Registration Is Open For This Live On-Line Conference!
This conference meets both VA and TN Prescribing Practices Requirement
The opioid overdose and stimulant use epidemic is well documented nationally and regionally. The Centers for Disease Control attribute poor prescribing by healthcare providers to be a key problem that needs to be addressed. Healthcare providers receive little education on management of pain or addition in professional didactic or residency training. There is a need for this education to help improve learning deficits, help reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid-related overdose deaths across America.and to promote safer prescribing of controlled substances.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hour(s) (6.25 hours), ACPE Contact Hour(s) (6.00 hours), Pharmacology (6.00 hours)
- Interpret prescription drug monitoring reports as a routine practice in patient-centered care.
- Explain how to update internal office policies and protocols to avoid disciplinary hearings.
Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, designates this activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This conference has been approved for a maximum 6 hours and 15 minutes (6.25 CH) which includes 6.00 pharmacology hours.
ACPE credits are pending.