What You’ll Learn
- Define the prevalence of nausea and vomiting among people with serious illness and its impact on quality of life
- Describe the importance of neurobiological pathways and how antiemetics work to block them
- Develop strategies to reduce the impact and suffering from nausea and vomiting for patients and their caregivers
What You’ll Earn
After completing the course, you’ll earn a Verification of Attendance certificate.
CAPC members can earn the following free continuing education credits:
- Case Management: 1.00 CE
- Medicine: 0.75 CME, 0.75 ABIM MOC (Medical Knowledge Only)
- Nursing: 1.00 CNE, 0.50 Pharmacotherapy
- Social Work: 1.00 CE (NYSED)
- Social Work: 1.00 CE (NASW)
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Tools & Resources
Drug Classes and Medications for Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting
Mechanisms, indications, and side effects for commonly used entiemetic medications.
downloadSymptom Management Glossary
Key terms related to symptom management. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2017.
downloadReferences: Nausea and Vomiting
Course citations. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2017.
downloadNIH’s National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health
Online lookup on the emetic properties of common herbal remedies and vitamins.
viewFast Fact #5: The Causes of Nausea and Vomiting (V.O.M.I.T.)
Causes of nauasea and vomiting, and mechanism-based treatment approaches.
viewFast Fact #25: Opioids And Nausea
Mechanisms of opioid-induced nausea and appraches to management.
viewFast Fact #285: Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Guidelines for treatment of chemotherapy-indiced nasuea and vomiting.
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Course Faculty
Drew Rosielle, MD, FAAHPM. Palliative Care, Fairview Health Services, University of Minnesota Medical School.
Lolita Melhado, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC. Family Nurse Practitioner/Palliative Care, Gulf Coast Medical Center - Lee Memorial Health System.
Philip Higgins, PhD, LICSW. President, Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.
Peer Reviewers
Amy Case, MD, FAAHPM. Associate Professor of Oncology, Chair, Department of Supportive Care.*
Melissa Bakar, MD. Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.*
Linda Pang, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
*indicates ABIM Peer Reviewer
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.
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