Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
Ms. Dahlin is Co-Director of the Palliative APRN Externship; Adjunct Associate Professor for the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Pharmacy, PhD in Palliative Care, Master of Science, and Graduate Certificate; a Palliative Nurse Practitioner for Salem Hospital; and consultant to the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). She serves as national ELNEC faculty and is a member of the American Hospital Association Circle of Life Committee, Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer Coalition, the Network for Patient Centered Care, the Person Driven, Community Centered Network, and the Massachusetts Serious Illness Nursing Task Force.
Ms. Dahlin is a past member of the Massachusetts Quality of Life and Palliative Care Advisory Committee and past Co-chair of the Palliative Care Workgroup for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer and Prevention Control Network. Ms. Dahlin served on the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership Post-Acute Care/Long Term Care Workgroup, and Clinician Workgroup. She was editor of National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care 2nd and 3rd editions and referenced the 1st edition. She wrote the Hospice and Palliative APRN Professional Practice and the Guide Billing and Coding Primer for the Hospice and Palliative APRN. She is co-editor for Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing, now in its 2nd edition. She edited the Palliative Nursing Scope and Standards, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and authored the 6th edition. Ms. Dahlin is a Fellow of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a 2016 recipient of a Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Leadership Scholar Award. She was named an American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2018 Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has authored peer reviewed articles, chapters, and curricula as well as presented nationally and internationally.
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Courses
Course 1 of 14
Conducting a comprehensive pain assessment to guide safe and effective treatment.
Course 2 of 14
Selecting a safe and appropriate analgesic for patients with serious illness based on the pain assessment.
Course 3 of 14
Patient and family factors that influence prescribing decisions for patients with serious illness.
Course 4 of 14
Integrating routine risk assessment for substance use disorder when considering or using opioid therapy.
Course 5 of 14
Designing a safe and effective opioid trial for the patient with serious illness.
Course 6 of 14
Safe and appropriate opioid prescribing for the opioid-naive patient with serious illness.
Course 7 of 14
Four indications for using short-acting opioids.
Course 8 of 14
Ongoing evaluation of opioid benefits, risks, and side effects for the patient with serious illness.
Course 9 of 14
Guidance on safe conversion to long-acting opioids for patients with serious illness.
Course 10 of 14
Prescribing practice for long half-life opioids, converting from one opioid to another, and accounting for incomplete cross-tolerance.
Course 11 of 14
Changing the route of opioid delivery, rotating opioids, advanced opioid conversions, and tapering opioids.
Course 13 of 14
Pain management for patients with serious illness and high risk for substance use disorder, including risk assessment, monitoring, and when to refer for safe pain management.
Course 14 of 14
Safe opioid prescribing for patients with serious illness, using the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics.
Course 1 of 4
Clinical training on the biological basis of chronic pain, building patient trust, and non-pharmacological and non-opioid treatments for managing chronic pain in patients with serious illness.
Course 2 of 4
Clinical training on prescribing an opioid trial for the management of a seriously ill patient's chronic pain.
Course 3 of 4
Clinical training course on universal precautions to identify and assess opioid misuse, and prevent opioid use disorder (OUD) in patients with serious illness.
Course 4 of 4
Clinical training course for identifying and managing opioid use disorder (OUD) in patients with serious illness, and treating pain in seriously ill patients with OUD.
Defining community-based palliative care: which patients need it, how it is delivered, and how it differs from inpatient palliative care.
Evaluating patient need, service requirements, care settings, and stakeholder priorities for the community-based palliative care program.
Designing and implementing an office-based palliative care program, including clinical model and operational considerations.
