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  • Save the Date! ASPMN® Town Hall – Wednesday, August 22

    ​Wednesday, August 22, 2018

    11 a.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT/9:00 a.m. MDT/8:00 a.m. PDT​

    ASPMN®’s Board of Directors invite you to participate in a Town Hall webinar to hear about all the exciting things we’re up to! Just like our conference theme, The Changing Tides of Pain Management, there are some changes coming to ASPMN®, and we’re planning to tell you all about them! In addition, there will be a question and answer session with our leadership, so please take the time to find out what’s new in your association! Register for the ASPMN® Town Hall here.

  • ASPMN® Webinar Series – Navigating TJC and the New Pain Standards

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    Wednesday, May 9, 2018

    12:30 PM CDT/1:30 PM EDT

    Free CNE Available!

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    This program will discuss the 2018 updates to The Joint Commission standards related to pain assessment and management, how the Technical Advisory Panel contributed to these updates, and how to communicate with TJC if a surveyor has questions about your institution’s policies. 

    Learning Objectives: 
    • List the four chapters of the hospital accreditation manual where the new pain assessment and management standards can be found. 
    • Describe the role of the Technical Advisory Panel in updating the pain standards. 
    • Describe successful approaches to three elements of performance related to pain standards.​

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    Click here​ to register.


    Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing® is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 1.2 contact hours applicable for APN, RN, LPN, LMHT relicensure.

    Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 3U79TI026556-02S1 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.​​

  • Get Involved Today in the 2018 Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education!

    ​Click here​ for more information.

  • Announcing Continuing Education Articles from Pain Management Nursing!

    ​You Asked...We Listened! 

    In our recent membership survey results, members asked to have access to continuing education articles in our journal, Pain Management Nursing.
     
    We're pleased to announced that we will offer CE article up to four times per year beginning with our December journal.
     
    Our inaugural CE offering is FREE to ASPMN® members!

    Our CE offering is on the following manuscript, "The Characteristics of Pain in Patients Diagnosed with Depression and Heart Failure" by Christine Haedtke, PhD, RN; Marianne Smith, PhD, RN; John VanBuren; PhD, Dawn Klein, LMSW; Carolyn Turvey, PhD. For this activity, we are providing 1.2 contact hours and .6 pharmacology hours.
     
    Please follow the directions below to begin your journey to this free educational offering:
    • Sign in to the ASPMN® Member's Only section of our website, www.aspmn.org
    • Once signed in, click on Education, and then Express Evaluations. 
    • Click Continue on the following screen until you see the journal offering opportunity.  

    Be sure you've read the article first, then take the CE test. You must pass the test with an 80% to continue on to the next step. Complete the evaluation and then print (or email) your certificate. It's THAT easy!

    Subsequent CE articles will be a minimal cost to members of $15.00 in the coming months. Stay tuned for these upcoming activities!

    Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 1.2 contact hours (including 0.6 pharmacology hours) applicable for APN, RN, LPN, LMHT relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number LT02790412GKCC150. Approval valid through 10/31/2019. 
     

  • Commission on Combating Drug Addiction & the Opioid Crisis Report

    ​The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released their final report on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. That report can be found here​.

  • ASPMN® Announcement

    ​The American Society for Pain Management Nursing® is pleased to support the International Association for the Study of Pain and the European Pain Federation in their recognition of 2017 as the Global Year Against Pain After Surgery. Pain is an expected outcome of surgery, yet to date approximately half of patients report inadequate post-operative pain control. The American Society for Pain Management Nursing®’s mission is to advance and promote optimal nursing care for people affected by pain by promoting best nursing practices. The best way to accomplish this is to disseminate high-quality evidence-based guidelines that advise the use of multimodal analgesics and non-pharmacologic therapies. By partnering with other like-minded pain management professionals worldwide we can begin to improve quality and outcomes for managing pain after surgery for all patients.​

    Click here for more information.

  • Role of the Pain Management Nurse

    What is the role of the Pain Management Nurse? Watch this video to find out​
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