Describe pain treatment options available to various populations of patients.

Definition

Description should include

special populations in pain management, such as palliative/end-of-life care patients, patients with cancer, pediatric patients, and geriatric populations
non-pharmacologic treatment of pain, including active care and self-care, evidence- and non-evidence-based approaches, and multimodal pain management
non-opioid pharmacologic management of pain
the challenges in discussing the psychological aspects of pain and the role of the central nervous system
adverse drug event prevention for all pain medications
the roles in an interdisciplinary pain management team
the significance of issues such as anxiety, depression, and sleep deprivation in pain management
the placebo effect
goals and expectations in the treatment of pain, based on diagnosis and pain continuum
when to make a pain referral and to whom.

Resources:

The student will read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a variety of nonfiction texts.

Use critical thinking to generate and respond logically to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about the text(s).
Identify and synthesize resources to make decisions, complete tasks, and solve specific problems.
Analyze multiple texts addressing the same topic to determine how authors reach similar or different conclusions.
Recognize and analyze use of ambiguity, contradiction, paradox, irony, overstatement, and understatement in text.
Analyze false premises claims, counterclaims, and other evidence in persuasive writing.

The student will analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and organize information from a variety of credible resources to produce a research product.

Frame, analyze, and synthesize information to solve problems, answer questions, and generate new knowledge.
Analyze information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, point of view, or bias.
Critically evaluate the accuracy, quality, and validity of the information.
Cite sources for both quoted and paraphrased ideas using a standard method of documentation, such as that of the Modern Language Association (MLA) or the American Psychological Association (APA).
Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.
Demonstrate ethical use of the Internet.