, participants will develop an understanding of how pain can be defined in their patients. Pain may take many forms, but this introduction to pain should provide the participants with the knowledge of how to speak about pain management clearly and concisely to their clients.
Pain and Your Clients
This course will provide evidence-based strategies and tactics for using a behavioral health professional's own senses and intuition to sense pain in their clients. This course will also provide additional tactics for spotting pain in clients and how to communicate that effectively.
Treating Pain
The later parts of this course provide an overview of non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical strategies for treating pain in clients. This will also include information on documenting and creating a treatment plan that best fits the client's individual needs and supports a successful recovery.
Good practice starts with documentation and documenting daily and specifically can reduce medication misuse and keep your client from losing occupational functionality.
- Define "pain" and what that means for your clients.
- Discuss evidence-based tools for measuring pain.
Linda J. Keilman
DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP
Linda J. Keilman, DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP, is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, and has been a faculty member since 1992. A nationally certified Gerontological Nurse Practitioner (GNP) since 1989, Dr. Keilman always combines active practice with education, scholarship, research, and service. In June of 2017, Dr. Keilman was inducted as a Fellow into the American Association of Nurse Practitioners – the highest honor for a nurse practitioner to achieve related to their expertise and service. Dr. Keilman’s expertise is in aging/gerontology and optimal care of older adults including nonpharmacological management of chronic and persistent pain. Dr. Keilman has taught aging and gerontology since 1985 to lay groups, professional students (nursing, medicine, social work) and other health care professionals. Dr. Keilman’s current clinical practice is in long-term care and sub-acute rehabilitation. Dr. Keilman was a trainer and curriculum designer for the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan for 20 years and consults with the Care Management Resource Center at the University of Michigan on aging issues. Dr. Keilman is a frequently invited keynote speaker to professional and lay conferences, having presented at over 200 in the last 15 years. Dr. Keilman is a published author on a variety of aging topics and is an active volunteer at the community, state and national levels.
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What People Are Saying
I enjoyed this module as we got to hear from providers and consumers regarding how programming differs from other supports/services. I have been working in this field for many years and this video was extremely helpful as a reminder to me. "
