Pain Management During Hospice Care

This webinar will review pain assessment and hospice quality measures surrounding pain management during end-of-life care. Additionally, we will differentiate nociceptive and neuropathic pain and identify the appropriate therapies based on clinician assessments. We will review formulary analgesic selection and safe opioid regimen initiation, rotation, and titration.

Objectives:
1. Review pain and pain assessment
2. Discuss hospice quality measures surrounding pain management at end-of-life
3. Differentiate nociceptive and neuropathic pain
4. Identify appropriate analgesic therapies based on clinician assessments
5. Review formulary opioid regimen initiation, titration, rotation, disposal and monitoring

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