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
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: June 20, 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: June 20, 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.
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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, LICSW. President, Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.
Lynn Hill Spragens, MBA. Partner, Spragens & Gualtieri-Reed.
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.
The Courses
Course 1: Comprehensive Pain Assessment
Conducting a comprehensive pain assessment to guide safe and effective treatment.
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...
Course 3: Patient Factors that Influence Prescribing Decisions
Patient and family factors that influence prescribing decisions for patients with serious illness.