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
CAPC members can earn the following free continuing education credits:
Case Management: 1.00 CE
Medicine: 0.75 CME, 0.75 ABIM MOC
Nursing: 1.00 CNE, 0.50 Pharmacotherapy
Social Work: 1.00 CE (NASW)
Social Work: 1.00 CE (NYSED)
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Tools & Resources
Drug Classes and Medications for Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Mechanisms, indications, and side effects for commonly used entiemetic medications.
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Symptom Management Glossary
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Key terms related to symptom management. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2017.
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References: Nausea and Vomiting
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Course citations. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2017.
members loginNIH’s National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
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.)
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Causes of nauasea and vomiting, and mechanism-based treatment approaches.
viewFast Fact #25: Opioids And Nausea
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Mechanisms of opioid-induced nausea and appraches to management.
viewFast Fact #285: Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Last Updated: January 29, 2019
Guidelines for treatment of chemotherapy-indiced nasuea and vomiting.
viewCourse Directors
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Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care
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Robert Arnold, MD
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics
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Anthony Back, MD
Co-founder, VitalTalk
Co-director, University of Washington Center for Excellence in Palliative Care
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
Linda Pang, 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.