Pain Control and Management in Care CPD Course

CPD Online College

Pain Control and Management in Care

Digital certificate - Included

During this pain control and management in care course, you will develop your understanding of pain and its management in a care setting.

The course will first look into what pain is and the types of pain individuals may experience. You will be introduced to identification methods of pain in individuals that may not be able to easily communicate their discomfort. The course will then go on to highlight the care plans that may be implemented to document the pains and its impacts.

You will develop your knowledge surrounding pain assessment and management, along with possible impacts and side effects of these management methods. The course will look at how pain can be managed in a number of ways and how holistic care can be used to improve an individual’s experience of pain.

You will move onto exploring the ethical, professional and legal issues that surround pain management, with focus on laws that affect the use of pain management methods in those at the end of life or who have a chronic need for pain management.

This course aims to increase your understanding of pain and how it can be exhibited differently by different individuals. How pain may affect someone physically, psychologically and socially. How it can be managed medically and holistically, and how its management is regulated lawfully and its implications professionally and ethically.

In order to complete the course, you must achieve 80% or more in the final multiple choice quiz.

You will earn 3 CPD points on completion of the course, this course will take around 3 hours to complete and the certificate will last for two years.

Unit 1 – Introduction to to pain control and management in care – In the first unit you will learn what pain is and how it may be experienced by an individual and what the different factors are that may cause pain, as well as looking at the different factors that may cause individual pain. You will also look at the types of acute and chronic pain an individual may experience.

• Unit 2 – Identifying pain – In this unit you explore how to identify pain in individuals including those who are elderly or have a reduced ability to communicate feelings of pain, you will then look at how care plans can be used to inform pain management and improve communication between healthcare professionals and individuals in their care. You will then explore how pain diaries can be used by individuals to improve quality of life and pain management outcomes. Finally you will look at a case study.
• Unit 3 – Pain management – In this unit you will consider the types of pain management that are available to individuals and how these may be useful to those who suffer from either acute or chronic pain, you will also explore your role in facilitating a pain management plan to better improve pain outcomes. Finally you will look at the side effects of pain management and how pain may be controlled using a more holistic approach,
• Unit 4 – Ethical, Legal and professional issues surrounding effective pain management – In the final unit you will focus on ethical issues regarding pain management, the legal issues that surround pain management and how these can affect individuals and their care at the end of life or during cancer treatment, you will also explore the laws and legislation of pain management.

Those working in a care role.

You are required to complete an online multiple choice quiz and score 80% or above, if you don't pass the first time, you can re-take as many times as you need to pass.

Those working in a care role.