Pain Management

Course 10: Prescribing Practice and Opioid Conversions

Last Reviewed: January 15, 2015

What You’ll Learn

List the relative potencies and impact of long-acting opioids
Utilize best practices for safely converting from one opioid agent to another
Account for incomplete cross-tolerance when changing between opioid agents

What You’ll Earn

CAPC members can earn the following free continuing education credits:

Medicine: 0.75 CME, 0.75 ABIM MOC
Nursing: 1.00 CNE, 1.00 Pharmacotherapy

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Tools & Resources

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Course 10: Patient Story

Last Updated: January 29, 2019

Case examples used in the CAPC curriculum to illustrate pain management techniques.

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Course 10 References: Prescribing Practice and Opioid Conversions

Last Updated: January 29, 2019

Course citations. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2015.

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Equianalgesic Conversion Table

Last Updated: January 29, 2019

Depicts the relative potencies of commonly prescribed opioids compared to oral morphine.

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Standard Opioid Dosing Strengths and Availabilities

Last Updated: January 29, 2019

List of available opioid strengths and formulations.

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Constipation Protocol

Last Updated: January 29, 2019

Sample protocol for managing constipation. Organizations can create similar protocols in collaboration with referring clinicians and pharmacists. Lee Health, 2013.

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Pain Management Glossary

Last Updated: January 29, 2019

Key terms related to pain and pain management. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2015.

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Analgesics Fact Sheet

Last Updated: January 29, 2019

When to use - and when to avoid - 6 classes of analgesics including acetaminophen, NSAIDs, opioids, antiepileptics, antidepressants, and corticosteroids. Center to Advance Palliative Care, updated 2018.

Course Directors

Course Faculty

Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN. Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care.

Jaime Goldberg, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW. PhD student, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work.

Philip Higgins, PhD, MSSW, LICSW. President Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.

Lynn Hill Spragens, MBA. President and CEO Spragens & Associates, LLC.

Jay R. Horton, PhD, ACHPN, FNP-BC, MPH, CENP. Director of Nursing Safety, Quality, and Performance Improvement Mount Sinai Hospital. Assistant Professor Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Khadidjatou Kane, MD. Oncology Hospitalist, Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Lolita Melhado, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC. Family Nurse Practitioner/Palliative Care, Gulf Coast Medical Center - Lee Memorial Health System.

Bridget Montana, MSN, APRN, FPCN, MBA. Hope HealthCare Services, Chief Operating Officer.

Colleen Mulkerin, MSW, LCSW. Director Palliative Care Consult Service, Hartford Hospital.

Drew Rosielle, MD, FAAHPM. Palliative Care, Fairview Health Services, University of Minnesota Medical School.

David Weissman, MD. President, Palliative Care Education, LLC.

Peer Reviewers

Sivan Ben-Moshe, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Sachin Kale, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Katie Wang, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Contact information: For technical questions about online activity or continuing education credits, contact membership@capc.org or 212-201-2674.

Provided by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Course 1: Comprehensive Pain Assessment

Conducting a comprehensive pain assessment to guide safe and effective treatment.

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Course 2: Matching the Drug Class to the Pain

Selecting a safe and appropriate analgesic for patients with serious illness based on the pain as...

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Course 3: Patient Factors that Influence Prescribing Decisions

Patient and family factors that influence prescribing decisions for patients with serious illness.

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