Speakers:

Janane Hanna, RN,MSN,AOCNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Pain & Palliative Care- AUBMC
Balsam-The Lebanese Center for Palliative Care

Ammar Zahreddine, MSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Malignant Hematology & Transplant
American University of Beirut Medical Center

• Number of credits: 1 CNE credit
• Course duration: 50 min
• Target audience: Nurses
• Pre-requisite: None
• Note: this module is part of  the Palliative Care Course

Description of the Module

The session emphasizes on the importance of pain assessment and management in the palliative care setting with implications on clinical practice, education, research, and advocacy.

Learning Outcomes:

It aims at:

• Identifying the evidence-based pain assessment tools, as well as pain management interventions.
• Understand the facilitators and barriers of effective pain management and be able to dispel common misconceptions.