Presenter(s): Kathleen Broglio, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN, CPE, FPCN, FAANP, Nurse Practitioner, Section of Palliative Medicine Associate Professor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 

Target Audience: This activity is designed for nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physical therapists, and psychologists. 

Webinar Description: The purpose of this activity is to provide an overview of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies to manage ‎acute pain in the individual who has substance use disorder (SUD)‎. Strategies to manage acute pain in the 1) individual who is actively misusing substances 2) the individual who is ‎taking medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and 3) the individual in long-term recovery in an abstinence based ‎program will be outlined using a case based approach. 

Educational Objectives:

• ‎‎Develop treatment strategies to treat acute pain for individuals with substance/opioid use disorder (SUD/OUD)‎
• ‎‎‎Discuss acute pain management strategies for those on medications for opioid use disorder
• ‎‎‎Describe safe discharge strategies for the patient with acute pain and co-morbid SUD/OUD

Support for the Program:
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI081968 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.