Pain Management
Dr. Stacey Hollen PharmD, BCACP
About This Course
Recorded June 2025 and valid through June 2028
Price $95 for 4 Hours
ON DEMAND 2025-08-27-1 Pain Management
Learning Objectives
1. Apply concepts of the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain to their clinical practice.
2. Discuss with their patients the expected benefits and common and serious risks of opioid therapy.
3. Discuss with their patients alternatives to opioids before initiating or continuing opioid therapy.
4. Identify risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression and overdose.
5. Employ risk mitigation strategies and screening tools to ensure safe opioid prescribing.
6. Discuss non-opioid and safer partial opioid agonist alternatives to full agonist opioids with their patients.
7. Utilize buprenorphine transdermal and buccal formulations in their clinical practice.
8. List guideline directed pharmacologic and/or nonpharmacologic options to treat acute and chronic low back pain, musculoskeletal pain, osteoarthritis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and fibromyalgia.9. Explain why full agonist opioids can worsen fibromyalgia.
“• I enjoyed the introducing of new medications and treatment options pain management is such a huge part of my job. I think she did a wonderful job of concisely covering this material. And I like how she specifically mentioned different guidelines and the transition from fifth Vital sign to the current time.
• Probably the best and most practical presentation i have seen in several years. The clinical pearls were fantastic! Thank you!
• They were useful for my practice setting (outpatient surgery)
• Great presentation, knowledgeable, significantly helpful.
• Great speaker - made a dry topic interesting.
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Dr. Stacey Hollen PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Clinical Pharmacy University of Colorado
Dr. Stacey Hollen PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
University of Colorado
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Accreditation Information
PHARMACISTS :University Learning Systems is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. These programs are accredited for pharmacists. On-demand courses provide HOME STUDY credit only.
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CANADIAN PHARMACISTS: Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP) accepts courses accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). This credit is applicable to health professionals who may require pharmacology credit.
NURSE PRACTITIONERS: This course fulfills the pharmacotherapeutics/ pharmacology requirements for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Category 1 Continuing Education Hours for certification renewal as well as other Nurse Practitioner credentialing organizations. The same hours submitted to renew certification may be submitted to a State Board of Nursing for re-licensure. American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts formally approved continuing education sponsored by organizations accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts on demand courses approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This program offers Category 2 credit only.
NURSES: University Learning Systems is Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11409, CE Broker: Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, and West Virginia, Boards of Nursing.
PHYSICIANS: This CME program offers Category 2 credit.
CANADIAN PHYSICIANS: Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive MAINPRO-M2 credits for participation in this activity.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS: This CME program offers Category 2 credit.
OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Contact your respective board regarding approval.